Our football team faced Oregon Ducks (#10, 2nd Pac 12) in the Alamo Bowl on December 31 HKT. The game was the last one where our team was coached by Mack Brown. Last year, we went to the same bowl game with the same regular season record (8-4) and faced an opponent which was also […]
In a warm Saturday evening (November 23, 2013), our Thanksgiving Dinner took place at Oolaa Petite in Admiralty. Admiralty is always a hectic area during weekdays. In the weekend, the atmosphere is entirely different. The streets normally packed with suits and high heels are deserted. The restaurant is located at a quiet street next to […]
To ensure we win the Big 12 Conference Championship, the coming game is one that has to be won. We have booked the feed from Texas Exes for a delayed narrowcast of the game from Texas. Here are the details of the party: Date: November 17 (Sunday) Time: 9am Venue: Old China Hand (104 Lockhart […]
On October 18, we had a relaxing happy hour gathering at a different location than Privé this time. Graffiti offered a laid back environment for us to meet up with some old friends and new UT alumni and UCLA alumni as well. It was a relatively small happy hour gathering, but those who were there […]
On October 12 we hosted the “Texas Football Watching Party – Red River Rivalry” for our members to see our team play our arch rival Oklahoma. The party was hosted at Old China Hand in Wanchai. We had a private corner where we found almost exclusive. We had about a dozen Texas fans joining the […]
On August 26 we held a seminar on Jyutping at the City University of Hong Kong. Jyutping is a Cantonese Romanization scheme proposed by our alumnus Caesar Lun (BA 1981, MA 1985) ‘s team in Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. It is a scheme that is functionally similar to pinyin used in Mainland and the […]
We had another great event with our visiting UT students at Prive on July 5th. We had over 40 students and a few new alumni joining as well. It was a nice representation of UT spirit in Hong Kong. We took advantage of the opportunity to snap some nice pictures of the fun as well, […]
On June 12 we delighted some of our members and many of our visiting UT students with a new experience. It was the first time for most of the visiting UT students and some of our members to see a dragon boat race. In great UT glory our large group managed to occupy a decent […]
In the afternoon of May 26th a bunch of us paid a trip to Park Island for bowling, exploration, and some great food. We gathered at the ferry pier in Central. A handful of us enjoyed our time chatting and catching up at the ferry pier, and was joined by those who were already on […]
On April 11, we had a happy hour gathering event. This time, we cohosted the event with the UCLA Alumni Association. Since 2007, we have been co-organizing social events with them, and every time we have a good turnout from the alumni of both schools. This time is no exception. We returned to our favorite […]
Our Annual General Meeting was held on March 9. Last year we had the AGM in Modern China Restaurant in Times Square. We found the place matched our requirement so much that we decided to have the AGM in this place again. The meeting started at 6:30pm. Victor Nip as the outgoing President gave a […]