The “Hang Lung Future Women Leaders Program” held its kick-off ceremony and inaugural event – the Women Leadership Forum in Hong Kong on October 17. The event was attended by female university students, their mentors, elite women leaders from diverse industries, and Hang Lung executives, tenants and business partners. The event also welcomed Ms. Louise Ho, CDSM, CMSM, the first female Commissioner of the Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department, and also the first female government official promoted to the highest rank in the Disciplined Services, as one of the officiating guests.

During the Women Leadership Forum themed “Empowering Women to Tap Their Strengths”, Ms. Anita Fung, BBS, JP, Independent Non-executive Director of Hang Lung Properties; Ms. Jennifer Liu, Founder & Chairlady of The Academϊcs Group, Director of The Dragon Foundation; and Ms. Rebecca Lim, Founding Partner of AutoML Capital Limited shared their own stories of how they overcame challenges and kept pushing forward to achieve their goals to become the people they are today.

Mr. Weber Lo said, in his opening remarks, “We are delighted with the positive feedback the program has received from universities and students across the nation. It is also our great honor to have Customs chief, Louise Ho, attending today to share how she has strived for excellence in the civil service. Nurturing future talents requires collective effort across society, and I am thankful to our tenants and business partners, who have joined hands with Hang Lung by volunteering their time and effort to participate in this meaningful initiative as mentors.  We believe these 100 female university students will have a once-in-a-lifetime experience to draw inspiration from their elite women mentors, and equip themselves to become Hong Kong’s future leaders.”