KWAN Sek Yiu (69FA)
Convener, Publication Sub-committee
November, 2024
From time to time, certain old students propose to the OSA to compile a Who’s Who or a list of renowned alumni from QES. This is a tremendous task which requires tremendous effort. Shortly before QES celebrated our 60th anniversary in 2014, an old student made a proposal of publishing a list of old students with outstanding achievements in science and technology. He also provided an initial list of 7 old students. Almost at the same time, another old student conveyed a message from Dr Hinton that it would be advisable for OSA to establish some form of recording the achievements of old students with remarkable contributions. After reviewing the time and manpower constraints, the Publication Sub-committee decided to go ahead as a pilot project to compile a list of old students with outstanding achievements in science and technology. Up to September 2014, we received 20 nominations. We assigned a section in the special publication “Tribute to QES 2014” to highlight the accomplishments of these 20 old students.
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of QES, the Publication Sub-committee was tasked to publish a special publication “Tribute to QES 2024”. In respect of old students with outstanding achievements, we proceeded to compile two more lists for education and medicine. The information of 5 old students on the 2014 list were transferred to the new medicine category.
We have reviewed the meaning of this project, which is to formally record the contributions of all old students with outstanding achievements. There will be no assessment committee to judge whether any old student deserves to be included as no one is conversant with all fields. All nominations will be dealt with respect. Moreover, there is no intention to compare the relative merits of individuals. The purpose of the project is to promote the school motto of “修己善群Vos Parate Ut Serviatis” (meaning: Prepare yourselves that you may serve) and to enhance mutual appreciation, encouragement and learning. There is no need to worry about deserved old students being missed out as nominations will remain open. Self-nominations are also welcome.
When the celebration activities for QES70 conclude and we have more time, we will progressively extend the coverage of this project to include more fields such as social service, civil service, sports, religion, to name a few. This will become an ongoing initiative, and the list would be updated from time to time rather than every five or ten years. The record will be in electronic format and can be viewed in OSA’s website. We warmly welcome suggestions and comments from our alumni.
Dr YEUNG Che To, Patrick has been associated with water for decades, from interest to life-saving social service.
During his time at QES, Patrick's participation in Sea Scout activities led him to meet a group of like-minded friends, all of whom laid the foundation for his future mission of developing his interests in serving society and saving lives. The year in Form 3 was particularly meaningful for Patrick, as it marked the beginning of a lifelong bond with water that would last for decades to come. He and his classmate LIU Man Bun pioneered Chinese scuba diving, serving as a test diver for Liu's homemade diving regulator. He later obtained the instructor qualification from the British Sub-Aqua Club (BS-AC) and has been promoting diving rescue ever since.
In the same year, Patrick and his classmate LEE Yiu Fai founded the QES Life Saving Club. Even after graduation, he continued to train a group of junior students with LEE Yiu Fai, CHAN Luen Lam, TANG Pak Lai, and other alumni at their alma mater, including NG Yuk Hon (64FA), who later became an ophthalmologist. He also led his junior to win the overall championship and multiple awards at the 1964 Hong Kong Beach Life Saving Competition.
Since 1964, Patrick has been engaged in voluntary assessment services in his spare time. He was appointed as the Chief Examiner by the Hong Kong China Life Saving Society in 1996, leading over a hundred examiners responsible for assessing professional qualifications in lifeguarding at swimming pools and beaches across Hong Kong, playing an indispensable role in safeguarding water safety in Hong Kong.
Over the past few decades, Patrick has continuously introduced international life-saving technologies to Hong Kong, such as the Inflatable Rescue Boat (IRB) and Jet-ski rescue services. His outstanding performance has earned him prestigious titles including Knight of the International Life Saving Federation (ILS), Life Governor of the Royal Life Saving Society UK, Life Governor of the Water Safety Ireland, Honorary Vice-President of the Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth, and Honorary Governor of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
Patrick believes that the best way to promote water safety is for everyone to learn how to swim, and for good swimmers to become rescuers. Therefore, in 1974, he co-founded the Hong Kong Swimming Teachers' Association with former QES teacher Miss Betty Mair and other friends from the swimming and education sectors. He currently serves as the Chairman of the association, dedicated to developing swimming teacher qualifications accredited by the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework, as well as professional education certificate courses in swimming for the disabled, infant swimming, aquatic fitness, and swimming for special needed individuals. This not only allows those who are willing to serve society to promote swimming among people of all backgrounds, including vulnerable communities, but also ensures quality control through professional qualifications.
Patrick, who aspired to become a doctor to help others, joined the police force after graduation and even considered expanding his career in the legal field. However, in order to further realize his ambition of providing emergency assistance to those in need, coupled with his interest in Chinese medicine, he resolutely abandoned his studies at the Inns of Court School of Law in the UK and transferred to study at the China School of Chinese Medicine. He is now a registered practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine , specializing in acupuncture. He believes that this can help people more directly and is more suited to his personality.
After conducting research at the Guangzhou College of Chinese Medicine (now a university) and the Department of Physiology at the University of Hong Kong, he introduced a set of simple, safe, and effective "Acupressure in First Aid" techniques based on the theory of traditional Chinese medicine in 1987. He also founded the Acupressure in First Aid Federation, Hong Kong. He even demonstrated this first aid technique at Buckingham Palace for the late Queen Elizabeth II, which was particularly meaningful as an alumnus of QES. To date, over thirty thousand people in Hong Kong and overseas have obtained an “Acupressure in First Aid certificate”.
Patrick, a tireless learner, is a clinical hypnotherapist, an investigative hypnotherapist at the Law Enforcement Investigative Hypnotist Institute, USA, and one of the first members in the Psychology Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force. He studied Behavioral Science at the FBI National Academy in the USA and later used investigative hypnosis to assist in solving cases, successfully cracking many unusual cases. After retiring, he continued to focus on developing hypnotherapy to help those struggling with emotional disorders or addictive behaviors. He also developed an effective communication method with the injured to alleviate their psychological fears and positively enhance their will to survive.
In recent years, Patrick has further promoted the integrated first aid" method, which combines traditional first aid, acupressure in first aid, and effective communication with the injured, implementing a dual approach of integrating Eastern and Western practices, both psychologically and physically. The goal remains consistent, which is also the only purpose he has devoted countless time, energy, and effort to for decades: not for personal gain, but only to save lives and help those in need.
Finally, Patrick advises young people: everyone should take advantage of their youth to seek and develop personal interests outside their careers, and they must work hard to achieve a level of recognition. Then, when they subsequently retire, they can embark on a new era of a career and continue to live a fulfilling life.
Prof. POON Man Chiu is Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Pediatrics and Oncology, at the University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Canada. He graduated MD at the University of British Columbia (1968) and received Internal Medicine and hematology clinical and research training at the University of Toronto and Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland). He is an internationally recognized academic hematologist active in the field of hemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders, contributing significantly to hemophilia care standards nationally and internationally. The citation for his election to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences fellowship (FCAHS) says “… his insightful clinical observations and understanding of the science changed the practice of hemophilia care locally and then nationally, sparing countless hemophilia patients from HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. His leadership, guidance and advocacy has facilitated modernization of and access to hemophilia care in many underserved countries. In China, between 1993 and the present, his mentorship has seen the number of hemophilia clinics explode from a single national clinic to 335 clinics countrywide….”
In China, Dr Poon started working with the hemophilia center at the Tianjin Institute of Hematology and Blood Diseases Hospital in 1993. Between 1997 and 2007, he helped establish the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) twinning among three Chinese (Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou) and two Canadian (Calgary, Ottawa) centers to support infrastructure development in the Chinese centers. In 2004, he helped 6 Chinese core centers (Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Hefei, Jinan) to form a collaborative consortium, the Hemophilia Treatment Center Collaborative Network of China, HTCCNC). HTCCNC, later designated a WFH Hemophilia Training Center for China, which has been responsible for hemophilia care advocacy and for helping establish other Chinese hemophilia centers through outreach consultations, education workshops and infrastructure training. There are now many hemophilia centers of varying capacity throughout China, at least one in each province, including the remote Tibet. The healthcare scholar exchange program he established with the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH, Beijing) center saw 29 scholars from different parts of China coming to Calgary to observe multidisciplinary comprehensive hemophilia care delivery since 1998 and 5 from Calgary to Beijing to promote their global health interests. He was a founding member of the Canadian Hemophilia Society (CHS) International Project Committee which promotes WFH twinning between Canadian Clinics/CHS chapters and counterparts in under-resourced countries. During his tenure (2007-2018), this committee facilitated Canadian twinning with counterparts in 7 underserved regions from Africa, Asia, Central America, and the Middle East.
Dr Poon is a clinician-scientist-educator with over 300 peer-reviewed publications and is listed in successive editions of the Stanford University Database on Top 2% Scientists in the World. He held leadership roles in many national/international organizations. Examples include the Canadian Hematology Society (president), International Hematology Society (councilor), Association of Hemophilia Clinic Directors of Canada (president), and the CHS Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee (chair). For contribution to his community locally and nationally he received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee medal (2002), the Alberta Centennial Medallion award (2005), and the City of Calgary Friends of Canada award (2009). For international volunteer work, he received from the WFH the Hemophilia Center Twins of the year (1999) award (with Tianjin center), the Inga Marie Nilsson award (2004), the International Healthcare Volunteer award (2008); from the CHS, the International Contribution award (2006); and from the University of Calgary, the Guenter Distinguished Achievement award (2008). He received the CHS Dr Cecil Harris award for clinical care, research and service to hemophilia (1993), and the Lifetime Achievement award from the CHS Southern Alberta chapter (2011). He has been Honorary Professor at the Tianjin Institute of Hematology (1998-present) and the University of Hong Kong (2005-2020), and visiting Professor at the Institute of Hematology, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan (2005, 2018), the Anhui Provincial Hospital, Hefei (2006), and the Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing (2007-2010). He received numerous teaching awards from the University of Calgary and was bestowed awards for “Clinical Excellence” (2009) and “Mentorship Excellence” (2015) by the Department of Medicine of the University of Calgary.
From his graduation from Hong Kong University’s Medical Faculty until his recent retirement, Dr WONG Ping San’s career has ranged from family practice to sports medicine to geriatric health but the uniting factor is service to his community.
As a family physician, Dr Wong served the same local district for over 50 years, at times overseeing the health and wellbeing of three or even four generations.
After post-graduate studies in sports medicine, Dr Wong took up the role of Doctor in Charge of the clinic at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. For 37 years until 2023, he worked closely with Hong Kong’s elite athletes both in their day-to-day training and as Hong Kong team doctor in various international competitions such as the National Games of the People’s Republic of China, the Asian Paralympics, and the Paralympics.
