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Overview of
the UGC
Membership
of the UGC
Chairman
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The Hon Laura CHA May-lung,
GBS, JP
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The Hon Laura CHA
May-lung, GBS, JP
(Appointed
on 1 April 2007)
Non-executive
Deputy Chairman,
The Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corporation Limited
Mrs
Cha is a non-official Member, Executive Council, HKSAR Government.
She is also the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of
the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong, and
served as a Nominated Member at the Council of HKUST (1996-2006).
She was the Vice Chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission
(CSRC) (2001-2004). Mrs Cha was with the Securities and Futures
Commission in Hong Kong (1991-2001), she headed the Corporate
Finance Division for five years before being appointed as Deputy
Chairman in 1998.
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Local
members
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Mrs Pamela CHAN WONG Shui,
BBS, JP
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Mrs Pamela CHAN WONG Shui, BBS, JP
(Appointed on 1 April 2007)
Former Chief Executive,
Consumer Council
Mrs
Chan is a Member of the Standing Committee on Legal Education and
Training, the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund Steering Committee,
Law Reform Commission and Travel Industry Council. She was Council
member of PolyU (1987-1992) and has served on a number of advisory
committees and academic boards in, CityU, CUHK, HKU, LU and PolyU.
She was Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Consumer Council; Council
and Executive Member of Consumers International (CI) (1985-2007) and
President of CI (1997-2000); now CI's Patron. Mrs. Chan is also
Vice-Patron of the Community Chest.
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Mr Edward CHENG Wai-sun,
SBS, JP
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Mr Edward CHENG
Wai-sun, SBS,
JP
(Appointed on 1 April 2009)
Deputy
Chairman and Chief Executive of USI Holdings Limited and
Director of Winsor Properties Holdings Limited, Television
Broadcasts Limited and Orient Overseas (International) Limited
Mr
Cheng was the former Chairman of the Urban Renewal Authority
(2004-2007). He has served on the Advisory Committee on
Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
(2004-2009), the Steering Committee on Innovation &
Technology (2004-2008), the Commission on Strategic
Development (2005-2007), the Securities and Futures Commission's Takeovers and Mergers Panel and the Takeovers
Appeal Committee (1994-2005), the Executive Committee of HK
Housing Society (2000-2004), the Councils of the PolyU
(2006-2009), CityU (2003-2007), HKIEd (2000-2002) and HK
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (2004-2005). Mr
Cheng was also a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit
(1994-1995).
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Prof Jack CHENG Chun-yiu
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Prof Jack CHENG Chun-yiu
(Appointed on 1 January 2008)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and
Vice-President,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Cheng is Professor of
Orthopaedics and Traumatology of CUHK. He is also a fellow
member of over 20 local and international professional and
medical organisations. He was the President of the Hong Kong
Society for Surgery of the Hand (1990-1992) and the President
of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association (1995-1996). He was
also a Member of the Licentiate Committee of Hong Kong Medical
Council (1999-2001) and the Supplementary Medical Professions
Council of Department of Health, HKSAR Government (1999-2002).
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Prof Roland CHIN Tai-hong, JP
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Prof Roland CHIN
Tai-hong, JP
(Appointed on 1 April 2004)
Chair Professor of Computer Science and
Engineering,
The Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology
Professor Chin is the Chairman of the
Research Grants Council. He is a Member of the Steering
Committee on Innovation and Technology and the Commission on
Strategic Development of the HKSAR Government. Prior to taking
up the post of Deputy Vice-Chancellor/Provost in HKU in mid
2010, he was the Vice-President for Research and Development
(2003-2006) and the Vice-President for Academic Affairs
(Deputy to the President) (2007-2010) in HKUST. He worked at
the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, U.S.
(1979-1981), and was Professor at the University of Wisconsin -
Madison (1981-1995). He also has served on the Applied
Research Council, Employment Retaining Board, Cyberport Ltd,
ASTRI Ltd, and HK Education City Ltd in Hong Kong.
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Mr Clifton CHIU Chi-cheong
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Mr Clifton CHIU Chi-cheong
(Appointed on 1 January 2008)
Chairman, Harvester (Holdings) Co. Limited
Mr Chiu is the Deputy Chairperson of the
Council on Human Reproductive Technology of the HKSAR
Government. He is also a Member of the Process Review Panel
for the Securities and Futures Commission and the Investment
Committee of the HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund. He was the
Deputy Chairman of the Takeovers and Mergers Panel of the Hong
Kong Securities and Futures Commission (1996-2008) and the
Vice Chairman of the Listing Committee of the Growth
Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange (1999-2002).
