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Bringing Dreams to Life

Career Talk Session by Chris Yong

On 20th July 2022, Kuen Cheng High School Counseling Department invited Mr.

Chris Yong, a financial expert, to share his career journey with the students.

At 3:15 p.m. sharp, Mr. Chris Yong kicked off the sharing session with a brief

introduction of his background. He is the founder of CY Academy and has more than 15
years of marketing experience in the finance and banking industry. Next, he encouraged
students to always stand up and speak confidently in front of others to gain attention. Career Paths
“Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you.” Chris stressed the
Moving on is the Q&A Session. Chris let the students enquire about prospects and importance of the choices we make, and thus we must know clearly what we really want

salaries of different jobs. The students actively participated in this session to gain more in life and strive hard for it. At the same time, we’ll also have to sacrifice something in life
information about the career they are interested in. Following up, he introduced the in order to achieve our goals. Thus, it is important to think twice before making a career
Cashflow Quadrant. Everyone can be categorised according to how they get their money: decision.

Employee, Self-employed, Business owner, or Investor. He explained that each of these four
quadrants has its strengths, weaknesses, and characteristics. To sum it up, Mr Chris Yong advised the younger generation to be more courageous in
pursuing their dreams, and to always have passion inside them. Also, he warned them to be
ready for obstacles and challenges while they are on the journey of realising their dreams.

After a group photo was taken, the event came to a close at 4:30 p.m. Mr. Chris Yong

continued to answer some questions from the students to satisfy their curiosity and desire
for knowledge.

Reported by: Grace Low Shing Wei Sr2ScA
Photos by: Ian Gan

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