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Congregation Address at CCCU in 2016
By Ms Jennifer Ng, Principal
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香港城大專上學院2016年
畢業典禮致詞
黃玉虹 院長
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Acting
President, Honoured Guests, Colleagues, Parents, the Class of 2016,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
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署理校長、各位貴賓、各位同事、各位家長、2016年畢業生、各位先生女士：
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My greatest joy as the Principal is
that every year on occasions like these I see the happy faces of our graduates from the Community College of City
University and the beaming
smiles of their proud
parents and loved ones. The spirit
that is in the air this afternoon, in a venue like this one, is very
special. This atmosphere is contagious, as it
spreads from the ones sitting next to you to everyone in this hall.
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我身為本校院長，最大的快樂是：每年在今天這一場合，看到我們城大專上學院畢業生幸福的面容，還有他們家人親友引以自豪而喜氣洋洋的微笑。今天下午，在這樣的會場上，空中的氣氛別具特色：它隨風傳播，從你身邊的鄰座者，飄送到大廳中的每一人。
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Year after year we turn out
graduates. This year we have over
2,000. I am gratified to see that we
have produced yet another group of dynamic young people.
You have worked hard, use whatever resources at your disposal, and
found the inner strength
to forge ahead. However you got here
you have made it. I am sure there were
sleepless nights where you worried about a project presentation the next day,
or experienced great anxiety in anticipation of examinations.
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我們年復一年培育出畢業生，今年又有兩千多人畢業。眼看學院又造就了一群活力充沛的青年人，我滿心喜悅。你們辛苦努力，運用手中的所有資源，激發出內心潛藏的實力，向前邁進。無論各人的努力如何，但你們都畢業了。我可以確信，你們都曾因為隔天的專題習作演示而擔憂得徹夜無眠，也都曾因面臨考試而滿心焦慮。
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By completing your Associate Degrees, you
are one step closer to your dreams.
Your young
spirits and continuing hard work will propel you ahead in your further studies or careers. In a way, you mirror the development of our College, which has come a long
way since our early days of being a publicly-funded institution. We have now developed into a self-financing one that
can sustain ourselves,
with academic programmes that continue to be relevant and appeal to our community.
CCCU is indeed a microcosm of our
community, and Hong Kong converges
here. Apart from a majority of local
Chinese students, we also have students from the mainland, South Asia, of
other nationalities and “returnees”
from overseas.
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如今你們取得了副學士學位，朝自己的理想又走近了一步；青春的精神和不懈的努力，將推動你們繼續前行以尋求深造或投身職場。不妨說，你們好比一面鏡子，映現出我們學院的成長，從早年的一所公帑資助學校，走過漫漫長路，如今成為有能力自養自足的一所自資學院，開設的課程持續有功於社會而廣受社會歡迎。
城大專上學院真可謂本地社會的一幅縮影，整個香港似乎聚集在這裏。我校學生之中大多數是本地華人，但也有來自中國內地、南亞各地的學生，有來自多國的外籍學生，還有「海歸」學生。.
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One question frequently asked
by graduates is: what
now? In our College, 80% of our graduates go on to further studies, with a
majority entering the academic programmes at publicly-funded universities in Hong Kong. With increasing support from the
Government, many senior
year places are now available for our Associate Degree graduates.
Other AD graduates found their way to top-up degrees offered
by many overseas universities or other local, higher education
institutions. Our alliance with the University of Wollongong
has enabled some graduates to join one of the three top-up programmes offered by UOW in Hong
Kong upon their graduation from AD programmes.
For those seeking employment, most were
able to find work within two months of their graduation.
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畢業生常有一個疑問：今後要做什麼呢？在我們學院，畢業生中有80%繼續求學，多數人進入本港公帑資助的各大學，修讀學士課程。如今政府的支持日漸提高，增設了許多大學高年級的學額，可供我們的副學士畢業生入讀。
另有一部份副學士畢業生，入讀了多家海外大學或本地其他大專院校開設的銜接學位課程。我們專上學院與澳洲的伍倫貢大學結盟，該大學在香港設有三項銜接課程；本學院有些學生取得副學士學位後，便得以從中選擇一項來修讀。
尋求入職就業的學生，則大多數可在畢業後兩個月之內找到工作。
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Somewhere ahead in your paths you will
encounter various crossroads. As you graduate, I would like to suggest
that you be aware of the importance of finding your own identity in our vast universe. Finding your own identity, I would contend, is far more important
than having acquired an array of “must-have” fashionable gadgets dictated by our status-conscious consumer society.
The values of modesty from ancient times still hold
true today and you should hold greed and want in check.
Besides contributing much to the depletion of resources of our planet,
conspicuous consumption
does not enrich the inner soul. There
is however, more than modesty that you should consider.
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你們在前進途中的某一刻，將會遇到各種各樣的岔路口。當此畢業之際，我願意勸告大家：在人間億眾之中確立自己的身份，其重大意義，你們務必認清。我還要強調指出：確立自己的身份，其意義之重大，遠高於擁有當下講究身份的消費社會認定為「非擁有不可」的一大堆時髦物品。
謙遜質樸，自古是美德，今日仍然可貴；而貪婪欲求之心，則應予抑制克服。炫耀性消費只會加劇消耗我們地球的資源，卻無助於滋養內在的性靈。不過，在謙遜質樸之外，還有其他應當留意之事。
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Success in life hardly comes
about by luck or by
chance. You must adhere to the work ethic and dedicate
yourselves wholeheartedly to the tasks at hand, and spend the necessary time to prepare for whatever that is
required to reach your objectives.