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Prof Richard HO Yan-ki
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Prof Richard HO Yan-ki
(Appointed on 1 August 2009)
Professor (Chair) of Finance,
City University of Hong Kong
Professor Ho was the Acting President of
CityU for one year from May 2007. He was appointed as Special
Advisor to the President and then Provost during the period
from May 2008 to June 2009. He is a Member of The Hong Kong
Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational
Qualifications, a Panel Member of the Securities and Futures
Appeals Tribunal and a Member of the Energy Advisory
Committee. He is also a Member of the Quality Assurance
Council (QAC) and an Independent Non-Executive Director of
Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited.
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Prof Edmond KO, JP
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Prof Edmond KO, JP
(Appointment until 31 December 2009)
Adjunct Professor of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering,
Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology
Professor Ko is the Chairman of the
Curriculum Development Council of the HKSAR Government, a
Member of the Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and
Qualifications and the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of
Academic and Vocational Qualifications. Before joining HKUST,
he served at CityU (1998-2005) as Vice-President
(Undergraduate Education), Dean of Students, and Professor
(Chair) of the Department of Chemistry. He was the Vice
Provost for Education and Professor of Chemical Engineering at
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, U.S. He was also a
Member of the Advisory Committee on the Education Development
Fund (2004-2008) and the Council of the HKIEd (2007-2010).
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Mrs Stella LAU KUN Lai-kuen, JP
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Mrs Stella LAU KUN Lai-kuen, JP
(Appointed on 1 January 2008)
Headmistress,
Diocesan Girls' School
Mrs Lau is a member of the ICAC Complaints
Committee, the Committee on Performing Arts, the Community
Sports Committee, the Board of Directors of The Hong Kong
Academy for Gifted Education Limited and the Women's
Commission and the Chairlady of the Board of the Hong Kong
Schools Sports Federation. She is also a Member of the
Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers Appeals Committee
of the Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority. She
served as a Member of the Council of CityU (2001-2007) and the
Broadcasting Authority (2003-2009).
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Mr Tim LUI Tim-leung, BBS, JP
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Mr Tim LUI Tim-leung, BBS, JP
(Appointed on 1 January 2008)
Partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers Limited
Mr Lui is a senior tax partner of
PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hong Kong as well as a member of its
Global Board. Mr Lui is the Chairman of the Appeal Boards
Panel (Education) and the Standing Committee on Directorate
Salaries and Conditions of Service of the HKSAR Government. He
served as a Member of the Council of HKUST (1999-2007) and an
ex-officio Member of the Court of HKUST (2001-2007). Mr Lui is
a Deputy of the 11th National People's Congress of the PRC.
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Prof John MALPAS
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Prof John MALPAS
(Appointed on 1 January 2008)
Pro-Vice-Chancellor and
Vice-President (Infrastructure),
The University of Hong Kong
Professor Malpas is the Chair Professor of
Earth Sciences of HKU. He was appointed as the
Pro-Vice-Chancellor for planning and resources in 2000. Since
2004, he has also taken up responsibility for university
infrastructure and development. Before joining HKU in 1995, he
was Professor and Dean of Graduate Studies at Memorial
University of Newfoundland in Canada. He served as the
President of the Geological Association of Canada in 1995. He
has also been a Member of the Canadian Institute For Advanced
Research and the National Research Council of Canada Committee
on International Science, Engineering and Technology.
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Mr TAI Hay-lap, BBS, JP
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Mr TAI Hay-lap, BBS, JP
(Appointed on 1 August 2009)
Principal,
Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School
Mr Tai is a Member of the Committee on the
Promotion of Civic Education and the Council for Sustainable
Development. He served on a number of governmental advisory
boards/committees in the educational field, including Board of
Education (1995-2002), Education Commission (1995-2006), the
Councils of CUHK (2000-2004) and HKIEd (2004-2009) and the
Quality Education Fund Investment Committee (2003-2006). He
was also the Chairman of the Advisory Committee on School
Administration and Finance (1993-1998) and the Quality
Education Fund Steering Committee (2003-2006).
