It is the best of times. The 2010 congregation is drawing joyful and promising young graduates back to the campus with their gratified parents and excited friends to celebrate their once-in-a-lifetime ceremony with triumphing smiles. It is always heart-warming whilst passing by them and even when I turned to be an amateur photographer for a moment or two.
It is the worst of times. The heart-breaking news about our record high fresh graduate unemployment rates as high as nearly 8% among all eight universities in Hong Kong hit everyone from the President to students.
It is the age of wisdom. The university is, finally, able to situate its unique role as a research-based professional university endeavouring to transform students to young professionals by liberal teaching and learning. I hope it is the spring of hope.
It is the age of foolishness, however, if the executives are yet to identify the hurdles and overcome it with determination but try to fool the stakeholders in particular students with non-employability-related university rankings. Perhaps the winter of despair is not far.
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