Strongly believing that exercise is medicine, Dr Wong has had a pivotal role in promoting health and fitness to the broader Hong Kong public. As president of the nonprofit China Hong Kong Physical Fitness Association, he has led initiatives such as community fun days, fitness assessment services, programs for all segments of society from toddlers to the elderly, and the provision of professional certification courses.
Dr Wong also has an interest in geriatric health which led him to establish the first government accredited A1 residential care home in 1987.
Working with people of all ages and physical capacities, from Olympians to school children to pensioners, Dr Wong is proud to have been able to contribute to Hong Kong throughout his career.
Dr CHOY Yuen Chung is a retired Hospital Chief Executive of Kowloon Hospital. She established the first Rehabilitation Department in Hong Kong in 1993, starting with 20 beds and 2 doctors. Today the Rehabilitation service is a major specialty in Hong Kong, and has developed into a number of subspecialties. Nowadays the Rehabilitation Departments are established in a large number of hospitals in Hong Kong, having thousands of beds in hospitals and a lot of outreach services to serve the patients. Dr Choy also helps in the development of rehabilitation service in China.
Dr Choy also contributed a lot in the fighting of drug and substance abuse. Working hand in hand with the Counselling Service for Psychotropic Substance Abusers (PS33), she established the Psychotropic Substance Abuse Clinic in Kowloon Hospital with inpatient beds (first one in Hong Kong). Working hand in hand with police, she eradicated the drug trading in her hospital, and was reported by the news headline and in the TV Program “Police Report”. She recognized education is the best way to decrease drug abuse. In the 1990s, she worked with the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools, to put up the yearly “Summer Volunteer Program” and invited student volunteers from secondary schools of local area to come to work in Kowloon Hospital. She offered a Leadership Training program to them. Totally a few hundred of students were trained. In addition to leadership training, she gave a chance for the students to see with their own eyes and to understand the damage of cigarette and drug and substance abuse. And she advised them to bring such information and fact back to the school and to advise their fellow students. There are several projects done by the students on the advertising the damage of cigarette and substance abuse in their own school.
In addition to the Summer Volunteer program, Dr Choy has worked diligently in the development and nurturing of the next generation for more than 40 years. In her personal capacity, she was mentor for numerous secondary and university students; and she has provided service or created mentorship programs in various societies and associations she served. Working with Zonta members, she served as Adviser to Golden Zonta Clubs of 4 different Universities and Zonta Clubs of 7 secondary schools, leading them to serve and grow.
After her retirement, she established the Alumni Society for Kowloon Hospital (first one of this kind) to create a platform and link for the staff and retired staff to get together and at the same time a possible venue to repay the hospital and the community.
Dr LEUNG Ying Kit studied Medicine in the University of Hong Kong and obtained his MBBS degree in 1971, and then worked successively in several hospitals in Hong Kong. From 1976 to 1984, he started his private practice and was an Attending Pediatrician in Precious Blood Hospital, Hong Kong. In 1984, he attended the State University of New York at Buffalo, the USA, to further his studies in pediatric gastroenterology (GI). After finishing his training as a pediatric GI fellow, he stayed on as a faculty member for several years. He returned to Hong Kong in 1989 with high hopes of developing a modern pediatric GI subspecialty service in Hong Kong. He met with senior officers of the healthcare services in Hong Kong and discovered that his subspecialty was not needed. The diseases commonly seen in Caucasian children were not prevalent among Chinese children. Even to date, there is no official recognition of the pediatric GI subspecialty in Hong Kong.
After returning to Hong Kong, Dr Leung started working as a part-time lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and sometimes attending to patients with gastroenterological disorder. In 1990 he started his private practice in pediatric GI with admission privileges at various private hospitals in Hong Kong. At the same time, he also performed various honorary work in both Hong Kong and China through the years.
In 1996, a friend introduced him to Professor HUANG Jiefu (黃潔夫), president of the Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences (中山醫科大學). Professor Huang was interested in developing his medical university and saw a need for modernization in the pediatric service. Dr Leung was invited to Guangzhou to give talks and present seminars under Professor Huang's guidance. Because of lack of funds for acquiring equipment, not much progress was made for development of a new subspecialty from 1996 to 2000.
In 2000, Dr Leung met Professor ZHU Qirong (朱啟鎔), President of the Fudan University Children’s Hospital in Shanghai, in Hong Kong. In 2001, he went to Shanghai to help Professor Zhu develop a pediatric GI service in their hospital, which has become one of the biggest centers globally in studying very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD). Over the years, he travelled to Shanghai about sixty times, each visit lasting a few days to a couple of weeks, helping to perform procedures, diagnose and manage patients. The wife of Dr Leung, Dr NG Wing Ying, Angela is also a medical practitioner. She specializes in sexual medicine. She accompanies Dr Leung in all his visits except when she has other professional engagements.
During the visits to Shanghai, Dr Leung met Professor WANG Zhaoxia (王朝霞) from the Jilin University First Bethune Hospital of Changchun. Professor Wang was enthusiastic about developing a pediatric GI service and invited him to assist.
In 2014, he had a fruitful visit to Changchun. Initially, he worked with Professor Wang in an old and dilapidated building, but they were later assigned to a historic venue to develop the children's medical center. As he was away half of his time, he finally decided to close his practice and retire from his work in Hong Kong. Mrs Leung was appointed a professor by the Department of Andrology of the Jilin University. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr and Mrs Leung continued to visit Changchun periodically, about three times a year for a couple of weeks each visit, conducting seminars, and teaching pediatric residents, fellows, and students. Dr Leung believes that he, together with Professor Wang, established the best pediatric GI service in northeastern China. Though he has remained low-key, he was awarded the high-achievement award at the 70th anniversary celebration of their university hospital, in 2019.
In addition to Shanghai and Changchun, Dr Leung participated in developing several academic institutions across China, including the Beijing Children’s Hospital, Hunan Provincial Children’s Hospital, Wuhan Children’s Hospital, Zhengzhou Children’s Hospital, Xian Children’s Hospital, and Shijiazhuang Children’s Hospital. There are only two provinces he and his wife have not visited, Xizang and Qinghai.
In 2024, Dr Leung met with Dr Rosanna Wong (黄明沁), Chief of Pediatric Service of Hong Kong Children’s Hospital (HKCH), at conferences in Shenzhen and Guangzhou. Dr Wong hoped to establish a better pediatric GI service at HKCH, which currently comprises only one young doctor. Dr Leung happily agreed to participate in this endeavour with the hope to benefit the children of Hong Kong and was appointed an honorary adviser.
Over the years, Dr Leung has served in numerous universities, hospitals, medical institutes and medical associations in China and Hong Kong in various capacities such as Professor, Consultant, Adviser and Deputy Director practising pediatric GI and selflessly spread his knowledge and experience through teaching and sharing with a view to raising the overall professional standard. Dr Leung has not received any remuneration from any Chinese institutions ever since he began working in the Mainland. Moreover, he made donations from time to time and was keen to help patients with financial difficulties. He had high initiatives and made profound contributions in the development and modernization of pediatric service throughout China.
Dr Leung is pleased to witness the immense scope and quality that modernization has brought to his Motherland. He is happy to have benefitted many children with the science and technology he brought and to have made many friends, mostly young ones, whose companionship have rejuvenated him both literally and figuratively. He is thankful for the opportunities provided by his country and his colleagues. He hopes to leave a lasting impression on young colleagues to have a more open and modern outlook on their future.
Dr Leung was a reviewer of the following journals:- “Gastrointestinal Endoscopy”, “Video-Gastrointestinal Endoscopy”, “World Journal of Pediatrics” and “Hong Kong Journal of Pediatrics”. The awards he received include Ho Fook Prize, University of Hong Kong (1968), Morse Scholarship, University of Hong Kong (1968-71), Buswell Fellowship, State University of New York at Buffalo, (1986-89) and Distinguished Achievement Award, Jilin University First Bethune Hospital (2019). He has produced numerous publications, including papers, articles and abstracts.
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Dr CHOW Sik Kuen, Bernard (known as SK to his colleagues) started his surgical career at Queen Mary Hospital in July 1976. After passing the fellowship examinations in Edinburgh and Glasgow, SK changed from general surgery to plastic surgery, from Queen Mary Hospital to Princess Margaret Hospital where he developed his passion and skill on cleft lip and palate surgery.
In 1991, SK helped a group of parents form the Hong Kong Parents Association for Cleft Lip & Palate Children. This is a self-help patients/parents peer-support group. Subsequently SK was invited to be one of the Honorary Advisors of the Association, which was renamed to Hong Kong Association for Cleft Lip & Palate in 1997.
Knowing that cleft lips and palates were quite common in mainland China, SK joined HIS Foundation Limited (天鄰基金會) in 1994, and participated in the surgical teams to offer free operations on cleft patients in China from 1995. Initially the surgical mission was organized once a year. Gradually it became 3 to 4 missions per year. The surgical missions also served as a platform for sharing of knowledge, surgical skill and experience with Hong Kong cleft surgeons, the local surgeons and medical personnel on cleft lip & palate craftsmanship, general anaesthesia for infants (below 1 year of age) and small children, nursing care of cleft babies and operating room nursing skill.
SK extended the service of free cleft operations from China to Indonesia in 2010, to Madagascar in 2014 and to Kurdistan region of Iraq in 2020.
In year 2013, SK together with a group of specialists of different disciplines established the Hong Kong Multi-discipline and Holistic Care Centre for Cleft Lip & Palate in the private sector offering an alternative for cleft patients outside the Hospital Authority service.
SK joined the Hospital Authority as part-time consultant surgeon in 2016, helping with training of plastic surgeons, particularly on cleft lip & palate operations.
SK was appointed part-time consultant surgeon by Department of Surgery, the University of Hong Kong in 2017, was seconded to the University of Hong Kong – Shenzhen Hospital for training of the local plastic surgeons on cleft lip & palate operations. During the three years of Covid pandemic, SK was not able to travel to Shenzhen to supervise the operations. It was most pleasing to note that the local plastic surgeons were able to operate on cleft patients independently with very good results during those three years.
SK was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of HIS Foundation Limited in 2014 and was awarded Humanitarian Award 2017 by Hong Kong Red Cross for his long- standing service in helping cleft lip & palate patients in places where operations on cleft defects are not readily available.
SK emphasizes that there is no mention of retirement in the Bible, so he would continue to work and hopefully he can pass his knowledge and skill to more young plastic surgeons for the sustainability of the charitable work on cleft deformities in underdeveloped countries.
Prof. LUI Kei is the Professor in Neonatal Paediatrics, a clinical academic at the University of New South Wales, Sydney and the Chairman of the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network.
