Matthew Darwen Seaward comes from the UK, who has been studying Marketing and Human Resources Management at Hong Kong Baptist University since 2018. Seward has recently shared why he chooses Hong Kong in an exclusive interview with GDToday.

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Earlier, when he was a school student in his Geography class in the UK, Seaward learned about mega cities like Shenzhen, Guangzhou in the Pearl River Delta, and how they've really exploded and developed over the last 10, 20 years. It turned out to be the reason he came to Hong Kong in the first place.

In his mind, Hong Kong is a great place to study, where many people have been able to turn their lives around. "Hong Kong has got 8 publicly funded universities, all of them having such a high standard of education. And most of these universities have a large international student background", said Seaward.

In the past 3 years, his CV has doubled in length, along with enriched skills and experiences is his greater confidence in himself. Talking about his future plan, Seaward is excited to graduate in Hong Kong: "I think there's going to be loads of opportunities for me when I graduate."

Based on his own experience, namely working at both start-up and corporate, he has seen the best of both. "For both kind of business environments, Hong Kong is a really good city simply because it provides so much for these younger enterprises." Seward said before adding: "Hong Kong SAR government is trying to implement schemes for university students to work in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area."

Now, as the article he once posted on his social media platform - Hong Kong has become his "Home Kong".

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