{"id":12711,"date":"2021-07-26T17:12:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/alumni\/events-activities\/polar-marathon-and-i\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T10:58:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T02:58:35","slug":"polar-marathon-and-i","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/alumni\/events-and-activities\/pastevent\/polar-marathon-and-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Polar Marathon and I"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12711\" class=\"elementor elementor-12711\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider wavo-column-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e7fad1f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e7fad1f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fff1ccb\" data-id=\"fff1ccb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-897f073 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"897f073\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!--##########################--------------table for desc and 12 links only------########################------>\r\n<table id=\"ItemDtlTbl\" border=\"0\" summary=\" \" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td class=\"td_justify\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\r\n<p class=\"style36\"><span class=\"style32\">&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/span>\r\n\r\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n<br \/>\r\n.style36 {<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-family: Arial;<br \/>\r\n}<br \/>\r\n.style53 {<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tline-height: 14pt;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 0;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 0;<br \/>\r\n}<br \/>\r\n.style54 {<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tline-height: 14pt;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: justify;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 0;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 0;<br \/>\r\n}<br \/>\r\n.style49 {<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tborder-width: 0;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tline-height: 150%;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 0;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 0;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tcolor: #006600;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: medium;<br \/>\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: left;<br \/>\r\n}\r\n.style32 {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-family: Arial;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: medium;\r\n}\r\n.style33 {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: medium;\r\n}\r\n.style34 {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-family: Arial;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 0;\r\n}\r\n.style35 {\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-family: Arial;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: medium;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 0;\r\n}\r\n.style36 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 0;\r\n}\r\n.style37 {\r\n\t\t\t\tdisplay: none;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-family: Arial;\r\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: medium;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 0;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-bottom: 0;\r\n}\r\n<\/style>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<table class=\"ou_m_tbl ou_no_label\">\r\n<thead>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th style=\"width: 30%; padding: 0;\">\r\n<p class=\"style37\">Content1<\/p>\r\n<\/th>\r\n<th style=\"width: 70%; padding: 0;\">\r\n<p class=\"style37\">Content2<\/p>\r\n<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" data-label=\"Content1\">\r\n<p class=\"style35\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hkmu.edu.hk\/PAO\/AlumniLink\/AlumniTalk\/151008\/Polar%20Marathon%20and%20I_Mr%20Quincy%20Wong_s.jpg\" alt=\"Mr Quincy Wong\" align=\"top\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" data-label=\"Content2\">\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><strong><span class=\"style33\">Guest Speaker:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"style33\">\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><span class=\"style33\">Mr Quincy Wong Lee-man<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><span class=\"style33\">(Chairman of the Convoy Financial Group)\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><strong><span class=\"style33\">Moderator:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"style33\">\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><span class=\"style33\">Dr. Peter Yau Yiu-hung\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><span class=\"style33\">(Assistant Professor, School of Science and Technology)\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><strong><span class=\"style33\">Date: \r\n<\/span> <\/strong><span class=\"style33\">8 October 2015 (Thursday)\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><strong><span class=\"style33\">Time: \r\n<\/span> <\/strong><span class=\"style33\">7:00-8:30 pm\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><strong><span class=\"style33\">Venue: \r\n<\/span> <\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><span class=\"style33\">Tai Ning Hall, 12\/F, Block A, \r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><span class=\"style33\">Ho Man Tin Campus of the OUHK (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ouhk.edu.hk\/wcsprd\/Satellite?pagename=OUHK\/tcSingPage&amp;c=C_AAU&amp;cid=191108005400&amp;lang=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"style33\">Map<\/span><\/a><span class=\"style33\">)\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><strong><span class=\"style33\">Language:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"style33\"> Cantonese\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"style34\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\"><strong><span class=\"style33\">Organizer:<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"style33\">\r\n<\/span>Alumni Affairs Office of the Public Affairs Unit\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"2\">\r\n<p class=\"style35\" style=\"br: 12pt; br \/&gt;\">As a distance-running enthusiast, Mr Wong established an ambitious goal of '7+2+1' \u2015 completing marathons on seven continents, at both Poles as well as in the Sahara Desert. In the past few years, he has already achieved his goals in the polar regions and in the Sahara. 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