Prof. Lui studied medicine in Australia and received MBBS (Hons) from the University of New South Wales, at the clinical school of St Vincents’ Hospital in Sydney. Following his paediatric specialist training at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, he embarked on advanced training in the very new subspecialty of neonatology. After returning to Sydney from his extended subspecialty training at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Prof. Lui took up the position as staff neonatologist at the Westmead Hospital, Sydney. He was soon promoted to senior neonatologist and deputy director of this large neonatal intensive care unit. In 1997 while serving as acting director at Westmead and after receiving the award of Doctor of Medicine for his doctoral research thesis, Prof. Lui made a career change in taking a combined clinical and academic role at the University of New South Wales and served as the Director of Newborn Care at the Royal Hospital for Women for the next 23 years. Under his leadership, the neonatal intensive care unit was established as the largest unit in Sydney, while he continued to contribute to the academic and research activities in clinical neonatology, publishing many scientific papers, supervising PhD students and being awarded multiple national large competitive research grants. In 2020, Prof. Lui decided to step down from his administrative role as clinical director to focus on his academic role. Many of his trainees are now senior clinicians, directors of departments and university professors.
Prof. Lui has been leading a strong clinical focus in the care of the extremely premature babies. He regularly published papers on the care and outcomes of very premature babies as young as 22 weeks gestation weighing less than a pound at birth. Over the last 40 years in his clinical practice, he has driven and witnessed many substantial improvements in neonatal intensive care. For this, he has a leadership role at the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network since 2008. This is a binational collaboration consisting of all neonatal intensive care units and large high dependency special care neonatal units in Australia and New Zealand. The goal is to advance the care and outcomes of sick newborns through collaborative benchmarking, outcome evaluation and quality improvement of clinical practices. Prof. Lui is also one of the founding members of the International Neonatal Network for Evaluation of Outcomes now based at Toronto, Canada. The iNEO collaboration of 10 neonatal networks consists of Australia and New Zealand, Canada, Finland, Japan, Italy (Tuscany), Israel, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK networks with the same goal for outcome improvement of very premature babies.
Since 2007, Prof. Lui has been travelling regularly to China to teach face-to-face at hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities, as well as being invited as plenary speaker at national conferences. The longest teaching period was over one month in Fudan University Children’s Hospital in 2007. He also arranged neonatologists from China to come to his hospital in Sydney to study for 6 months under his guidance. In 2021, Prof. Lui received the World Outstanding Chinese Doctor Award, the Fok Ying Tung Memorial Prize from the World Chinese Doctor Association, China for his international recognition and contribution to neonatology in China.
Prof. TAM Ping Leung, Patrick is a Professor in the School of Medical Sciences and the Sydney Medical School of the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. He is the Deputy Director and the Head of Embryology Research Unit of the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI). Patrick was a Senior Principal Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, and held the MOK Hing Yiu Distinguished Visting Professorship at the LI Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong.
Patrick was trained in mammalian embryology at the University of Hong Kong (MPhil 1977), the Medical Research Council Mammalian Development Unit at University College London UK (PhD 1980) and the Centre for Developmental Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA (post-doctoral fellow, 1981). Patrick’s research endeavour focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of body patterning during early mammalian development, and the biological attribute of embryo-derived stem cells. He pioneered the application of micromanipulation and embryo ex vivo culture for studying the mechanistic control of the development of the head and face, central nervous system, and embryonic gut. The embryological analysis undertaken by his team at CMRI has enabled the construction of a series of fate-maps depicting the organization of the basic body plan of the early embryo.
Recent genomic analysis has revealed the genetic mechanism of the differentiation of a multitude of cell types in the embryo and the organization of these cell types into body parts. Translating the embryological knowledge led to the learning of the disease-causing mechanism of birth defects and functional genomics underpinning of craniofacial malformations, neurodevelopmental disorders and genetic blinding eye diseases. Presently, Patrick is a lead investigator of the Luminesce Alliance Paediatric Precision Medicine Program, focussing on the functional genomics of rare genetic diseases and the development of advanced therapeutics for gene therapy and stem cell therapies.
In recognition of his scientific accomplishment, Patrick was elected to the Fellowship of the Institute of Biology UK, Society of Biology UK, Australian Academy of Science, Australian Academy of Health and Medicine, Royal Society of Biology and the Royal Society of London, and awarded the Symington Memorial Prize in Anatomy, President’s Medal of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Cell and Developmental Biology, Julian Wells Medal in genomics and molecular biology, and Distinguished Professorial Achievement Award of Sydney Medical School.
Dr CHEUNG Suk Yee, Polly completed her medical education in the 1970s at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). She subsequently received surgical training in general surgery at HKU, Queen Mary Hospital as well as specialty training in Breast and Endocrine Surgery at the University of Michigan.
After serving as an academic by conducting research and teaching at the Department of Surgery of HKU and performing clinical duties at the Queen Mary Hospital, Polly joined the Kwong Wah Hospital as Consultant Surgeon, before going into private practice in 1991 and devoting herself to the prevention and treatment of breast cancer in Hong Kong.
Polly is a prominent breast cancer specialist, a leading expert in the field, as well as an ardent advocate and leader in the promotion of breast cancer education, patient support and research in Hong Kong. Over the past decades, while practising as a breast cancer specialist, she always took the leading role to bring in innovative practices for the advancement of breast cancer medical profession in Hong Kong. Her contributions to this field are significant. During her service as university academic surgeon at Queen Mary Hospital and consultant surgeon at Kwong Wah Hospital in the 1980s, she set up the first one-stop breast clinic and introduced the combined use of needle biopsy procedures and breast ultrasound in Hong Kong. Furthermore, she was the first surgeon in Hong Kong who initiated the application of breast conserving surgery and breast reconstruction technique to help breast cancer patients to reduce breast cancer recurrence and death, and to reduce the psychological impact on the patients suffering from breast cancer.
Projects of Dr Cheung
1. In 1990, when mammogram screening was unfamiliar to Chinese women, Dr Cheung started the first breast cancer screening program in Hong Kong at Kwong Wah Hospital providing free mammogram service to Hong Kong women, funded by the Tung Wah Board of Directors for two years. This service has continued to the present providing affordable screening mammogram and follow-up service, leading to early detection of breast cancer in otherwise asymptomatic women in Hong Kong.
2. In 1999, she set up the first Breast Care Centre in a private hospital and at the same time she introduced the first stereotactic breast biopsy system into Hong Kong.
3. In 2001, Dr Cheung started the first sentinel node biopsy programme in private to provide better diagnosis and treatments for early stage breast cancer patients. Over the years, she has rendered her expert help to her patients in curing the illness, easing the pain caused by the illness, and boost their confidence to lead a normal life after cancer cure. For her outstanding professional achievement, she has been applauded as the “Master Surgeon of Breast Cancer.”
4. In 2001-2003, Dr Cheung launched the Zonta Health Van: a two year program co-organized by the Zonta Club of Hong Kong and Federation of Medical Societies, delivering breast health and cancer awareness education to the public reaching out to women in the mobile van, running throughout the 18 districts of Hong Kong.
5. In 2003, Dr Cheung set up the first-in-Hong Kong, multidisciplinary breast cancer expert team weekly conference at Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, bringing together top experts in the field to design individualized multimodality management plan for breast cancer patients. This has continued to the present, benefiting thousands of breast cancer patients on their treatment paths. Such multidisciplinary team meeting (MDT) has now become a routine practice in most cancer centres and hospitals in Hong Kong.
6. In 2005, with the support of a group of volunteer breast cancer survivors, doctors and nurses, Dr Cheung founded the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation, She devoted herself whole-heartedly to raising public awareness of the importance of breast cancer healthcare and education, soliciting financial and other support for breast cancer patients and undertaking scientific research, and sharing knowledge among the medical professionals in Hong Kong. This is the first non-profit charitable organization dedicated to breast cancer education, patient support, research and evidence-based advocacy providing psychosocial, informational and paramedical support to breast cancer patients on their road to recovery. Such volunteer work has now moved on to the professional counselling service by qualified nurses and psychologists, and together with peer patient sharing, leads to impactful change to a positive outlook of breast cancer patients who attended the services.
7. In 2007, she established the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Registry – the first of its kind, territory-wide comprehensive breast cancer data collection and monitoring system, performing research and analyses to shed light on improving breast cancer prevention and care.
8. In 2011, the Foundation established a community-based Breast Health Centre in North Point, providing screening mammography for women. The Centre provides free screening service for the low-income group, to avail women of the group easy access to professional, quality and timely examinations. The service provided by the Centre has helped ease the traumatic experience, both physical and psychological, of patients on their treatment path. .
9. In 2012, together with a group of conscientious surgical specialists in breast cancer, Dr Cheung set up the Hong Kong Society of Breast Surgeons, creating a platform for local doctors to interact with each other, and to learn from overseas experts, to advance their skills and knowledge in breast health and cancer care.
10. In 2014, Dr Cheung led the launch of “Breast Cancer HK Online” a web-based interactive platform, utilizing data from the HK Breast Cancer Registry, provides a decision aid tool for medical professionals, by providing instant information on local disease and treatment trends.
11. In 2018, the HKBCF was granted government land to build the HKBCF Jockey Club Breast Health Centre in Kowloon, with funding of construction from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charity Trust. Its location at 28 Lung Cheung Road, opposite the Choi Hung public housing estate, becomes a landmark providing service to raise awareness of breast health and cancer screening to the community.
Polly also plays an active role in the training of young doctors and medical students. She has been appointed as an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at HKU, an Accredited Trainer for the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong for young breast surgeons, and an Honorary Consultant Surgeon at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital. She was the President of Breast Surgery International from 2011 to 2013 and was also the founding President of the Hong Kong Society of Breast Surgeons in 2012.
In community service, Polly was President of Zonta Club of Hong Kong in 1999. She has served on numerous government and public bodies' committees including as chairman of the Optometrist Board, and as member of the Social Security Appeal Board, HK War Memorial Appeal Board, the Supplementary Medical Professions Council, the Consumer Council, the Council on Human Reproductive Technology, the Women's Commission, the Court of The University of Hong Kong and the Council of Hong Kong Baptist University. She also serves as member of National Advisory Board of Rogel Cancer Centre of University of Michigan, and member of the Board of CUHK Medical Centre Limited.
In recognition of Polly’s outstanding achievements in the Hong Kong medical profession in the field of breast health and cancer, as well as her life-long dedication to the profession and the community, she was bestowed numerous awards, including Outstanding Professional Women by Hong Kong Women’s Association of Entrepreneurs and Professionals, nomination award of the Hong Kong Loving Hearts Campaign by Hong Kong Asia Television Ltd, leader of the year 2017 from Sing Tao News Corporation Ltd, Honorary Fellowship from United International College at Zhuhai China, Honorary University Fellowship of the Hong Kong Baptist University, Surgical Oncology Fellowship of University of Michigan, Recognition award for “ Women helping Women” from Zonta International.