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Prof Judy TSUI LAM Sin-lai
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Prof Judy TSUI LAM Sin-lai
(Appointed on 1 January 2008)
Vice President (International and Executive
Education),
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor Tsui is concurrently Director of
Graduate School of Business and Chair Professor of Accounting
at PolyU. She holds positions as Honorary Professor and
Visiting Professor at several top mainland universities, and
is the first professor in accounting to be awarded the Cheung
Kong Chair Professorship by the Ministry of Education in the
Mainland China. She has also been appointed Visiting Scholar
at MIT's Sloan School of Management in the US. She served on
the Council of PolyU (2005, 2007-2010) and the Council of the
Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants
(2000-2004), and is a member of the Research Grants Council.
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Dr WONG Chung-kiu
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Dr WONG
Chung-kiu
(Appointment until 31 December 2009)
Managing Principal,
iASPEC Services Limited
Dr Wong is a Distinguished Fellow of the
Hong Kong Computer Society. He is a Member of the Advisory
Committee on Creative Industry of the Central Policy Unit, the
Panel of Assessors for the Innovation & Technology Support
Programme under the Information and Technology Fund, and the
Committee on Information Technology Training and Development
in the Vocational Training Council. He is also a Member in the
Advisory Committees on engineering and information technology
in some local and Mainland China universities. Dr Wong had
also served as a Member of the RGC (2002-2008).
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Prof WONG Yuk-shan, PhD, FSB, FHKIS, BBS,
JP
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Prof WONG Yuk-shan, PhD, FSB, FHKIS, BBS,
JP
(Appointed on 1 April 2005)
Vice-President for Administration and
Business, and Professor of Biology,
The Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology
Professor Wong is the President of the
Society of Hong Kong Scholars and an Executive Board Member of
the Hong Kong Institution of Science. In 1990, he joined HKUST
as a founding faculty member of Biology and later took office
as Associate Vice President for Research and Development in
1997. He was the Chairman of the Curriculum Development
Council (2000-2006), a Member of the Education Commission,
HKSAR Government (2000-2006), and a Member of the Hong Kong
Council for Academic Accreditation (2003-2007). He is also a
Deputy of the National People's Congress of the People's
Republic of China.
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Prof YEOH Eng-kiong, GBS, JP
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Prof YEOH Eng-kiong, GBS, JP
(Appointed on 1 April 2006)
Professor of Public Health, School of
Public Health and Primary Care,
The Chinese University of Hong
Kong
Professor Yeoh is the Head of Division of
Health System, Policy and Management at the School of Public
Health and Primary Care of CUHK. His research is in health
systems, services and policy with an interest in applying
systems thinking. Professor Yeoh also works collaboratively
with the Association of Pacific Rim Universities World
Institute, the Asia Network for Capacity Building in Health
Systems Strengthening, and the World Bank Institute in
international studies on health systems and policy. He was the
former Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food of the HKSAR
Government (2002-2004), Head of the Hong Kong Hospital
Authority (1990-1999).
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Overseas members
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Prof CHUNG Yip-wah, BBS
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Prof CHUNG
Yip-wah, BBS
(Appointed on 1 January 2008)
Professor, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, Northwestern University, U.S.
Professor Chung is a Fellow of the Society
of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers, AVS and ASM
International. He is currently Director of the NSF Summer
Institute on Nanomechanics, Nanomaterials, and Micro/Nanomanufacturing.
He was the Director of NSF Center for Engineering Tribology
(1987-1992), AVS Board of Directors (1998-1999), Chair of the
Department of Materials Science and Engineering at
Northwestern University (1992-1998) and Chair of AVS Advanced
Surface Engineering Division (2004). He served as NSF Program
Officer in Surface Engineering and Materials Design from 2003
to 2005. He was a Member of the Research Grants Council from
1993 to 2005.
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Prof Glyn DAVIS, AC
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Prof Glyn DAVIS, AC
(Appointed on 1 January 2008)
Vice-Chancellor,
The University of Melbourne (UoM), Australia
Professor Davis has been the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of
UoM since 2005. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social
Sciences in Australia and a Companion in the Order of
Australia. Professor Davis previously held a number of
leadership positions in the Queensland public sector, and
served as Vice-Chancellor of Griffith University. He was the
Foundation Chair (2002) of the Australia and New Zealand
School of Government, headquartered at the University of
Melbourne, and serves on a range of boards, including the
Grattan Institute and Universitas 21.
