Hong Kong Texas Exes

Alumni of the University of Texas at Austin from and in Hong Kong

History of Hong Kong Texas Exes

Pre-Hong Kong Texas Exes

• Pre-2000
  • A group of alumni led by Andrew Lee called "Horns of Hong Kong" was in existence.
• 2000
  • Two alumni, Ken Soh and Richard So, created a virtual group for Texas Exes in Hong Kong in a social networking website called eCircles in May/June.

Early Years

• 2001
  • International Alumni Relations Director Ms Nancy Kocurek visited Hong Kong in January with Flying Longhorns and discussed the possibility to organize the alumni in Hong Kong.
  • A happy hour gathering was organized by Richard So in March.
  • eCircles was closed in April; Victor Nip moved all data in eCircles to Intranets.com, and gave the name "Hong Kong Texas Exes" to the group.
  • Benjamin Chang volunteered to organize the April Happy Hour.
  • Intranets.com was no longer a free service in June; Victor Nip created the Hong Kong Texas Exes web site in GeoCities: the site was one of the few web sites of international networks.
  • Benjamin Chang and Victor Nip volunteered to co-chair the group.
• 2002
  • Nancy Kocurek began locating Texas Exes in Hong Kong in January.
  • Benjamin spearheaded the first "Book Prize" to current Hong Kong students at UT.
  • First Texas Independence Day Dinner was held in March.
  • Victor Nip was formally recognized as Local Contact by Texas Exes.
  • Hong Kong Texas Exes was formally recognized as the local network in Hong Kong.
  • Hong Kong Texas Exes adopted the "Horns of Hong Kong" logo.
• 2003
  • The HKTX.org web site was launched, replacing the old web site at GeoCities.
• 2005
  • The first formal AGM was held right before Texas Independence Day Dinner
  • Members may pay voluntary membership fee starting from May to support the organization financially.
• 2006
  • The first formal committee was formed.
  • AGM/Texas Independence Day/5-Year Anniversary Dinner was held to commemorate the 5-year anniversary.

Recent Years

• 2007
  • The Hong Kong Texas Exes Facebook Group was created
• 2009
  • Hong Kong Texas Exes was registered as a society under the Hong Kong Societies Ordinance.
• 2010
  • Constitution was adopted during AGM.
• 2011
  • First formal election was held during AGM.