Prof. LUI For Shing is a Professor of Neurology at the California Northstate University, College of Medicine, USA. He received his MBBS degree in 1978 from the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He was awarded the John Anderson Memorial Gold Medal as the top medical graduate in Hong Kong that year. He finished his training in Internal Medicine at the University Department of Medicine, HKU and became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 1982. He received his clinical neurology training in Newcastle-upon-Tyne after receiving the Croucher Foundation Fellowship Award from 1982-84. He became a Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh), Fellow of Hong Kong College of Physicians and Academy of Medicine while he was practicing as a clinical neurologist in Hong Kong until he immigrated to the United States in 1995.
After his second neurology residency at University of California Davis (UC Davis), Prof. Lui continued to practice clinical neurology and teaching of students and residents from UC Davis. He became board certified in both Neurology and Vascular Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He served as the Chief of Neurology service at Kaiser North Sacramento Valley, California. He was voted as one of the Top Doctors in Neurology in Sacramento. He was placed in the America’s Top Physicians List multiple times. He joined the new California Northstate University, College of Medicine (CNUCOM) in 2015 as a Professor of Neurology. He received multiple teaching awards from the school including Professor of the Year Awards from 2019 – 2023. He was also awarded the AB Baker Teacher Recognition Award by the American Academy of Neurology in 2022. He served as the Chair of Clinical Science at CNUCOM and an expert consultant and reviewer for the Medical Board of California.
Prof Lui is in semi-retirement during the last two years. He focused mainly in teaching both neuroscience and clinical neurology. He finds more passion in scholarly activities. He published over forty papers in less than two years from 2023-24. He is also an Editor-in-Chief in Vascular Neurology for StatPearls, and an editor for multiple journals. He will never retire from teaching which is always his real passion.
Dr FONG Yuk Fai, Ben, a Specialist in Community Medicine, is the Professor of Practice (Health Studies) and Associate Division Head of the Division of Science, Engineering and Health Studies (SEHS), the Programme Leader of the MSc in Health Services Management and BSc (Hons) in Applied Sciences (Health Studies), and the Director of the Centre for Ageing and Healthcare Management Research of the College of Professional and Continuing Education at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Ben had his medical training at the University of Sydney, where he also completed a Master’s degree in Public Health. He had his clinical training at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. He has worked in the public, private and university health facilities in Hong Kong and Sydney. He commissioned and managed Ruttonjee Hospital and (the new) Union Hospital in Hong Kong, and was the Director of University Health Service of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and Deputy Medical Superintendent at Prince Henry Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of New South Wales.
Ben has honorary appointments in Family Medicine at both CUHK and the University of Hong Kong, as well as in the School of Chinese Medicine, the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, and Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK. He is also Adjunct Professor in Public Health & Tropical Medicine in the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences at James Cook University, Queensland, Australia, the President of Hong Kong College of Community Health Practitioners, member of the Hospital Governing Committee of Tuen Mun Hospital, and a director of the Board of Mu Kuang English School, as well as honorary advisors to some professional and non-government organisations.
Ben has contributed to publications, including Gaps and Actions in Health Improvement from Hong Kong and Beyond: All for Health (2023), Disaster Management and Emergency Medicine in the Asia-Pacific Region: Current Practices and Future Directions (2023), Ageing with Dignity in Hong Kong and Asia - Holistic and Humanistic Care (2022), Routledge Handbook of Public Health and the Community (2021), Primary Care Revisited: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for a New Era (2020), a training manual for general practitioners in China published by the People’s Medical Publishing House in Beijing, China (2020), over 30 health books in Chinese, and 70 journal papers.
Dr WAI Heung On, Jonathan is the Medical Superintendent of the Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas). After obtaining his MBBS at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), he received his surgical training in Ear Nose and Throat Surgery at the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the 80’s.
Jonanthan has outstanding achievements in his community services with his dedication to volunteer work. He joined the Auxiliary Medical Service (AMS) of HKSAR in 2002. Since then, he played active roles including operational duties, planning and training supports to members of the force, teaming up doctors and nurses to back up public emergencies, disasters, and numerous major events in Hong Kong. He engaged in medical support during SARS in 2003, then in Avian Influenza and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), H7N9 epidemic, Sichuan earthquake in 2008, Olympic and Paralympic Games Equestrian Events. In the 2012 Lamma Island vessel incident, he leaded a team of AMS members and responded promptly to provide medical coverage to the victims. When he was Chairperson of the Hong Kong Disaster Medicine Association (HKDMA) in 2014, he was actively involved in promotion of disaster awareness, preparedness, and response to emergencies in community and at prehospital level through the disaster field-trainings, workshops, and symposia via his role in HKDMA and AMS. He organized a symposium on “Our Preparedness and Response in Marine Disaster” for the stakeholders of rescue forces in Hong Kong for sharing their experiences in sea rescue on that platform. He retired as Deputy Commissioner in 2023 from the AMS.
Jonathan obtained his Master of Science in Sports Medicine and Health Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He has great proficiency and extensive experience in coordinating and providing medical first-aids support for Major Sports Events in Hong Kong. He served as the Medical Coordinator and Deputy Medical Director to the Hong Kong Standard Chartered Marathon for many years and has been the Team physician to accompany the Hong Kong delegates to many National and InterCity Games outside Hong Kong since 2007.
Jonathan is currently the President of the HKDMA and former President of the Hong Kong Society of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. He is holding different professorship titles from both HKU and CUHK medical schools.
Jonanthan is an executive committee member of many non-government organizations including the Society for the Aid and Rehabilitation of Drugs Abusers (SARDA). He is actively engaged in charitable services in his profession. He is the Vice-Chairman of Hear Talk Foundation, a charity organization founded in 2003 dedicated to the community of speech and hearing disability.
In 2013, he was awarded the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community Services and was appointed to Justice of the Peace in 2016 to enhance his future service for our community, apart from being recognized.
After graduating from the medical school at the University of Hong Kong, Dr WONG Wai Kwong, Jack has been serving the community as a Specialist in Orthopaedics & Traumatology.
Throughout his career, Jack has made significant contributions to the medical community in Hong Kong. He has served as the Vice President of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association, Council Member of the Federation of Medical Societies of Hong Kong, the Government Doctors' Association, and the Private Orthopaedic Surgeons Association.
In addition to his medical expertise, Jack has also been a tireless advocate for community service and charitable work. For over two decades, he has spearheaded the Community & Charity Outreach Program of the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club. Under his leadership, the club has made a positive impact on the community by promoting sports, youth empowerment, elderly well-being, emergency relief, and environmental preservation.
As the Chairman of the Clearwater Bay Golf & Country Club, Jack has also played a pivotal role in promoting local sports development. He has organized various sporting events and training programs to support young athletes and sports elites.
Moreover, Jack has served as a School Board Member of QESOSA Tong Kwok Wah Secondary School, demonstrating his commitment to education and the development of the next generation.
Beyond his professional and community contributions, Jack is also a passionate photographer. After travelling to remote wilderness around the world for more than a decade, he has compiled and edited a photo album titled "Nature Unveiled," showcasing his love for nature and his skill as a photographer.
Jack’s achievements in the medical field, his dedication to community service, and his artistic pursuits are a testament to his multi-faceted talents and his commitment to making a positive impact on the world around him.
Prof. LI Chi Kong is a Professor at Department of Paediatrics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He received his MBBS at the University of Hong Kong in 1981 and obtained the Doctor of Medicine from CUHK in 2002. He is a specialist in paediatric haematology and oncology. He served as consultant in Department of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital and was also the Chief of Service for 10 years before his retirement in 2016. He then took up the academic post at CUHK till now and also honorary consultant at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital.
Prof. Li’s main interest is in childhood cancers and stem cell transplantation. He implemented new treatment modality for children with cancer and severe haematology conditions in past 3 decades. Recently he introduced the locally manufactured Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) for the resistant leukaemia and lymphoma patients in Hong Kong. He also leads a number of clinical trials in Hong Kong and mainland China in the past 20 years. He arranged more than 100 doctors and nurses from mainland China to receive training in Hong Kong, and witnessed the marked improvement in survival rates of children with leukaemia in mainland China. He was appointed honorary professor in several universities in China. He is active in international societies serving children with cancer and has been the Continental President of Asia of International Society of Pediatric Oncology.
Prof. Li also serves in a number of NGOs as Board members or Advisers. He is currently Council member of the Hong Kong Red Cross, Panel Chair of Public Complaint Committee of Hospital Authority, Governing Committee of Children’s Palliative Care Foundation.
Dr LAU Yuk Kong is a cardiology specialist. He has obtained MBBS (HK), FHKCP, FHKAM (Medicine), FRCP (London), FRCP (Edinburgh), FACC. He is currently the Honorary Consultant in Cardiology of the Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals, Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of the University of Hong Kong, Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London & Edinburgh, Past President of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology (2017-2019), and Past Chairman of the Hong Kong Public Hospital Cardiologists Association (2006-2010).
After graduation with MBBS from the University of Hong Kong, Dr Lau pursued further medical training both in Hong Kong and in USA. He acquired three-year medical specialty training in Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, University of Chicago. Then he was selected as one of the top 5 candidates among 600 applicants to the three-year cardiology fellowship training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA at Los Angeles. During these three years, Dr Lau had the opportunity to work with great clinical mentors such as Prof. P K Shah, Prof. Gerald Maurer and Dr George Diamond. Dr Lau is very much indebted for their inspirational teaching.
Dr Lau was determined to serve the local public and returned to Hong Kong in 1993 immediately after his training. He then served continuously in public hospitals including Grantham Hospital, Queen Mary Hospital and the Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals for more than twenty years before establishing his private service in 2017.
Dr Lau finds the greatest satisfaction and devotes whole-heartedly in direct patient care. For over 20 years while serving in the Ruttonjee Hospital, he had taken first in cardiac call voluntarily almost half of the time, for emergency patient care including percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI, 通波仔手術). Even after his departure, he still serves voluntarily one day a week consecutively for the past seven years, coaching young cardiology fellows and supporting complex high risk PCI. Dr Lau genuinely cares about the public healthcare. He published his views on the public health care policy and financing as the advocate for the public patients at large, in particularly for the sick and poor.
Dr Lau dedicates himself as the driving force in promoting professional training and education. He has taught and trained numerous clinicians and nurses in cardiology, medicine, A&E, ICU, anesthesiology, etc. Aiming to ensure the fellow cardiologists and trainees keep abreast on up-to-date core knowledge as well as new frontier advances for better patient care, Dr Lau pioneered in 2018 the Hong Kong Core Cardiology Certificate Course which is still a highly regarded and attended course. Further, he is the founder Chair and Program Director of the international biennial Echo Hong Kong conference (Echo HK) with live demonstration and hands-on workshops since 1997 till date. Echo HK has become a major brand name cardiology meeting in the Asia Pacific region which has attracted thousands of delegates all over the world.
