21 What is your plan at this stage of your career? How different would your career path be if you did not study life science? 在職業生涯這個階段你的計劃是甚麼？如果沒有修讀生命科學，你的 職業路徑會怎樣不同？ Coby I already had a passion for teaching since my time in primary school, but what truly sparked me is a course here in HKUST. It was about promoting science in the community. I really liked that course because I think nurturing youngsters is especially important. In the coming year, I will study for a postgraduate diploma in education and hopefully become a biology teacher soon. I believe that teaching allows me to have a more immediate and meaningful impact by nurturing and inspiring young minds. 我從小學時期就已經對教育充滿熱情，但真正啟發我的是科大這裡一門關於在社區推廣科學的課程。我 非常喜歡這門課，因為我認為培育年輕人特別重要。在接下來一年，我會攻讀學位教師教育文憑課程，並希 望在不久將來成為生物老師。我相信教學能讓我透過培育和啟發年輕人，對社會作出直接而有意義的影響。 Nathan My major at HKUST was biology. After graduation, I enrolled into another undergraduate program, which is a medical degree at CUHK. I'm now working in the hospital authority as a resident doctor. My specialty is oncology. Back then my first choice was not biology, but the Bachelor of Arts program offered by HKU because I wanted to study Chinese. I cannot imagine what I would be doing now if I enrolled in that program. 我在科大的主修是生物學，畢業後報讀了另一個本科課程，那是中大的醫學學位。我現在於醫院管理 局擔任駐院醫生，專業是腫瘤學。其實我最初的第一選擇並不是生物學，而是港大的文學士課程，因為我 想讀中文系。我無法想像如果我當時入讀了那個課程，現在會踏上一條怎樣的道路。 Charles Looking back, I feel like I never had to choose the program. Yet I remember when I declare my major at the end of the first year, I was debating between mathematics and economics, and biology. The former would make money; people around me thought it was popular and hot. Biology, on the other hand, was more my true interest. You know, in Hong Kong, there's a very strong business culture. Under that environment, it makes sense for someone to wonder whether you should pursue a career path that feeds into that big field. But at the time, I was lucky to have good mentors, like Professors King Chow and Tom Cheung. They encouraged me to pursue research, so I ended up in the first cohort of the international research enrichment track. Then everything just fell into place – I went for PhD, did a postdoc, and hopefully, one day I'll be a professor somewhere. 回顧過去，我覺得自己從不需要為選擇課程而煩惱。然而，記得在第一年末選擇主修時，我曾在數學與 經濟學課程和生物學之間掙扎：前者會賺錢，身邊的人認為它是熱門之選；另一方面，生物學更符合我的真 實興趣。你也知道香港是個商業社會，在這種環境下，考慮是否應該順應潮流投身到主流職業路徑當中也非 常合理。當時我有幸遇到一些好導師，譬如周敬流教授和張曉東教授，他們鼓勵我追求科學研究，因此我成 為了國際科研課程的第一屆畢業生。然後一切都非常順利 — 我攻讀了博士學位，完成博士後研究，希望有 一天能成為教授。
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