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Dr Judith EATON
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Dr Judith EATON
(Appointment until 31 December 2009)
President,
Council for Higher Education
Accreditation (CHEA), U.S.
Dr Eaton is the President of the CHEA, the
largest institutional higher education membership organisation
in the U.S. Prior to her work at CHEA, she served as the Vice
President of the Community College of Southern Nevada
(1979-1983), the Community College of Philadelphia (1983-1989)
and the American Council on Education (1989-1992), the
President of the Council for Aid to Education (1992-1995) and
the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and
Universities (1995-1997). She has been the President of the
Council for Higher Education Accreditation since 1997.
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Prof Willard FEE
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Prof Willard FEE
(Appointed on 1 January 2007)
Edward C and Amy H Sewall Professor of
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University
Medical Centre, U.S.
Professor Fee joined the Stanford faculty
in 1974 and was named Chairman in 1980. He was appointed the
Edward C and Amy H Sewall Professor in Otorhinolaryngology in
1995. He was the President of California Otolaryngology - Head
& Neck Surgery Society (1995-1999), the American Society
for Head and Neck Surgery (1989-1990), and Director of the
American Board of Otolaryngology from 1985-2003. He has also
serves on the editorial board of many national and
international medical journals, such as the Hong Kong Medical
Journal and Annals of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong.
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Prof Malcolm GRANT, CBE
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Prof Malcolm GRANT, CBE
(Appointed on 1 April 2007)
President and Provost,
University College London, UK
Professor Grant is a barrister and
environmental lawyer, and Bencher of Middle Temple. He is a
member of the Higher Education Funding Council for England,
the Economic and Social Science Research Council. He is also a
Governor of the London Business School and the Ditchley
Foundation. He was appointed by the Prime Minister in 2008 as
a UK Business Ambassador. He has also served as Chairman of
the Russell Group of the UK's research-intensive
universities, the Local Government Commission for England, the
UK Agriculture and Biotechnology Commission and the Standards
Committee of the Greater London Authority.
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Prof William KIRBY
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Prof William KIRBY
(Appointed on 1 August 2009)
T M Chang Professor of China Studies and
Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard
University, U.S.
Professor Kirby is a Harvard University
Distinguished Service Professor. He serves as the Director of
the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Chairman of the
Harvard China Fund. He is the Honorary Visiting Professor at
Peking University, Nanjing University, Chongqing University
and Fudan University. He has also held appointments as
Visiting Professor at the University of Heidelberg and the
Free University of Berlin. Before joining Harvard in 1992, he
was Professor of History, Director of Asian Studies, and Dean
of University College at Washington University in St. Louis.
At Harvard, he has served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and
Sciences (2002-2006).
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Sir Colin LUCAS
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Sir Colin LUCAS
(Appointed on 1 April 2003)
Chairman,
The British Library, UK
Sir Colin was the Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Oxford (1997-2004). He was Professor of History
(1990-1994) and then Dean of the Division of the Social
Sciences (1993-1994) at the University of Chicago, Master of
Balliol College, Oxford (1994-2001) and the Pro-Vice
Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1995-1997). In 2001 he
became the first non-US trustee of the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation. He also held visiting faculty positions at the
Indiana University, U.S. (1969-1970), University of Lyon-Lumiere,
France (1977-1978) and Cornell University, U.S. (1989). Sir
Colin has also served as the Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford
(2004-2009). Currently, he is a Member of the QAC.
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Prof John NILAND, AC
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Prof John
NILAND, AC
(Appointed on 1 April 2003)
President Emeritus,
University of New South Wales, Australia
Professor Niland is the Chairman of Campus
Living Villages and is an Independent Director of Macquarie
Bank and Macquarie Group Limited. He is also the Deputy
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Singapore Management
University. He served ten years as Vice-Chancellor and
President of the University of New South Wales (1992-2002). He
has been the President of the Australian Vice-Chancellors'
Committee (1998-1999) and was a founding member of Universitas
21 (1997) and Australia's Group of Eight research
universities (1999). He served a term as President of the
International Industrial Relations Association (1989-1992) and
was President of the National Trust of Australia (2006-2007).