Dr Lau has been invited to deliver lectures & talks in numerous local, regional & international meetings. His teaching emphasizes good and meticulous history taking and applying Bayesian theorem for intelligent choice of investigations to ascertain the correct diagnosis and guide optimal patient care. His major interests are in management for acute coronary syndrome, echocardiography and emergency PCI.
To enhance public knowledge and self-care in heart health, Dr Lau shares his experience in health articles, health talks, media interviews and etc. His mottos for heart patients and the public are 「預防是首要，治療要及時。」 and 「常做運動身體好，健康開心無煩惱。」. He often jokes to his patients that his beloved mother won’t get her meal without exercise that day.
Above all else, Dr Lau feels very fortunate and is eternally grateful to have the opportunity to learn and grow in QES, establishing lifetime friendships. The Dream School shapes the students to ‘learn a-right, serve the world and spread the light’. He is also inspired by:
‘To dream the impossible dream,
To reach the unreachable star,
To fight for the right,
For a better world to be.’
Dr AU Yiu Kai laid a strong foundation during his years at QES, where the school provided students with unlimited opportunities for development and fully embodied the school motto, “Vos Parate Ut Serviatis.”(修己善群) With passionate teachers guiding him every year, he has grown into a man we are all proud of. Dr Au graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1983.
Dr Au has a remarkable record of consistently serving vulnerable populations in our society for several decades. In 1984, he materialised an innovative concept by establishing a community health care centre in San Po Kong, which facilitated efficient and easy health tracking for the local population.
Since 1987, he has been an outreach volunteer doctor, providing regular monthly free medical services to retired miners and their families in Ma On Shan Village. In 1997, he co-founded the Hong Kong Wheelchair Aid Service with his colleagues to assist disabled and elderly individuals who use wheelchairs.
In 2002, with the support of his family and the management of the hospital where he worked, Dr Au expanded his commitment and service to the global community by participating in various emergency medical operations in conflict and disaster areas. He has volunteered with both the Hong Kong Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières, serving distressed populations in 26 countries, including Indonesia, Kenya, Liberia, Palestine, South Sudan, Thailand, and mainland China, etc. Before Dr Au embarked on his divine journey, he dedicated much of his time delved into various medical fields, with the support of dedicated mentors from the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Working in disaster zones is challenging due to a general lack of resources and support, constant time constraints, as well as unpredictable safety and security concerns. Despite these challenges, volunteers like Dr Au step forward to make lifesaving health care accessible.
In 2009, Dr Au received the Hong Kong Humanity Award from the Hong Kong Red Cross. Despite having witnessed numerous tragedies and experienced a range of emotions, including sadness and anger, he still found that ”you can see the beauty of mankind.” Dr Au cherishes every life that crosses his path and every mark left on his own life. He created a room to display all the love he has received along his remarkable journey.
Over the years, Dr Au has delivered over fifty sharing sessions at various educational and health institutions. His greatest ambition is to spread the message of love and humanity among young people. He believes mastering basic skills is essential and broadens one’s vision. He continues to inspire future generations by sharing his knowledge in all aspects.
Note: The photo is obtained from the Hong Kong Red Cross
Prof. TAM Wai Keung, Frederick is the Ken and Mary Minton Chair of Renal Medicine and Honorary Consultant Nephrologist at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London. He received undergraduate medical training at University of Cambridge. He was inspired to start postgraduate training in kidney medicine as a junior doctor. In 1989, he joined Royal Postgraduate Medical School (now part of Imperial College London), Hammersmith Hospital and subsequently completed his PhD in studying cytokines in glomerulonephritis. His research training was supported by a Medical Research Council Training Fellowship and a National Kidney Research Fund (now Kidney Research UK) Senior Fellowship.
Frederick is interested in integrating patient care with multi-disciplinary research and teaching. He is the Fellow of Royal College of Physicians UK, American Society of Nephrology and Higher Education Academy UK. He received the Chan Woon Cheung Memorial Fund Award from Hong Kong Society of Nephrology in 2019.
Frederick has been investigating the importance of inflammation in kidney diseases, including glomerulonephritis, diabetic kidney disease and rejection of kidney transplant. He has applied the experience from inflammatory mediators to development of non-invasive biomarkers for kidney diseases. His research group has developed experimental anti-inflammatory therapy using soluble cytokine receptors, receptor antagonist and monoclonal antibodies, recombinant regulatory cytokines and signal transduction inhibitors in collaboration with the industry.
Frederick is the Founding Lead of the UK Rare Disease Group for Retroperitoneal Fibrosis. He is the Chief Investigator of clinical trials of a Spleen Tyrosine Kinase (SYK) inhibitor in the treatment of IgA nephropathy and chronic active antibody mediated rejection in kidney transplantation. Together with Imperial College Health Partners and Institute of Global Health Innovation, he has been trying to improve early diagnosis, reduce health inequality and develop personalized treatment of kidney diseases and associated multisystem complications. With challenges in research and education, he is keen to mentor and provide pastoral support of researchers and students.
Prof. LEUNG Wai Tong, Thomas graduated from the University of Hong Kong with the degree of MBBS in 1984. After internship, he started his training in radiation, haematological and medical oncology in Prince of Wales Hospital of Hong Kong. He was appointed lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1988 and started his academic career. His main research interest is in non-surgical treatment of liver cancer. Liver cancer was a dismal disease in the 80’s and 90’s. Most patients had late stage disease and could not go for curative surgery. Thomas pioneered the use of intra-arterial yttrium-90 microsphere (radioembolization) for treatment of inoperable liver cancer. The first patient was treated in 1990 in Hong Kong by Thomas. He published the first clinical study with this new treatment modality in the British Journal of Cancer in 1994. He also pioneered in the use of post operation adjuvant lipiodol-i-131 to reduce recurrence for patient with liver cancer. In 1998, he was first to present the paper on this new treatment modality in the plenary session of American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting. The full paper was published in The Lancet in 1999.
Thomas has also pioneered in the use of systemic combination chemotherapy for patients with late stage liver cancer. His paper in Clinical Cancer Research in 1999 was first to demonstrate that complete remission was possible with combination chemotherapy alone for liver cancer. With these new treatments, prognosis of patients with late-stage liver cancer can be improved. Thomas was awarded Doctor of Medicine degree from CUHK in 1995, for his research on novel therapies for liver cancer. During his academic career, he has lectured internationally in various institutions including Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MD Anderson and UCSF cancer centres. He was Professor of Clinical Oncology when he left CUHK in 2003.
Currently, Thomas is associate director and honorary consultant in the Comprehensive Oncology Centre of Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital (HKSH). He is also director of the Clinical Trial Centre of HKSH. He is honorary clinical associate professor of CUHK. He continues to teach medical students from both the HKU and CUHK for more than 30 years. In the international medical community, Thomas is a member of the data safety monitoring committee for international multi-centre cancer trials, as well as consultant to major pharmaceutical companies. He is also a member of the international steering committee on recommendation of radioembolization treatment for liver cancer.
Besides his clinical and academic career, Thomas has not stopped participating in voluntary work over the years. He has served more than 30 years as volunteer, seeing patients in the cancer recurrence support group of Hong Kong Cancer Fund, giving them support and clinical opinion. Thomas has also participated in the establishment of the two QESOSA secondary schools in Tin Shui Wai in the early 2000’s. He has served as a member of the incorporated management committee of both QESOSA secondary schools for 10 years. He has strived to carry forward the QES school motto “修己善群” with his work to patients and in education.
Dr CHAN Wai Kwong, Andy joined United Christian Hospital Hong Kong as Acting Senior Medical Officer in 1990 and was appointed Consultant Physician and Chief of Cardiology in January 1996. He was also the Director of the Coronary Care Unit and Director of Invasive Cardiology Services at the same hospital. He was instrumental in setting up the Cardiology Centre at United Christian Hospital and Kowloon East region and providing comprehensive cardiology service to the East Kowloon patients, who needed to be transferred to other regions for treatment before.
Andy received his medical degree from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and overseas cardiology training at the Academic Department of Cardiology, Regional Cardiothoracic Centre, Freeman Hospital, United Kingdom. He is an accredited Specialist in Cardiology in Hong Kong, Fellow of Hong Kong College of Physicians, and Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. Internationally, he was also Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Ireland, and Fellow of American College of Cardiology.
During his school days, Andy was the Class Monitor from Form one to three, School Prefect in 1977-79, Head Prefect in 1979-80. Since graduation from HKU, he has been actively engaging in teaching and research. He has been Honorary Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, teaching medical students regularly since 1990. He was invited as faculty member and speaker in many overseas and local medical/cardiology conferences. He has also been actively engaging in research work and presented papers in various international cardiology conferences including the World Congress of Cardiology and Congress of the European Society of Cardiology. He has numerous publications. Up to now, over three hundred abstracts and papers, international and local included, have been published. He is also the Editor of European Medical Journal – Cardiology and a reviewer of several esteemed medical journals
Andy has been serving in several posts in different organizations. He was the Chairman of the United Christian Hospital Doctors' Association from 1993 to 1994, and he was Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Public Hospital Cardiologists Association from 2006 to 2007. He was the President of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology from 2021 to 2023. He is also the Honorary Advisor of “Care for Your Heart” - Patients’ Self-help Group since 1998.
Dr KWOK Kwan Ho, Alvin obtained a Bachelor Degree of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 1988. He was a Founding Fellow of the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong (1996) and became a Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Ophthalmology) in 1997. He was the Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) as well as the Honorary Consultant, Eye Department, Queen Mary Hospital from 1999 to 2003. During that period, he designed and supervised the ophthalmic curriculum of medical students of both medical schools (HKU and CUHK). His dedication is always teaching, service and research. His research interest is mainly in the surgical management of various vitreo-retinal and macular diseases. He earned 3 post-graduate doctorate degrees in these fields: Doctor of Medicine (CUHK in 2003), Doctor of Medicine (HKU in 2005), and Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine) (HKU in 2006). He serves as Consultant Ophthalmologist and Director of Education, Department of Ophthalmology, at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, from 2003 till now. Besides patient care, he trains medical students and public eye doctors there. He is the Honorary Associate Professor of both HKU and CUHK from 2003 till now. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed international articles and book chapter. He is one of the few who published two original articles in the same monthly issue of the American Journal of Ophthalmology.
To serve the professional bodies, Alvin was the President of the Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society (2005-2009) and the Editor-in-Chief, the Hong Kong Journal of Ophthalmology, the College of Ophthalmologists of Hong Kong (2019-2023). Currently he is Member of the Expert Group on Drug Registration of the Pharmacy and Poisons Board, Department of Health, Hong Kong (2022-now).
Alvin received numerous professional awards like First Runner-up of AFV Best Researcher of the Year in Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (2001-2005); Distinguished Service Award, Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (2008); Achievement Award, the American Academy of Ophthalmology (2014).
