[SEYSA] SEYSA Youth Programme 2010: Tailor-make Your Life Talk Series IV, V & VI cum Closing Ceremony on 29.8.2010

Dear Youders and friends,

*Sir Edward Youde Scholars Association Youth Programme 2010***

*“Tailor-make Your Life” Talk Series IV, V & VI cum Closing Ceremony***



On behalf of the Sir Edward Youde Scholars Association (SEYSA), I am writing
to present to you the “Tailor-make Your Life” Talk Series cum Closing
Ceremony of our Youth Programme 2010. We have limited seats reserved for
Youders and friends after accommodating the official participants of Youth
Programme 2010. Since walk-in seats are not guaranteed, please email Ms Bobo
Chan, Operations Officer, at bobo.chan@xxxxxxxxx if you want to register for
the event. You can register for either or both of the a.m. session or/and
the p.m. session. Please note that the registration fee for SEYSA members is
HKD$20 each. The deadline of the registration will be on 26th August 2010 by
11p.m.



The details of the event are as follows:

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*Date: **29th August** 2010 (S**un**day)***

*Venue: Room **N001**, **Block N, **Hong Kong Polytechnic University***

*Time: **9:15** **a**m – **6:00** pm*



*Rundown*

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0900

Registration

0915

Group presentations on social service by Youth Programme participants

1150

Feedback from NGOs, student leaders and mentors

1230

Lunch break

1330

Registration

1345

"Tailor-make Your Life" Talk Series IV by Mr Patrick Bostrom & Mr Yuxin Hou

1515

"Tailor-make Your Life" Talk Series V by Mr Nelson Yip

1610

"Tailor-make Your Life" Talk Series VI by Mr Michael Chan

1650

Reflections and closing remarks, presentation of certificates

1740

Photo taking and farewell

1800

End

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*About social service programme*

The participants of Youth Programme, who are senior secondary school
students, were divided into four groups to organise social service
programmes for various target group in collaboration with four NGOs. They
will present their rationale, design and implementation process of the
social service programmes as well as their reflections and learning. You are
most welcome to join us to show your support and offer your valuable
comment.


*About **“Tailor-make Your Life” Talk Series*

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*“Tailor-make Your Life” Talk Series IV (Speaker**s**: Mr Patrick Bostrom
and Mr Yuxin Hou)*

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Patrick and Yuxin were both young passionate leaders in Hong Kong, realizing
their social mission in their own ways.



Patrick was born and raised in Sweden and later received tertiary education
in Hong Kong. His keen passion for human resource management, social
entrepreneurship, leadership and personal development has driven him to take
up leadership opportunities in student dorm, student organizations and
initiated several projects on his own. Currently he focuses on developing an
expertise in Social Entrepreneurship, involved in various projects that
strive to make the lives of others better, strengthening the community and
creating a bright future for youth in Hong Kong. His profile can be found
here:
http://www.sandbox-network.com/meet-a-sandboxer/meet-a-sandbox-member-patrick-bostrom/

Yuxin is currently working with the Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT), a
social venture think tank on various socially beneficial business projects.
He is also the Hong Kong Ambassador of Sandbox, a global elite network for
young achievers. Yuxin has been voted as the Top Make a Difference (MaD)
Role Model on m-a-d.asia (http://m-a-d.asia) in Jan 2010 and is working with
MaD on organizing events and promoting entrepreneurship, innovation,
creativity and discovery in the region. Most recently Yuxin has been
organizing TEDxHongKong (http://www.tedxhongkong.com), TEDxYouthDay, and the
Youth Summit of 2010 Hong Kong Social Enterprise Summit. Information about
Yuxin can be found here:

http://www.sandbox-network.com/meet-a-sandbox-ambassador/meet-a-sandbox-ambassador-yuxin-hou/

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*“Tailor-make Your Life” Talk Series V (Speaker: Mr Nelson Yip)*

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Mr Nelson Yip is the Chief Executive of his privately owned Companies (EP
Power Limited <www.epphk.com.hk>, Appetizup Limited <www.appetizup.com> and
EP Venture Limited<www.ep-venture.com> which focus into the industries of
professional energy, power saving and LED lighting, electronic components
and embedded system as well as management consultancy for not-for-profit
business respectively. He founded the Hong Kong Rehabilitation Power, a
non-government charity that aimed to empower the disabled people to overcome
their sense of victimhood through pioneering social entrepreneurship
platform and model to strive for self-reliance and self-development, which
is adopted by HKSAR. He also serves in committees of various government and
non-government bodies to enhance the betterment of the society in a variety
of cross-sections. He presented Hong Kong and gained remarkable results in a
number of international para-equestrian competitions. He is the first
qualified rider for representing Hong Kong in the Paralympics Equestrian
Competition and was the Torch Bearer for Hong Kong in Beijing Olympics 2008.
He is also a certified PADI Scuba Diving in Open Water, a saxophonist, a
Chinese opera singer and a columnist on Metro Daily News. His personal story
tells that it is not about the disability. It's all about the mentality, the
belief and the confidence.


*“Tailor-make Your Life” Talk Series VI (Speaker: Mr Michael Chan)*



Mr Michael Chan, a Youder, is an educator and an entrepreneur with multiple
talents. Michael graduated with a Master Degree of Science in the Faculty of
Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences in
1997. He became a market data specialist in several investment banks.
Despite the prestigious job with high monetary reward, Michael’s passion
towards contributing the society and training up the younger generation has
driven him switching into the education profession. He has been a lecturer
at the Caritas Francis Hsu College, the City University of Hong Kong, as
well as the University of Hong Kong. He remains a part-time lecturer in HKU
SPACE. After spending six years as an academia, Michael was convinced that
it would serve everyone the best if he can have the flexibility in his
career so that he can commit more time and resources contributing the
society. In his early thirties, Michael left the university and founded his
own consulting business. He is currently the Director and CEO of Étoile
Consulting Group. Though busy with his business, Michael sacrificed his rest
time and was elected the Chairman of the Executive Board of the Sir Edward
Youde Scholars Association (SEYSA) in 2009. The Association has been
undergoing a series of changes under his leadership. It is worth noting that
Michael is the proposer who brought the Youth Programme into its existence.
Michael is also a decorated officer of the Hong Kong Air Cadet Crops. His
last tour of duty was the Deputy Chief Information Officer prior to taking
up the chairmanship of the Association.

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*About SEYSA Youth Programme 2010***



Youth Programme 2010 is an annual event held by SEYSA, to recognise the
achievement of our new young scholarship awardees and to strengthen their
social awareness and social responsibility. As in previous years, the Youth
Programme provides talks, forum and social service experience for all
secondary school awardees to come together in promoting self-development
through discussing different social issues and exploring the relevant
experiences.

The theme of the Youth Programme this year is “Tailor-make your life”.
Teenagers in Hong Kong are well blissful with all the prepared resources.
Teachers, parents and even different social celebrities have stereotyped
good teens and bad teens, and have urged the teenagers to follow certain
guidelines in society. However, have the youngsters been granted a chance to
make their own way through to make their own dreams come true? Life is what
you make it! In this programme, we hope to encourage the participants to
learn to make decisions for themselves and their future paths.



For enquiry, please feel free to contact Ms Bobo Chan at bobo.chan@xxxxxxxxxx
Don’t hesitate and grasp this opportunity!



Regards,



Ada Yiu

Development Officer

Sir Edward Youde Scholars Association

*Youder since 2004*

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