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Prof YANG Fujia
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Prof YANG Fujia
(Appointed on 1 August 2009)
Chancellor, The University of Nottingham,
UK
President, University of Nottingham, Ningbo,
China
Vice Chairman, Chinese Association for
Science and Technology
Professor Yang is an academician of the
Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a nuclear physicist and
holds visiting professorships at The Niels Bohr Institute in
Copenhagen, Rutgers University in the U.S, the State
University of New York in the U.S., and the University of
Tokyo. He was the Director of the Shanghai Nuclear Research
Institute under Chinese Academy of Science (1987-2001),
Chairman of Shanghai Science & Technology Union
(1992-1996) and the President of Fudan University (1993-1999).
He served as the executive director of the Union of
International University Presidents (1996-2003).
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Prof YUAN Ming
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Prof YUAN Ming
(Appointed on 1 April 2008)
Director of American Studies,
Peking
University, China
Professor Yuan is the Director of the
American Studies Center of Peking University. She is also a
Member of the Committee of Foreign Relations of the Chinese
People's Political Consultative Conference. She was a
visiting scholar at University of California Berkeley
(1983-1985), a Senior Associate Member at the St. Anthony's
College, Oxford (1989-1990) and the Trustee of the Asia
Society in New York (1998-2004). In 2007, she was recommended
by the Chinese government to join the Board of the United
Nations Foundation.
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Ex-officio
Member: Chairman of the Quality Assurance Council
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Mr Philip CHEN Nan-lok, SBS, JP
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Mr Philip CHEN Nan-lok, SBS, JP
(Appointed on 1 April 2004)
Chairman,
John Swire & Sons (China)
Limited
Mr Chen is also the Deputy Chairman of
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and the Director of Swire
Pacific Limited and John Swire and Sons (Hong Kong) Limited.
He plays an active role in public services. He also serves as
a Member of the Advisory Council of the Stanford Graduate
School of Business and a Trustee of Friends of Tsinghua
University Law School Charitable Trust. He was a Council
Member of the HKIEd (1996-2002) and HKUST (1996-2001), and the
Vice Chairman of the Council of HKUST (2001-2004).
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Members' attendance at the meetings of the UGC, its sub-committees and groups (from 1 April 2009 to 31 March 2010)
Name |
Total number of
meetings of the UGC,
sub-committees
and groups
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Total number of
meetings of the UGC,
sub-committees
and groups attended |
Attendance rate |
Chairman |
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The Hon CHA, May Lung Laura,
GBS, JP |
21 |
21 |
100% |
Members (in Alphabetical
order)
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Mrs CHAN WONG Shui, Pamela, BBS, JP
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13
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13
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100%
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Mr Edward CHENG
Wai-sun, SBS, JP |
14
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13
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93%
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Professor Jack CHENG
Chun-yiu |
11
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11
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100%
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Professor Roland CHIN
Tai-hong, JP |
15
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15
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100%
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Mr Clifton CHIU
Chi-cheong |
8
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6
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75%
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Professor CHUNG Yip-wah, BBS * |
10
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10
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100%
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Professor Glyn DAVIS, AC *
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11
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7
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64%
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Dr. Judith EATON *
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3
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2
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67%
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Professor Willard FEE *
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10
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10
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100%
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Professor Malcolm GRANT, CBE *
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7
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7
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100%
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Professor Richard HO Yan-ki
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6
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5
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83%
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Professor William KIRBY *
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1
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1
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100%
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Professor Edmond KO, JP
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16
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16
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100%
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Mrs Stella LAU KUN
Lai-kuen, JP
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8
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8
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100%
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Sir Colin LUCAS *
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11
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11
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100%
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Mr Tim LUI Tim-leung, BBS, JP
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8
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7
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88%
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Professor John MALPAS
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13
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13
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100%
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Professor John NILAND, AC *
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11
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7
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64%
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Mr TAI Hay-lap, BBS, JP
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5
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5
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100%
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Professor Judy TSUI LAM
Sin-lai
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11
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10
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91%
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Dr WONG
Chung-kiu
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6
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6
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100%
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Professor WONG Yuk-shan, PhD, FSB,
FHKIS, BBS, JP
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9
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9
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100%
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Professor YANG Fujia *
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3
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3
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100%
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Professor YEOH
Eng-kiong, GBS, JP
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15
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14
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93%
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Professor YUAN Ming *
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11
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11
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100%
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Ex-officio Member
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Mr Philip CHEN
Nan-lok, SBS, JP
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4
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4
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100%
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* Overseas
Members
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