In each edition of the Alumni Newsletter we hope to report some news about alumni, marriages, births etc and to feature alumni who have attained notable achievements, appeared in the law reports or have an interesting story to tell. We welcome any suggestions or contributions that any of you may have. We only have one entry for this issue so we really do need you to be more proactive, please!
Foster YIM (JD 2009 & PCLL 2010)
Barrister-at-law, Liberty Chambers
On 24 April 2019, I was invited to give a talk on “A. I. in Legal Translation” to the postgraduate students from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. Being a CUHK student for more than 7 years (MSc in Marketing, JD and PCLL), I have a profound mixed feeling towards this one-day SZ trip.
The CUHK (SZ) is located at Longgang District. From LoWu station, it took around 35 minutes car drive. Instead of maintaining an open campus policy like its counterpart in Hong Kong, there are checks and gates for cars and people. Once I stepped into the campus, I could see a mirror image of our Shatin Campus — from iconic statue such as the ‘Four Stone Pillars’ to buildings’ style and pattern such as the ‘Million Road’ all have been faithfully replicated (save for the ideology behind the ‘Four Stone Pillars’). Naturally, this gave me a home coming feeling.
The classroom which I delivered the talk resembles the style of the in-town MBA centre in the Bank of America Tower Admiralty. Sharp at the starting hour, all students had already been arrived. My talk was centralized on one theme — given by the (data & market) size difference in Mainland China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the potential of artificial intelligence applications, such as simultaneous transcription and translation (for arbitral awards), in the legal industry is very promising across the border; further, the governmental supports and the tech culture are also stronger in PRC than in HKSAR. If one wanted to build a legaltech startup (or even groom a unicorn), SZ is definitely one of the best options to consider!”
