The 2024 Olympic Games are almost upon us, so it is a great privilege to have Hong Kong Olympic medallist Sarah Lee as our guest of honour today. She has shown what hard work, determination and the right training conditions can achieve. While the Olympics represent the pinnacle of athletic endeavour, they are also a metaphor for our own efforts here at HKUMed. Excellence needs to be cultivated. It needs a breeding ground that can challenge and bring out the best in people, and that can give them the strategies, tools, and human support to take things to the next level. This is well-articulated in the Olympic motto of Faster, Higher, Stronger – Together. I have been thinking about this motto in relation to HKUMed. Over the past year, we have introduced new initiatives and continued to implement others that all aim to make our Faculty faster, higher and stronger. The ‘together’ aspect was reinforced by the formation of a new leadership team in February. The team has been expanded to be interdisciplinary, to cover emerging areas, such as the growth in our partnerships, and to include both veterans and rising talent. This dynamic expansion will, I hope, convey a sense of inclusiveness and togetherness so that we can lift all corners of the Faculty to higher levels of excellence. My new team is fortunate to be launching from strong foundations. I would like to offer my warmest appreciation and thanks to their immediate predecessors, who have done a wonderful job in the ongoing work of making HKUMed the best it can be. These include Professor Vivian Lin Kwang-wen, the outgoing Executive Associate Dean; Professors Joseph Lui Cho-ze and Brian Lang Hung-hin for Clinical Affairs; Professors Leung Wai-keung and Michael Huen Shing-yan for Research; and Professors Victor Lee Ho-fun and George Tipoe for Teaching and Learning. Thank you all so much for your contributions to our Faculty. I am sure your successors are deeply appreciative of the high standards and groundwork that you have laid. Let me now tell you about the highlights of the past year and how we are striving faster, higher, stronger and together across all areas of our work. 5
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