As you leave us to shape your own
futures, you will also need to be adaptable and open-minded, ready to seize opportunities as they present themselves,
and maneuver
through all the meandering
streams in life.
At CCCU, we have always striven to
equip our graduates with the requisite skills to survive, with over 2,500 students
benefitting from about 140 outside organizations through internships, project sponsorships or
visits every
year. On top of that, nearly 1,000
students were able to take part in eye-opening overseas study tours.
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人生中的成功，極少是來自幸運，或出於偶然。你們務須堅持勤力工作的倫理，手中有任務，便應為之傾心盡力；無論它有何要求，都要投入所需的時間去準備，以達致自己的目標。
你們離開本學院去自創前程，還要能夠適時應變、心胸開闊；當良機浮現時須能即時捕捉，能靈巧涉過人生中一切曲折迂迴的溪流。
城大專上學院向來努力為畢業生裝備其生存所需的多方面技能，並配合約140所校外機構提供實習工作、專題計劃贊助、參觀訪問的機會，每年使2,500多名學生受益。不僅如此，還有將近1,000名學生得以參加海外訪學，拓寬了視野。
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In the continuum of life, setbacks and frustrations are common. So you must gear yourselves for the long haul. The secret to life, dear graduates, is to endure. Nelson Mandela spent years in prison before he was able to see
the light of day. Even during those dark days he was not
idle. He used the time to learn the
history of South Africa, including those about his enemies, and came out to
lead the country through a peaceful change of power.
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人生歲月流淌之中，挫折和失意將時常發生，因此你們須着眼於長遠旅途。各位親愛的畢業生：人生的秘訣，正在於堅韌不拔。納爾遜·曼德拉忍受了多年牢獄之苦，才得以重見天日。甚至在獄中的黑暗歲月，他也並非虛度，而是利用時間研習南非的歷史，包括自己敵人的歷史，出獄後才能帶領國家歷經和平變革，實現政權移交。
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Surging
ahead
in life is not something we can learn from textbooks. Seize the future and make it your own. Don’t fear it. 2016 may be a defining year when you look back years
later. In Europe, we have the momentous vote of
Britain to leave the European
Union, and records tumble at the summer Olympics down in Brazil. In the United States, there is the impending presidential
election that will have global repercussions, and of course here in Hong
Kong, we have a sea
change in our local politics.
We leave the judgment about whether these things are desirable to future
historians, but I can say for certain that you graduate in a very special year.
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人生中如何破浪前進，是課本上學不到的。要抓緊未來、化為己有；不要害怕未來。多年之後，諸位回首往事，也許可看出2016年的劃時代意義。在歐洲，我們看到英國舉行聲勢浩大的公投，以求退出歐盟；在南美，我們看到巴西的夏季奧運會上，紀錄紛紛打破。在美國，總統大選節節迫近，其結果之影響將遍及全球；當然，在香港這裏，本地的政局發生了巨變。這些變化是否可喜有益，我們且留待未來的歷史學者去評判，我能斷言的是：諸位的畢業，發生在十分特殊的一年。
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None of what happened in the
world so far may impact
on you yet. But for you to
graduate today, your families and loved ones have made an impact in different
ways. That impact could be financial, or could be
just keeping the house quiet for your studies, letting you enjoy a meal to
sustain you, or gentle
encouragement to engender
your interest in learning. You will
certainly thank them in your own way.
But your success today is also due in
no small part to the dedicated teachers and other staff at the College who
have devoted their time
to give you the best education we can deliver. To them, both you and I should record a vote of thanks.
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世界各地至今發生的事，或許尚未有一件影響到諸位；但你們今天能夠畢業，必曾受益於家人和親友的多方支持。他們或給予財力資助，或維持家中安靜好讓你們專心學習，或整治一餐好飯為你們滋補，或輕輕一聲鼓勵，為你們增添求學之趣。你們一定會各自多方表達感謝。
但你們今天的成功，也同樣多賴有本學院恪盡職守的教師和各類職員奉獻時間而竭盡所能，儘力給予你們最好的教育。我本人和你們大家，都應當好好感謝他們。
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I only wish you the best in your
journeys ahead. There will surely be opportunity and peril, but with the
skills we imparted to you, I am confident you will steer well.
I recall a few lines of lyrics from a
song in one of my favourite movies “The Sound of Music” and would like
to give them to you:
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我預祝大家：前行路上，事事安好。誠然，有機會就有風險，但有了學院傳授給你們的技能，我深信諸位必能把握好前行方向。
記得我心愛的一部電影《音樂之聲》裏有一首歌，其中幾句唱詞，我想拿來轉贈予大家：
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Climb every mountain,
Ford every stream,
Follow every rainbow,
Till you find your dream…
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翻越一座座山頭，
涉過一道道溪流；
更追隨那，一彎彎的彩虹，
直到覓得，你心中的美夢……
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Ergo I wish you Godspeed. My sincerest congratulations on your
graduation. May your paths be smooth,
your lives fulfilling, and your endeavours be rewarded.
Thank you very much.
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由此我祈願各位一路順風。我衷心祝賀大家完成了學業。願諸位前程順暢、生活美滿；凡所努力，皆得豐收。
多謝大家。
(Tr. by Allen Zhuang)
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