To help Chinese mainland eye doctors to have free access to renowned international ophthalmic journals, Alvin was the first to help translate the peer-reviewed monthly British Journal of Ophthalmology and the official journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology into simplified Chinese, back in 2004 and 2011, respectively. Through discussion with these two journals, he helped them to create the Chinese versions on their official websites, to put his translations of abstracts of major articles of the two journals online. This has helped numerous ophthalmologists in the Chinese mainland keep abreast of the latest medical trends and techniques, and in turn has benefited patients around the country.
Besides charity work in Hong Kong, Alvin has lectured and performed live surgeries in cities of China in the trains of Lifeline Express. He also helped Orbis Flying Hospital to lecture and operate in Shenyang, China as well as Hue, Vietnam.
Dr FUNG Hin Tat, Jeffrey is a Consultant Emergency Physician at the Department of Accident and Emergency of Tuen Mun Hospital and an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He obtained the following professional qualifications: Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (CUHK), Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom, Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburg, Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine, Fellow of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine (Clinical Toxicology), Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine (Emergency Medicine), Specialist in Emergency Medicine from 1998 to 2/2017, and Specialist in Clinical Toxicology from 3/2017 to present.
After graduation from CUHK, Jeffrey’s first stop of career was the Department of Accident and Emergency of Tuen Mun Hospital. Ensuing transferal to the Department of Internal Medicine, he returned to the old department and has been serving there up to now.
In his early period of working at the emergency department, toxicology was locally almost a no man’s land. After receiving training in the overseas poison control center, Jeffrey was one of the emergency medicine pioneers developing clinical toxicology. He established the toxicology team to support the departmental operation. He is the Head of Toxicology Team at the Department of Accident and Emergency of Tuen Mun Hospital, Pok Oi Hospital and Tin Shui Wai Hospital. He and his colleagues from the other emergency departments jointly set up the new medical specialty “clinical toxicology” under the Medical Council of Hong Kong. He is the first registered Specialist in Clinical Toxicology. Besides, he is a board member and opinion expert of the Board of Clinical Toxicology of the Hong Kong College of Emergency Medicine, and council member of the Society of Clinical Toxicology. Within the field of toxicology, he is particularly interested in envenomation such as snakebite and centipede sting. He reshaped the knowledge and practice of the snakebite therapy. Consequent upon this was a remarkable expansion of the snake antivenin utilization in the indicated patients and a considerable enhancement of the overall quality of care. He introduced the antibiotic regimens specific for the oral bacterial flora of snakes and successfully reduced the incidence of post-snakebite wound infection.
In the old days, the emergency department was solely a front-door department of the hospital. About 20 years ago, the services of the emergency department were extended to in-hospital and Tuen Mun Hospital was one of the two hospitals commencing this model, namely Emergency Medicine Ward. He has been serving as the Medical Director to oversee the operation of the ward since the first day.
Jeffrey has published over 80 papers in the medical journals. Of them, close to 60 are on clinical toxicology and nearly 10 are globally never reported toxic exposures. He is the author of a chapter of toxicology textbook. A paper written by him was granted the best article award of the Hong Kong Journal of Emergency Medicine.
He works closely with his teammates in the acute stroke care team as well as the occupational safety and health team. The former was awarded the Outstanding Team of Hospital Authority and the Outstanding Team of the New Territories West Cluster of Hospital Authority, and the latter the Outstanding Team of the New Territories West Cluster of Hospital Authority.
Dr WONG Sze Ho, Sunny is the Chief of Service and Head of the Division of Nephrology at the Department of Medicine & Geriatrics, United Christian Hospital in Hong Kong. Additionally, he serves as a Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary) in the Department of Medicine & Therapeutics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong and received training in nephrology and internal medicine locally, as well as home haemodialysis training in Perth, Australia.
Sunny leads one of Hong Kong's largest kidney disease units, managing over 1,000 kidney replacement therapy patients as of 2024. He is dedicated to patient-centered care, service innovation, and kidney patient rehabilitation. In 2008, he initiated a renal palliative care service and, in 2015, developed a home haemodialysis program, now overseeing two such programs. He pioneered the development of Hong Kong’s first peritoneal dialysis connection assisted device, enabling eye-hand impaired patients to perform dialysis independently without a family or professional helper, significantly enhancing their quality of life. This device won local and international awards, including the Asian Hospital Management Award Excellence Award in 2013, and its second generation was patented in 2020—the first medical device from a public hospital medical service in Hong Kong to receive a patent. Under his leadership, the United Christian Hospital Multi-Disciplinary Renal Team received the Hong Kong Hospital Authority Outstanding Team Award in 2015.
Sunny is deeply committed to the advancement of kidney care both locally and internationally. He is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Nephrology and serves on the Executive Committee of the Asian Pacific Society of Nephrology. His roles also include Chairman of the Kowloon East Cluster Transplant Coordinating Committee and participation in a number of expert panels and work groups of the Hospital Authority of Hong Kong as chair or member. He is the Scientific Co-chair of the 5th International Congress of Chinese Nephrologists in 2024 and was the Chief Organizer of the Renal Commissioned Training Program of the Hospital Authority in 2016 and 2024. He also serves as Vice President of the Organizing Committee for the 5th Hong Kong Transplant & Dialysis Games in 2024 and is involved in organizing numerous international conferences. He is active in public education, promoting organ donation, and patient rehabilitation, and serves as adviser of several local patient organizations.
Sunny is grateful for his education at QES. He was the Astronomy Club Chairman (1987-88), a 21st Camp Warden, a Prefect, a class club chairman for many years, and the 87FA Form Representative. Reflecting on his time at QES, he said, "The open atmosphere and the trust from the school and teachers allowed us to organize numerous extra-curricular activities, providing an excellent environment for personal growth. We learned to communicate, respect others, lead, and handle difficulties, which greatly aided my personal development. The school motto 'Vos Parate, Ut Serviatis' (修己善群) and the school song lyrics 'and serve the world and spread the light' remain in my mind, shaping my career and life."
Dr LEUNG Yu Lung, Dexter graduated from the Shaw College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), with First-class Honors in BMedSci and then MBChB, at the Faculty of Medicine. He is a renowned ophthalmologist of local and international reputation. He is currently an Honorary Consultant and Specialist in Ophthalmology at the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital (2011- now), Clinical Associate Professor (Honorary), Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, CUHK and Department of Ophthalmology, University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, and Visiting Professor, Shantou University Medical College. He was the former President, the Hong Kong Ophthalmological Society (2015-2017), former Regional Secretary, Council of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (2017-2020).
Dexter has won a number of awards for his contribution in Ophthalmology as well as his dedication to social service, to name a few: Action for Vision Foundation Exemplary Eye Specialist Award (2007); the Best Paper Award in Glaucoma, American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) annual meeting (2007); International Ophthalmologist Education Award, AAO (2008); Action for Vision Foundation Best Researcher Award (2009); Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Achievement Award (2010); the Ten Outstanding Persons of the Year 2010 Hong Kong Award; Achievement Award, AAO (2011), Distinguished Service Award, APAO (2012), Outstanding Prevention of Blindness Award, APAO (2018), CUHK Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award (2019).
Apart from clinical care and research, social service is an important theme for Dexter. He has been heavily involved in several charity projects, such as Project Vision Charitable Foundation, Lifeline Express, and Action for Vision Charitable Foundation. Being an Executive Committee Member of Project Vision, he assisted in the aim of providing affordable high-quality cataract surgery in rural areas of mainland China. He is also currently on the voluntary Faculty for ORBIS, and participated in mainland China programs in 2016 onwards, for charity surgery and teaching on the flying eye hospital. He also served in a wide variety of honorary positions for the needy, such as the Honorary Medical Advisor of Hong Kong Society for Rehabilitation, and as Board of Directors, Lions Eye Bank (2013- now) and was doing active works in encouraging organ donation such as cornea donation for transplantation.
Dexter believes that education is the foundation for betterment of Hong Kong. He is the current Member of Board of Trustees, Shaw College, CUHK since Year 2011, and is a member of the School Management Committees at primary schools. Lastly, he served as the Honorary Chairman of Board of Directors, the Shaw College Alumni Association, and the Former President of the Federation of Alumni Associations, CUHK.
Prof. WONG Yeung Shan, Samuel is a clinician with training and experience in both Family Medicine and Public Health. He earned his Doctor of Medicine (MD) degree from the University of Toronto and completed his Family Medicine residency in Canada. Furthering his education, he obtained a Master of Public Health (MPH) from Johns Hopkins University in the USA and a Doctor of Medicine (MD) research degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He has also a wide range of academic attainments, including CCFP, FRACGP, FHKCCM, FFPHM, FCFP, FHKAM (Community Medicine) and FHKAM (Family Medicine).
Currently, Samuel serves as the Director of the School of Public Health and Primary Care at CUHK and the Thomas Jing Centre for Mindfulness Research and Training. Since July 2019, he has held the position of Associate Dean (Education) at the Faculty of Medicine at CUHK. His international roles include being a Global Faculty Member of the Stanford Medicine Centre for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE) since 2022. In recognition of his contributions, Professor Wong was awarded the Faculty of Medicine Outstanding Fellowship in 2021. His research interests are primarily focused on the evaluation and development of mindfulness-based and mental health interventions in primary care, as well as the evaluation and development of primary care services and models, particularly in the context of multi-morbidity.
Samuel has also contributed to academia through the supervision of 10 PhD students to completion and has authored 5 book chapters. He co-edited the Oxford Textbook of Public Mental Health, which won the Best Book Award by the British Medical Association Medical Book Awards 2019 (First Prize in Psychiatry category). He has also been an External Examiner in Family Medicine for various universities and has reviewed grants for international and local research funding bodies.
In terms of public service, Samuel has served the HKSAR Government in various capacities, including a member of the Steering Committee of the Primary Care Development and other advisory councils and committees related to health and environmental hygiene. He has also been involved in education and accreditation committees for medical and dental councils in Hong Kong. In addition to his academic and research responsibilities, he provides clinical services in Family Medicine for the Hospital Authority as an Honorary Consultant in Family Medicine.
Mr HO Che Leung, Simon was one of the first batch of graduates at QES and
one of the pioneers in education, establishing the basics in life-wide
education.
When QES was opened, there were only F.2 - F.4 students. All the extra-curricular posts were filled up by the most senior students at that time i.e. F.4
students. Simon was the Deputy Head Boy and a House Captain. He was
also a member of multiple school sports teams, founder of the School
Harmonica Band and a member of the School Choir. He was the first student
in QES to be awarded a special prize for outstanding service in the 1954/55
school year. Apart from his excellence in academic studies, his participation in
extra-curricular activities (ECA) well equipped him for his future career as an
advocate of whole-person education. He was the Chairman of QESOSA in
1960 and 1961. He helped to lay a good foundation for its development in
subsequent years.
