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What is success? Three accomplished women in Hong Kong gave their take on the question at a recent event hosted jointly by Chanel and the Post, which set out to inspire and encourage young female students to reach for their goals through reading.<\/p>\n

In many result-driven Asian cultures, young people are often advised to focus on the destination: the medal, the title, the top job. But in separate interviews with the Post, Hong Kong Olympian swimmer Siobhan Haughey<\/span>, award-winning businesswoman Joanna Hotung and education advocate Vivian Chung Ming-wai had something different to say, covering subjects from failure to youth empowerment to female leadership.<\/div>\n
Fresh from having snagged two gold and two bronze medals at the 2025 National Games<\/span>, the 28-year-old Haughey marked her open water competition debut at Hong Kong\u2019s Victoria Harbour Race in November, finishing in second place. As an Olympian, she won two silvers at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics<\/span> and two bronzes at the 2024 Paris Olympics<\/span>, in the 100m and 200m freestyle at both events.<\/div>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a failure,\u201d Haughey said. \u201cI learn a lot more from races where I don\u2019t swim well. There are many more learning opportunities from a bad race than a good one.\u201d<\/p>\n

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(From left) Joanna Hotung, Siobhan Haughey and emcee Emily Tsang speak about women leadership and reading at the \u201cEmpower through Reading\u201d talk on December 7. Photo: Chanel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In the hall full of female students, Haughey added how \u201cgirls are taught to be perfect\u201d, a traditional value drilled into them from a young age. But she emphasised that learning from setbacks and regularly seeking new challenges were what had shaped her career as an Olympian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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