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Young people have been urged to think on a global scale and develop a broad and long-term vision in order to become good leaders in future.

A total of 32 first-year students from seven local universities  joined the  Young Leaders Programme 2005 in April.

Organised by the AIA Foundation under the theme 'Commit Today for Tomorrow', the five-month programme included  a series of  workshops on leadership and communication skills.

The students also took part in a seven-day Outward Bound camp and organised voluntary activities to show their concern for society.

The camp included physically demanding activities that helped the participants develop team spirit and taught them to be brave in the face of adversity.

In July, they went to Singapore  and met university students there. They also visited several leading companies in the Lion City. At the end of the programme, the students were divided into groups and presented their projects.

Raymond Kan Wai-man, Carmen Lau Ka-man, Archie Ng Ying-kei and Mimi Tse Wing-yi from the University of Hong Kong outshone their counterparts by clinching all the major awards in the competition. They won the Best Report-Writing, Best Presentation and Most Outstanding Team awards.

Mr Kan, 19, now a Year Two medical student, also received the Most Outstanding Young Leader Award.

He agreed with the guest speaker at the award presentation ceremony -  Lingnan University president Edward Chen Kwan-yiu - that a good leader should have great vision and a global outlook.

Professor Chen said young people should think on a global scale and gain more exposure to the world to acquire a broad and long-term vision.

'I have seen and reflected a lot during the programme,' said Mr Kan. 'For example, I was quite impressed by the multi-cultural environment of Singapore. People from different parts of Southeast Asia live harmoniously  in the same community.'

He believes the skills he acquired over the past five months will help him to become a good doctor because medical officers often worked as a team.

The organisers will start recruiting candidates for the 2006 programme later this year. Selection  will be based on academic results, extra-curricular activities, community services, an interview and a written presentation.

For more details about the programme, visit www.aia.com.hk/foundation



Global outlook the key to good leadership