Vol 13 Issue 1, February 2013 - School of Hotel & Tourism ...

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SHTM Alumni Association
Helping, Learning and
Laughing Together
The SHTM’s Alumni Association continued with its busy schedule of activities
over the last six months, allowing members, their families and friends to make a
difference in people’s lives, gain new experiences and learn a few things along the
way. The following passages highlight the Association’s major recent activities.
Community Day 2012
The Association held its most important outreach activity on
22 September with a Community Day in support of the elderly
at the SHTM premises. Members and their families showed
their care for and entertained visiting elders, and shared sugarfree
moon cakes with them a week before the Mid-Autumn
Festival. The event was of special significance to all involved
and very much appreciated by the elderly participants.
Cookie Making Class
Association members, their families and friends had a
delightful time on 6 October, spending part of their
Saturday learning to make cookies together. The class was
held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre,
which has ties to the Association through its Director of
Food and Beverage Maurice Kong, who is the Association’s
Chairman, and Human Resources Deputy Manager
Margaret Kwok, who is the Association’s Vice Chairman.
Learning to Farm the Organic Way
Starting early on a Sunday is never the easiest
thing to do, but Association members and their
families leapt at the chance to gather in Kowloon
Tong well before noon on 18 November so
they could travel by coach to the Yuen Long
Pat Heung Country Park. Their mission was to
experience the benefits and outputs of an organic
farm operated by the Hong Kong Federation of
Youth Groups.
Highlights of the day included a guided tour of the 13,500 square metre farm,
an introduction to the methods of organic farming, learning how to make
environmentally friendly handicrafts and cooking a meal in the wild. The
participants learned a few things about natural food and had a thoroughly good
time.
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