Adrienne Ng is the founder and managing director of Treasure Island Group. She arrived in Hong Kong in 1996 and began to develop outdoor education and recreation programs for children and youth. Her passion of “bringing the classroom outdoors” has continued to grow for the past 23 years. The company currently comprises outdoor education school camps, corporate teambuilding and events, beachside food and beverages, and a foundation that supports a local farm.
Adrienne first began developing recreation camps and programs for a Hong Kong Charity that works with at-risk youth and Vietnamese refugees. She later taught PE and coached sport teams in the English School Foundation. Adrienne recognized a need for outdoor education and recreation program that went beyond residential programs in both the private and public schools. At the young age of 23, she decided to use her outdoor experiences growing up in her native country, Canada, and her degree in Leisure and Sport Management from the University of British Columbia to start her own small outdoor business on Lantau Island –Treasure Island.
“After my working in the city job in Hong Kong, I arrived on Lantau Island and immediately fell in love with the natural treasures I discovered there and never left. Thus, the name Treasure Island was truly about the treasures on Lantau. I was young and excited and will always remember advertising for my first camp on my bicycle around the villages and putting posters all around. Even as I continued to teach PE with the ESF, I continuously pursued schools to leave the concrete jungle and take outdoor education beyond the classroom. When you are passionate about one concept and are consistent, that is how the success of TIG came to be. The education I received at UBC was a great foundation that gave me the skillsets and confidence to set up my own outdoor business. Since first starting, I believe we will have reached over 50,000 kids and have trained over 3000+ outdoor leaders to make a difference in their journey in the outdoor field”.
Adrienne is currently a keen surfer and adventure traveler and is infectiously happy and positive about running her outdoor company on Pui O Beach, Lantau Island.
