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SCMP Reporter

The first MBA students trained in Hong Kong by an Australian university have received their degrees in a ceremony in Perth.

  The group comprised 80 Chinese in the MBA programme and 20 English MBA graduates.

 They completed distance learning at weekends over a 15-month period in the SAR and were accompanied by nearly 1,000 Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degree recipients from the Division of Business, Information Technology and Law.

 Professor Alan Davison, the executive dean, told Campus Post that the Chinese MBA programme was tailor-made for managers of Chinese enterprises and characterised by the use of Putonghua as the medium of instruction.

 'The Murdoch MBA in Hong Kong offers an exciting innovation in management education for those wanting a sound academic background in business concepts as well as the opportunity of a 'hands on' experience in China.

 'The market for goods and services in China is growing quickly and this MBA programme will place its graduates in a position to capitalise on that growth,' he said.

  Professor Davison said the Hong Kong MBA programme content was exactly the same as the Murdoch University MBA programme in Australia where the 'China components' were the only concession.

 The Hong Kong Murdoch MBA programme began in December 1996 with the HR Education Group - a Hong Kong educational organisation. It was the first local attempt at a Chinese MBA programme.

  The Chinese programme was well received by top mainland managers stationed in Hong Kong and experienced local executives in Chinese enterprises, many of whom did not have a formal English training in their degrees.

  Currently, with its fifth intake, more than 160 students have studied in the Murdoch MBA programme, the fees of which cost $118,000.

  Professor Robert Armstrong, director of the Hong Kong MBA Programme, Murdoch University, said: 'It's promising . . . the programme draws on the diverse backgrounds of learners and blends those with the experience and expertise of the lecturers.'   Louis Ng Tat-cheong, sales supervisor of Sylvania Asia-Pacific, said: 'The MBA programme is unique in using Chinese to teach.

  'The content covering Chinese law and finance is very useful and practical,' he said.



HK students win unique MBA degrees