Simon obtained a BA(Hons) degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1961
and a Diploma of Education in 1962. He started his education career in the
government as a frontline teacher and was promoted and then was invited to
join the Education Department within a very short period of time. His eight
years’ teaching experience, though short compared with his thirty-five years’
career in education, brought him not only fond memories but also life-long
connection with his students, many of whom have become successful
professionals and school principals.
Simon was granted full-paid overseas training at the Institute of Education,
University of London and at Oxford University. He put what he learned into
practice when he was back to Hong Kong. With his dedication and expertise
in teaching and learning, he contributed a lot to both curricular and non-curricular developments in the Education Department. During his service, he
drafted the teaching and learning guidelines and initiated school-based
curriculum reforms. He was also committed to ECA development, in particular,
the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme (DEA, renamed the Hong Kong
Award for Young People in 1997) and the Community Youth Club (CYC). He
was presented awards in recognition of his contribution to the development of
the DEA and the CYC by Mr and Mrs Chris Patten respectively at the
Government House. He is still the Honorary President of the Award for Young
People.
In the summer of 1996, Simon led the first group from the education field of Hong Kong to make an official visit to Peking. The group, totaling about 50,
consisted of members from the School Activities Section of the Advisory
Inspectorate, heads of schools and teachers as well as students chosen from
the Community Youth Club of the 18 school districts. The group visited
famous universities and schools and youth work organisations apart from
places of interest for a better understanding of the latest development of
China especially in the field of education and youth work. The visit was fruitful
and encouraged such visits to China by schools in latter years.
Before he retired, he headed the Advisory Inspectorate as the Assistant
Director of Education (Chief Inspector of Schools). With his loyalty to the
government and commitment to education, he was awarded the MBE (Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire) at the Buckingham Palace by Queen
Elizabeth II in 1997.
Simon wished to take this opportunity to thank QES for giving him a good
experience to understand the importance of education to help the
development of students in their future career and their commitment to serve
the community. Also, he would like to thank his colleagues in the Education
Department for their advice and co-operation in helping him to render his
service successfully, and last but not least, to his wife for her support and
encouragement throughout all these years.
Mr TONG Wai Ki (1939 – 2022), a merchant-educator studied Chemical Engineering in the University of Michigan and obtained a bachelor degree in 1962. Since returning to Hong Kong, he had been Director and General Manager of Wong Hau Plastic Works & Trading Co., Ltd., a leading company in the plastics, toy, and baby product industries in Hong Kong founded by his father Mr TONG Kwok Wah. During his career, he founded Moose Mountain Toymaker Ltd., and opened offices in New Jersey, New York, London, Taiwan, Macau, and Shenzhen, and became a legend in the toy industry.
Mr Tong was a loyal Taoist, and was President and Chairman of Hong Kong Taoist Association, the Yuen Yuen Institute, and Honorary Presidents and Advisors of many Taoist organizations in the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and overseas. Some of his most profound contributions are the development and management of the 16 secondary schools, primary schools, and kindergartens of Hong Kong Taoist Associations. He also took the lead for donations to build over 60 schools in Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Fujian, Shanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces in the Mainland.
Mr Tong was devoted to contributing to his alma mater. He was Chairman of Queen Elizabeth School Old Students’ Association in 1966-1967. He was co-founder of the 2 secondary schools, 2 primary schools, and kindergarten of QESOSA. All of Mr Tong’s 3 sons and a daughter graduated from QES. He served as Chairman of QES Parents’-Teachers’ Association for 11 years. He was one of the pioneers of home-school co-operation in Hong Kong.
In addition to contributing to education, Mr Tong also contributed to healthcare by his active participation in Lifeline Express, a Hong Kong-based charity which provides free surgeries for people with cataracts in rural areas in the Mainland, and Operation Smile, a charity which provides free surgeries for children with cleft lips and cleft pallets in the Mainland.
Mr Tong was a Member of the 11th China National People’s Political Consultative Conference in 2008-2012. He was conferred a Honorary Doctorate Degree by the International American University in 2009.
In recognition of his contributions to society, HKSAR awarded to Mr Tong Medal of Honour (MH) in 2002, Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) in 2008, and Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) in 2013.
Ms LAI Yuet Sum, Susanna is a pioneer of parent education in Hong Kong. After acquiring her BA degree and full-time Diploma in Social Studies at the University of Hong Kong, she started her career as a social worker, and eventually worked for a number of years supervising field work and teaching in Social Science and Education faculties of various local universities. She eventually focused her work on the promotion of parent education, and the development of curriculum content and strategies suitable for Hong Kong. She also contributed to related researches.
Susanna has promoted parent education as a free-lance consultant, author, newspaper column writer, curriculum developer, and adviser & guest host of children programmes on local television; has conducted many workshops and given many talks to teachers, parents and social workers in schools and various social and community agencies; and has served on various government and non-government committees on parent education, children development, and home-school cooperation/collaboration.
Susanna founded and served for several years as the Chairman of the Parent Education Promoters, and as adviser to many parent and PTA groups. She has also facilitated the establishment of a Parent School in Yuen Long, and parent volunteer groups in many schools.
Susanna played a key role in the establishment and development of QESOSA’s Kindergarten. She also helped the establishment of its Primary and Secondary Schools, and served many years as one of the School Managers.
Susanna’s works include books, diaries, research papers and curriculum packages. Notable examples are 《媽媽手記》, 《孩子的疑惑》; 《慎防順口言》, 《害從口出》, 《害不再從口出》; 《如何輔導孩子正面接受學校教育》, 《如何發揮孩子的潛能》, 《如何培養孩子健康的個性和生活習慣》, 《如何使孩子聽你的話》; 《親親孩子, 親親爸媽》, 《齊齊踏上成長路》, 《蛻變的我，蛻變的香港》, 《中華美德，你我尊崇》, 《親子日記本:幼兒篇》; 《成長的根源》, 《家庭與學校協作》, 《家校加效》, 《家庭與學校合作研究計劃:成功指標及實踐的探索》
Susanna’s recognitions include the Leader of the Year Award and the Medal of Honour (MH) , given for her contributions to social services, especially in Parent Education.
Mr Tsoi Heung Sang, Herbert obtained his BSc and DipEd from the University of Hong Kong, and in the course of his remarkable career, also DETO, AdvDipEd, DMS and MEd. He started his career as a Physics teacher (first in King’s College, then QES), and continued for many years as lecturer/administrator in the education and continued professional development (CPD) of teachers, including service as Head of Educational Technology in Colleges of Education, founding Head of Hong Kong Teachers’ Centre, Director of Hong Kong Institute of Education’s Division of Primary Education and Director of its Division of Secondary/Technical/Special Education, and Head of its Office of Planning and Academic Implementation.
Herbert started educational technology courses in local institutes of teacher education in the 1980s, headed the curriculum team responsible for the first local university “top up” programme which enabled non-graduate teachers to acquire degree status in the 1990s, led the development of the first Teachers’ Competencies Framework for Hong Kong, and the establishment of CPD targets and early versions of the Teacher Induction Tool Kit in the 2000s.
Herbert has served as Chairman of Advisory Committee on teachers’ continuing education of HKSAR government and local post-secondary institutions; as Advisers of various teacher organisations and associations — for Education in Art, Extra-Curricular Activities, Home Economics, Primary Education Research, School Librarians; and as member of various government and non-government committees on school management and curriculum initiatives.
Over the years, Herbert has also participated in various education-related bodies, serving as founding member/official/chairman of the Hong Kong Association for Science & Mathematics Education, the Hong Kong Education Research Association, the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education, and the Hong Kong Association for Educational Communications and Technology.
Herbert also helped the establishment of the Primary Schools, Kindergarten and Secondary Schools of QESOSA, the Elder Academy in QESOSA Secondary School, the Capacity Building Mileage Programme Centre in QESOSA Tong Kwok Wah Secondary School, and served, after his retirement from civil service, as Hon. CEO of QESOSA Education Promotion Organisation.
Apart from profession-associated work, Herbert has also been involved in voluntary services related to his personal interests. These include membership on the Education Department’s committee on the promotion of Tai Chi into senior secondary school Physical Education curriculum, and conference adviser for the "Tai Chi Instructor Exchange Conference” organised by the Curriculum Development Division of the Education Department; and engagements in drama activities like acting, directing, scripting, and adjudicating in Inter-School Drama Competitions.
Herbert is so far the only person who has held 3 roles in QES, including student, teacher and parent. Above all, he is the unique person who has a deep insight into the establishment and development of QES, including the school song, the school motto, the 4 houses, the OSA and the PTA, just to name a few.
Herbert has been awarded an Hon LHD and an MH for his work in education.
Mr CHOW Ping Yan, Alan, MH, who believes “Education can create beauty, nurture the mind, heart and hands of a person and it can change the destiny of any mankind, country and even the global world”, has been a teacher educator, school leader, education researcher and frontier practitioner in the education community for years. He is currently the Guest Lecturer of the Education University of Hong Kong (EDUHK), serving for the Departments of Curriculum & Instruction and Education Policy and Leadership, the Honorary School Partnership Adviser and the Honorary Special Adviser of Centre for Religious & Spirituality Education of EDUHK. He is the Fellow of the Hong Kong Council of Educational Administration, a member of the Chinese Society of Education, the Chairperson of Education Convergence Education Foundation Limited, the Supervisor of Elegantia College and a school manager and consultant of many other schools.
Owing to his long years of voluntary community service contributing to the area of teacher professionalism and professional conduct, Alan was the Awardee of the Chief Executive’s Commendation for Community Service in 2016 and the Awardee of the Medal of Honour (MH) in 2021. And due to his outstanding performance in school leadership and school improvement, he was granted the 8th Highwise Award for Exemplary Hong Kong Teachers in 2010.
With reference to his expertise in promoting character education and being Principal Investigator in many professional misconduct and school complaint cases, Alan was appointed by the government to serve in two respective consultative committees. They include: the CDC Standing Committee on Values Education, and the Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals.
Other commitments that Alan has served includes the following: the Education Consultant of Wofoo Foundation Ltd., the Chairperson and a Member of the Council on Professional Conduct in Education for 12 years, the Former Chairperson of Education Convergence, a Lecturer and Senior Programme Developer of the Division of Continuing Professional Education and an affiliated member of the Department of Educational Policy and Administration, at the former Hong Kong Institute of Education. He has also been serving as the Principal of 5 different primary and secondary schools, namely, SKH St. Michael’s Primary School, SKH Kei Sum Primary School, SKH Holy Carpenter Secondary School, CCC Kung Lee College and W F Joseph Lee Primary School. He has presented and published many academic papers, book chapters and articles and his interested areas include teacher professionalism, school improvement, principalship and teacher leadership, professional ethics and professional conduct. He has been a very active academic writer and has published hundreds of articles on different books, journals and e-platforms, e.g. www.master-insight.com.
