In celebrating our Global Business (GBUS) program 15th anniversary, a media briefing was held on 12 May 2016, in which four GBUS graduates were invited to share their success startup stories.
TVB and most printed news (HKET, HKEJ, Sing Tao, Ming Pao, ODN, Ta Kung Pao, Wen Wei Po, Standard, am730, Sky Post)reported on the innovative startups by the four graduates. They highlighted the growing number and trend of startups, the average salary and placement as well as the aim and positive value of the program to graduates. Dean Kar Yan Tam, who is one of the program founders in 2001, was quoted as saying that technology advancement has facilitated and encouraged more student startups, whereas GBUS Program Director Professor Emily Nason talked about the graduate placement in recent years that sends a signal of more diverse businesses our graduates have involved including startups.