搏盡無悔

運輸帶上，一箱箱貨品源源不絕順暢向前。這裡是網購平台HKTVmall的物流中心，貨品經全自動化系統整理排列，隨即分發貨車派送。網購事業的成功，或許使大家想不起這間公司的前身，其實是寬頻和多媒體製作公司。三者所需的專業知識迥異，即使周慧晶一直在此任職，也變相轉了幾次行。每次轉型都等同重頭學起，現為HKTVmall負責人的她卻說，儘管行業與本科未必相關，她始終秉持「搏到盡」的新傳精神。

作為新傳首批內地生，上海姑娘周慧晶笑言上第一堂必修科「傳播媒介與社會」，就遇到「很大衝擊」：完全不懂廣東話，也不了解香港文化，對香港時事零概念，而該科涉及大量香港新聞及社會文化現象分析，她說了三次「非常」去形容困難程度；基於內地與香港用字習慣差異，參與學生實習刊物《大學線》過程接近崩潰，「第一篇文寫得很差，我沒試過收到這樣的評價，差點想自己躲起來哭。」

「我才發現原來在這裡要把書讀好，須比香港學生再努力十倍、二十倍。但這個經歷逼我更努力學習，加速了解香港社會。」她說得一口流利廣東話，就是證明。「這段經歷很重要，之後進修和工作遇到種種困難也好，都覺得只要自己能堅持，沒什麼難關不能克服。所以在新傳學會了自強不息和努力，才可做到一些突破。」

她的突破與公司緊扣，畢業後入職城市電訊，公司由寛頻、電視轉到網購，每次轉型等於由零開始，她迎難而上，咬緊牙關堅持，由深信香港必須有「好的光纖網絡」到「香港人自己的網購平台」，她始終希望創造不同選擇給市民，「這於我也是很有滿足感的事」。

一提到香港電子商貿的未來發展空間，周慧晶就侃侃而談。她說，這也是新傳人的共通點，「大家做任何事都很有熱誠，還有希望為社會做多點的心志，這是我深刻感受到的。」

簡介：
周慧晶，2003年香港中文大學新聞與傳播學院本科畢業後入職城市電訊，2020年起出任香港科技探索有限公司行政總裁（香港），負責公司在香港地區的網購業務。

Giving Her All Without Regrets

At HKTVmall’s logistics center, boxes of merchandise move seamlessly along conveyor belts, sorted by a fully automated system before being loaded onto delivery trucks. The e-commerce platform’s success might make it easy to forget that the company began as a broadband provider and multimedia production company. These three industries require vastly different expertise, and though Jelly Zhou has remained with the company throughout its evolution, she’s essentially changed careers multiple times. Each transformation meant starting from scratch, but Zhou, now heading HKTVmall, explains that despite working in fields unrelated to her academic background, she’s consistently embodied the “all-in” spirit she cultivated at the School of Journalism and Communication.

As one of the first mainland Chinese students in CUHK’s School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai-born Zhou recalls her first required course, “Mass Media and Society,” with a laugh. “It was a tremendous shock,” she says. Unable to understand Cantonese, unfamiliar with Hong Kong culture, and completely unaware of local current affairs, she struggled with a course that demanded extensive analysis of Hong Kong news and cultural phenomena. She describes the difficulty as “extremely challenging” multiple times. The different writing conventions between mainland China and Hong Kong nearly caused a breakdown during her practicum with the School’s publication U-Beat Magazine. “My first article was terrible. I’d never received such criticism before and almost hid away to cry.”

“I realized I needed to work ten or twenty times harder than local Hong Kong students to excel academically. But this experience pushed me to work harder and accelerated my understanding of Hong Kong society.” Her now-fluent Cantonese stands as testament to her determination. “This experience proved invaluable. Later, whenever I faced challenges in further studies or work, I knew that with perseverance, no obstacle was insurmountable. At the School of Journalism, I learned self-reliance and diligence, which enabled me to achieve breakthroughs.”

These breakthroughs have paralleled her company’s evolution. After graduation, she joined City Telecom, staying on as the company transformed from a broadband provider to a multimedia production company and finally to an e-commerce platform. Each transition was essentially starting over, but she faced these challenges head-on. From her belief that Hong Kong deserved “a high-quality fiber optic network” to her vision of “Hong Kong’s own online shopping platform,” she has consistently sought to create more choices for local residents. “That’s something I find deeply satisfying,” she notes.

When discussing Hong Kong’s e-commerce future, Zhou speaks with evident passion. She believes this enthusiasm is characteristic of journalism school graduates: “We approach everything with tremendous dedication and aspire to contribute meaningfully to society. That’s something I’ve observed consistently among my peers.”

Profile:
Jelly Zhou graduated from the School of Journalism and Communication at The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2003 before joining City Telecom. Since 2020, she has served as CEO (Hong Kong) of Hong Kong Technology Venture Company Limited, overseeing the company’s e-commerce operations throughout the Hong Kong region.