The AGM 2012 was held on March 3, 2012, just one day after the Texas Independence Day, at Modern China Restaurant in Times Square. 17 people including members and their spouses attended the meeting. Victor Nip as the President of 2011-12 presented a report of the activities of HKTX in 2011-12, and Carl Sung as […]
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Pre-Chinese New Year Happy Hour with UCLA Alumni
Happy New Year (be it Gregorian or Chinese Lunar)! We are co-hosting our next happy hour gathering with our long-time partner UCLA Alumni Association again. This time, we will go back to Lan Kwai Fong area for a drink or two. Date: January 19, 2012 Time: 7-10pm Venue: LUX Bistro & Bar, D’Aguilar Street Damage: […]
Texas Longhorn Bowl Game Live Watching Party
Our football team is going to face Berkeley in the Holiday Bowl on December 28 8pm EST (9am HKT the next day). Once again, HKTX is bringing you the annual Longhorn Bowl Game Live Viewing Party which let our alumni in Hong Kong to witness the team’s victory together. Details are as follows: Date: December […]
Thanksgiving Dinner and Thanksgiving Drink Party
This year, because of positive feedback, our Thanksgiving Dinner will be held again in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Clubhouse (http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=31942): Date: November 26 (Saturday) Time: 6:30pm (Drink Party follows at around 9:30pm, see another invitation) Venue: 4/F, Jockey Club House Food Plaza (48 Shan Kwong Road, Happy Valley) Damage: $200 per adult, […]
Casual Dinner
Date: Saturday, November 5 Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm Venue: La Parole (3/F, The Pembertion, 22-26 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong (Close to Sheung Wan MTR Station) The next casual dinner is coming! There will be no agenda. Just nice chats and good food. This time, we will have the dinner at La Parole, a […]
Texas/Oklahoma Football Live Viewing Party
Our team (#11, 4-0, 1-0 Big 12) is going to face Oklahoma (#3 4-0, 1-0 Big 12) this Saturday 12pm EST (Sunday 12am HKT). HKTX is bringing you again a Longhorn game live. Here are the details: Date: October 8 (Saturday) Time: 11:30pm Venue: The Wheel (G/F, Winning House, 26 Hollywood Road, SOHO, Central (Tel: […]
Happy Hour Gathering
This time we are going to try a new place. Not only is that we have never held an event in this facility before, but it is also the first time in 10 years that we are hosting our happy hour event on the Kowloon side. Here are the details: Date: August 18 (Thursday) Time: […]
Special Happy Hour with Current UT Students of CIBER Programs
As mentioned before, 2 groups of business students of the CIBER program are now in Hong Kong for 5 weeks studying accounting and supply chain management respectively. We will meet them one more time before they leave in a Special Happy Hour Gathering. Here are the details: Date: June 29 (Wednesday) Time: 7pm to 9:30pm […]
Horse Race Watching with CIBER Program SCM Students
It was not long ago when we had our own Horse Race Watching Party. As we communicated earlier, some accounting and supply chain management (SCM) students currently studying at UT are in Hong Kong. The SCM students are going to have their own racecourse event next Wednesday and our members are invited to join them. […]
Dragon Boat Race Watching and Lunch with Current UT Business Students
A group of students of the McCombs School of Business are coming to Hong Kong. Each summer the Center for International BusinessEducation and Research (CIBER) sends about 200 graduate and undergraduate business students abroad to take classes, go on company visits, become exposed to international business practices, etc. in Hong Kong, Paris, Prague, and Edinburgh. […]
Horse Race Watching Party
The long-awaited Horse Race Watching Party is here! Date: June 1 (Wednesday) Time: 7pm Place: Home Straight (Members Box E307), Happy Valley Racecourse (http://member.hkjc.com/en/rcs/fp_e307.asp) Activities: Dinner, horse race watching, horse-betting (optional) Cost: $200 minimum per person, total cost depends on what food you order (2-course starting at $288 and 3-course starting at $310, drinks extra), […]
St. Patrick’s Day Happy Hour Gathering
Our Happy Hour Gatherings are coming back! The first one this fiscal year will be on the evening of March 17 which is St. Patrick’s Day. It doesn’t hurt if we wear something green. Here are the details: Date: March 17 (Thursday) Time: 7-9pm Venue: Pi (28/F, 8 Wyndham Street, Central, Tel. 2868-1162) Fee: Buy […]
HKTX AGM and Texas Independence Day Dinner
This fiscal year is coming to an end. As part of the traditional of Texas Exes and a requirement of our Constitution, we are going to have the Annual General Meeting and Texas Independence Day dinner on February 26. Time: Saturday, February 26 · 6:30pm – 10:00pm Location: 創潮樓 Miracle Cuisine (1/F, VIP Commercial Building, […]
Green Power Hike
We are in the process of organizing a team to take part in the Green Power Hike this coming year again. The time, the race will be held on January 29, 2011 (Saturday). The activity is a fund-raising walkathon for Green Power, a charity that focuses on local environmental problem. For information about the activity, […]
Joint Golf/BBQ Event with UCLA Alumni
We have organized a joint golf/BBQ event with UCLA Alumni Association. Below are the details of the event: Date: January 22 (Saturday) Time: 10:30 am – 4:00 pm-ish, gather at meeting point Tuen Mun MTR station at 9:30 am Place: River Trade Golf (Mong Hau Shek, Tuen Mun, http://www.rtg.hk/ Activities: Barbeque lunch, golf (driving range), […]
Thanksgiving Dinner
The Thanksgiving Dinner for this year will be held in the Hong Kong Jockey Club Happy Valley Clubhouse (http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=31942). Here are the details: Date: November 27 (Saturday) Time: 6:30pm Venue: 4/F, Jockey Club House (48 Shan Kwong Road, Happy Valley) Damage: $200 per adult, $100 per child below 12* * You will choose your own […]
Texas vs Iowa State Live Viewing Party
Our team (#22, 4-2, 2-1 Big 12) is going to face Iowa State (3-4, 1-2 Big 12) this Saturday 12 noon EST (Sunday 12am HKT). HKTX is bringing you again a Longhorn game live from Austin for our alumni to enjoy together. Here are the tentative details: Date: October 23 (Saturday) Time: 11:30pm Venue: TBD […]
Texas/Oklahoma Football Viewing Party
On October 3, 2010, we did the craziest thing! We asked our alumni to go to The Wheel to watch the ou game at 3:30am. Many alumni showed up despite it was supposed to be bed time.
Texas at Texas Tech Football Viewing Party
Our team (#6, 2-0, 0-0 Big 12) is going to face Texas Tech Red Raiders (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) this Saturday 8pm EST (Sunday 8am HKT). Once again, HKTX bring you a Longhorn game live from Texas for our alumni to enjoy together. Here are the details: Date: Sep 19 (Sunday) Time: 7:30am Venue: The […]
End of the World… Cup Dinner
Life is gonna get back to normal when the World Cup ends. That would be a good time for our alumni to meet again. This month, instead of having our regular happy hour, we will meet in an occasion when we can sit down together to enjoy some good food. Date: July 17 (Saturday) Time: […]