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As 2019 drew to a close over the Christmas break, I had been reflecting on the many demands of the Faculty’s huge and unprecedented expansion. Physically, we were in the midst of building new blocks, planning to move whole schools and departments into new premises, and preparing to have more clinical affiliates. We were also grappling with how to accommodate our largest-ever classes and adapt our programmes for that – prophetically, we decided that a key solution was to put more content online – and how to recruit enough world-class researchers and teachers in a competitive market. Our research profile was also reaching new heights with the multi- billion-dollar award we received through the @InnoHK programme. And then came the COVID-19 pandemic. CHANCE FAVOURS THE PREPARED MIND 05