Distinguished Communication Alumni Award (DCAA)

Over the years, the School has been playing a significant role in nurturing communication professionals. To show our recognition towards their professional achievements and commitment to the industry/community, the School would like to take this opportunity to honour distinguished alumni, representing different disciplines and decades, over the past 50 years. Nominated alumni was selected on top of the 40 alumni award recipients for the School’s 40^th anniversary. The Award was presented at the Gala Dinner held on 30 November, 2018.

DCAA Recipients:

Professor Jin Jianbin
Dr Angus Cheong
Ralph Szeto
Zhao Qin
Patrick Siu
Sophal Bun
Dr Mui Kwong Chiu
Yee Lam
Fung Chih Chiang
Ralph Poon
Lai Yan Chi
Steve Chan
Lo Bing Chung
Mandy Kwong
Angel Cheng
Thomas Chan
Linda Choy
Dominic Lau
Ho Chui Ping
Mei Wong
Josephine Ng
Vanessa Piao

Brief Biographies of the 22 Awardees of the Distinguished Communication Alumni Award

Selection Criteria for DCAA

Candidates must be a graduate of the School of Communication (the then Department of Communication) of HKBU.

Candidates must:

have recognised professional achievements in the communication industry
have made contributions to the community or the alma mater

Criteria for Nominators

Nominators must belong to any ONE of the following groups of the School of Communication of HKBU.

an alumnus or alumna
a current or former part-time/full-time faculty or staff member
a member of the Course Advisory Committee

Each nominator can propose ONLY ONE nominee. The nominator can neither be the nominee himself/herself nor be a member of the Selection Committee.

DCAA 2018 Judges

Dr. Amen NG
Head of Corporate Communications & Standards
Radio Television Hong Kong

Ms. May CHAN
Honorary University Fellow of Hong Kong Baptist University

Mr. Sunny LUK
Renowned Film Director

Professor HUANG Yu
Associate Vice-President and Dean of School of Communication
Hong Kong Baptist University

Mr. C.K. LAU
Associate Dean of School of Communication
Hong Kong Baptist University

Professor Eva MAN
Chair Professor in Humanities and Director of Academy of Film of School of Communication
Hong Kong Baptist University

Professor Kineta HUNG
Head of Department of Communication Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University

Professor Alice LEE
Head of Department of Journalism
Hong Kong Baptist University