MCM Collegiate High Table with Andrew Seaton
Former British Consul General, Andrew Seaton, now Executive Director of British Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, and Colin Day, editor of The Lone Flag, a recent book on the writings of John Pownall Reeves, British Consul in Macau during WWI1, were principal guests at MCM Collegiate High Table held Thursday 29 October.College Fellow and historian, Dr. Vincent Ho who collaborated on The Lone Flag, together with a much requested return guest, Henry Brockman, Chairman of the British Business Association of Macao, also joined the guests at High Table.
Mr. Seaton’s keynote address offered a contemporary perspective of development seen in China during the time he had known the Middle Kingdom as a seasoned diplomat. In the light of President Xi Jinping's recent visit to the United Kingdom, when the Chinese President spoke of past and present China-UK ties, China's economic and social development, foreign policies, and of building a "community of shared interests" with Britain, Mr. Seaton’s address, adroitly nuanced for an attentive audience of predominantly freshman students, held both immediate and longer term resonance, not least in terms of his closing remarks: to freshmen, 'Be curious'.
Master, Prof. Kit Thompson spoke of MCM College striving to encourage students to strive to lead rewarding and fulfilling lives. In this respect, to travel something of the life journeys its High Table guests undertake, and to enable all of students through their curricular and co-curricular activities to reach optimum levels of potential and fulfilment reiterating a prerequisite of all life-long learners: "Be curious and stay curious".
'We wish our students", said the Master, "to be precocious - advanced beyond their years - forward thinking leaders, energetic, trailblazers. Students who represent a wide Collegiate "community of shared interests" and galvanise this remarkable city of Macau, Pearl River Delta and way beyond.
Mr. Seaton’s keynote address offered a contemporary perspective of development seen in China during the time he had known the Middle Kingdom as a seasoned diplomat. In the light of President Xi Jinping's recent visit to the United Kingdom, when the Chinese President spoke of past and present China-UK ties, China's economic and social development, foreign policies, and of building a "community of shared interests" with Britain, Mr. Seaton’s address, adroitly nuanced for an attentive audience of predominantly freshman students, held both immediate and longer term resonance, not least in terms of his closing remarks: to freshmen, 'Be curious'.
Master, Prof. Kit Thompson spoke of MCM College striving to encourage students to strive to lead rewarding and fulfilling lives. In this respect, to travel something of the life journeys its High Table guests undertake, and to enable all of students through their curricular and co-curricular activities to reach optimum levels of potential and fulfilment reiterating a prerequisite of all life-long learners: "Be curious and stay curious".
'We wish our students", said the Master, "to be precocious - advanced beyond their years - forward thinking leaders, energetic, trailblazers. Students who represent a wide Collegiate "community of shared interests" and galvanise this remarkable city of Macau, Pearl River Delta and way beyond.