Mr KWOK But received a BSc in the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in 1976. While working, he was awarded a Certificate in Education and a Master in Education by HKU as well. In 1995, he obtained a Master in Art in Public and Social Administration from the Hong Kong City University. During his career, he excelled in leading and training up students. Beyond his normal duties, he took up various voluntary work, and in many cases he took a leading role with high initiatives.
In 1976, he joined Sing Yin Secondary School as a Science and Mathematics teacher. He taught mostly Physics, Integrated Science and Mathematics. Six years later, he set up a committee to coordinate extra-curricular activities and served as the Chairman. In 1985, he set up the Computer Studies Department and became the Head of the Department. After serving other administrative duties such as Career Master and Assistant Principal, he was promoted to Principal in 2001. Thirteen years later he retired. In his spare time, he has taken up various voluntary work. In 1981, he helped found the Hong Kong Association for Computer Education and took up the Chairman role 6 years later. In 1984, he helped found the Hong Kong Extra-curricular Activities Coordinators’ Association and served as an official. He also served as the Chairman or a member in various committees set up by the government, for example, Area Committees and committees of the Education Department. From 1996 to 2001, he served as a Council member in the Hong Kong Examination Authority.
During his years in Sing Yin, he facilitated hundreds of students to win Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in competitions in many disciplines in Hong Kong. Some even won medals in International Physics / Mathematics / Information Technology / Junior Science / Music / Geography Competitions. Students also performed splendidly academically. In particular, one student became the top scoring student in the first ever DSE examination. All along, Sing Yin emphasizes environmental education and practices, earning a relocation to the first school built by the Government with many advanced environmental facilities. Shortly after in 2013, it won the Greenest School on Earth Award, which is an annual competition organized by the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council.
Ms WU Yin Ching obtained her bachelor’s degree from the Arts Faculty of the University of Hong Kong in 1978. She was given a studentship to study in the Chinese Department reading Tang Poetry. Meanwhile she started her career as a creative writer in literature covering modern poetry, literary prose, short stories and novels. In the year 2002 she was selected by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) to receive the ‘Arts Achievement Award in (literary Arts)’ . Her award winning pieces include 〈問夜空〉（poem，香港市政局中文文學獎1981）and〈彩店〉（poem，香港市政局中文文學獎1985）; Award winning books include 《地車裡》（collection of poetry, 第五屆香港中文文學創作獎詩歌組首獎 1999），《一米四八》（novel for teens, 第五屆香港中文文學創作獎少年兒童文學組首獎 1999），《蝦子香》（collection of literary prose, 第五屆香港中文文學創作獎散文組首獎 2013），《長椅的兩頭》（collection of literary prose，香港金閱獎十本最佳文史哲書之一，2016）and《小時代》（novel，亞洲周刊十本最佳華文小說之一，2021）。
Starting 1985, Ms Wu joined the Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) as Assistant Lecturer. She taught Chinese and Creative Writing for a total of 29 years, retiring as Associate Professor. Over the years, she also harvested a collection of more than 40 books, some of which brought her prizes and awards in writing. As a teacher she has been presented teaching awards by the department（President’s Award in Teaching, Language Centre, HKBU,2001）, the faculty （President’s Award in Teaching, Arts Faculty, HKBU, 2013）and even the University （President’s Award in Teaching, HKBU, 2009）to honour her as the best teacher of the year. Some of her students has presently become Hong Kong’s prominent writers, Examples are 潘步釗、麥樹堅、游欣妮等。
Now ten years after her retirement, she is also known as a watercolourist. Her father was an artist whose influence over her is evident. Still writing, she paints now more regularly and seriously to catch up with the lost years without colour.
Mr TONG Wai Lop, Philip has a strong passion for his alma mater and has a special insight in visualising and practising our school motto: Vos Parate Ut Serviatis (Prepare yourselves that you may serve修己善群). In his opinion, to prepare yourself (修己) is not only about academic pursuit (學術) while to serve (善群) does not simply equate philanthropy (慈眾). In short, he has been spending his life to cultivate his inner self, not the self to present to others, in order to nurture the community.
Notwithstanding that Philip is a successful businessman and a frequent flyer, he is always ready to spare his precious time and endless energy to serve our mother school and QESOSA, which he assigned very high priority. He was the one who served QESOSA as the Chairman for a record of 12 years from 1988 to 1999. His contribution shifted to QESOSA EPO in the years that followed.
With his vision and mission, there were important decisions made at OSA during his service, including attempts at a renovation project of our mother school. Finally his efforts were rewarded and OSA’s dream to repay our alma mater and serve the community through education came true as he was shrewd enough to seize the right time to submit the applications for establishing OSA schools and tactful enough to solicit the input of various parties to work out the projects smoothly. The first OSA school, QESOSA Primary School, was opened in Tin Shui Wai in 1992.
When offered a chance to serve a new community in a remote area of the territory, OSA, under Philip’s leadership, tailor-made the school plans for the district development in line with the government policies and courageously undertook to run the first school in Tin Shui Wai to cater for the first batch of residents in the latter part of the school year. A few years later, QESOSA EPO was formed to streamline the coordination work. New schools were successively founded in conjunction with the expansion of the population and the school projects were regularly adjusted to cater for the change in the age structure of the growing population. There is no wonder why the OSA schools are now well established and prestigious in Tin Shui Wai, which has transformed into a dynamic neighbourhood. OSA has undoubtedly played a part in the transformation by educating the children, their parents, and later the seniors there through the Elder Academy as well.
When asked whether he would like to be remembered as a philanthropist, an educationist, a Taoist or a businessman, Philip promptly replied, ‘a nobody’. As a Taoist, he admitted he was superstitious (迷信) with a sense of humour, and he remarked that he was always at a loss (迷) searching for his faith (信).
Mr LAU Chi Yuen, a retired principal of the Hong Kong Taoist Association Tang Hin Memorial Secondary School (THMSS), dedicated 37 years to the institution. He served as Vice Principal for 16 years and Principal for 13 years, retiring in 2020. Under his visionary leadership, THMSS gained an esteemed reputation and became a much sought-after band 1 secondary school in Hong Kong.
Throughout his tenure, Mr Lau has been a dedicated leader who, alongside the school's staff, committed to providing all-round education for all students, regardless of their backgrounds. The school has maintained an almost 100% local university admission rate since 1995, successfully securing university placements for its students, many of whom from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds in the North District. THMSS also excelled in extra-curricular activities. Its rope skipping team won three World Championships and four Asian Championships. Students also excelled in inter-school basketball competitions, public speaking tournaments, art competitions, inter-school music contests, and dance festivals.
Mr Lau is a caring educator who believes that knowledge can change the fate of students. When planning school policies, he always prioritises the interests of his students and thinks from their perspectives. While being a decisive leader, he is open to ideas from his colleagues and values teamwork as the key to successful school management.
In addition to his busy work at school, Mr Lau contributed significantly to Hong Kong’s education sector through various official duties. He served as the Honorary Secretary of the Hong Kong Subsidised Secondary School Council and was a committee member of several boards, including the Careers Advisory Board of the University of Hong Kong, the Careers Advisory Board of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Green Building Council, the Curriculum Development Committee of Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong, and the Advisory Committee on the Public Examinations Administration of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority. Moreover, he was a member of the Task Force on Professional Development of Teachers by the Education Bureau of HKSAR, where his ability to think outside the box allowed him to suggest innovative directions beneficial to the long-term development of Hong Kong’s education. His dedication was widely recognised, earning him the Chief Executive’s Community Service Award in 2019.
Ms LI Pik Lan, Carmen is the convener of the Joint-School Through-Train Steering Committee and the head of the Professional Development Task Group of QESOSA Education Promotion Organization (EPO). She has been appointed Supervisor of QESOSA Primary School since 2021, Deputy Supervisor of QESOSA Tong Kwok Wah Secondary School since 2017, and School Sponsoring Body Manager of the Incorporated Management Committee of QESOSA Secondary School and QESOSA Branch Primary School since 2016 and 2012 respectively.
Carmen was inspired by the school motto of our alma mater, “Vos Parate Ut Servitias”「修己善群」, to join EPO upon her early retirement from teaching in 2010, with a view to learning from predecessors and collaborating with co-workers, principals and teachers to provide quality education to students. She devoted herself to lending professional support to the four EPO schools on a pro bono basis, especially in aligning and improving the formal curriculum and policies for pastoral care as well as extended activities, and in guiding teachers to do subject-based lesson studies. To uphold EPO’s learning community tradition and build on the sound foundation already laid, she is pioneering an Instructional Leaders Training Programme for 2021-25 to enhance a whole-school as well as a joint-school coaching culture via a framework-based and evidence-based three-tier post-lesson feedback practice. She also offered to teach English grammar lessons to senior secondary students for free on Saturdays during 2014-19.
In addition to her extensive teaching experience at local secondary and primary schools, Carmen also has tremendous commitments and exemplary achievements in a wide range of education-related voluntary services. During 1997-2012, she helped to establish and then run as Chairman or Vice-Chairman the Parent-Teacher Associations (PTAs) of the kindergarten, the two primary schools and the secondary school that her son attended. She also organised a PTA Executive Committee Members Training Programme in 2000-01 for the parents of three kindergartens that intended to set up their own PTAs and served as their Consultant thereafter. In 2009, Carmen was elected the first Top Ten Outstanding Parent Leaders of Hong Kong organised by Hong Kong Parents Association Limited, and since then she has helped to organise several ensuing elections and various parent education functions. During 2002-13, she also served as a scout leader in the 229th HKG Scouts, a parent-child scout group founded by Hong Kong University Graduates Association. Since 2017, she has served on the board of judges for HKSAR Junior High School Students Award organised by Unison Hope. She has also served AFS Intercultural Exchanges Limited since 2019 as a host family and student support and a returnee’s mentor.
As a visionary and persevering educator, Carmen believes that every child is precious, unique, endowed with different potential, and should be given the right environment to grow and glow, and be prepared to serve. Being an inquisitive and self-directed learner, a caring and enlightening teacher, a loving and encouraging mom, a passionate and competent volunteer, as well as a dedicated and supportive school manager and teacher trainer, not only has Carmen exemplified in embracing our school motto, but also aspired to spreading its light further through education.
Prof. CHAN Sun On, Hector graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) with BSc (First Class Honours) in Biology and MPhil in Basic Medical Sciences. With support of Croucher Foundation, he was offered a scholarship to pursue DPhil in Neuroscience at the University of Oxford. After graduation, he was offered a Lectureship at the Department of Anatomy (now School of Biomedical Sciences) of CUHK. He is currently Professor and Associate Director (External Links) of the School of Biomedical Sciences, Head of New Asia College and Associate Vice-President (Education) of CUHK.
Hector’s enthusiasm for teaching and research is exemplified by the awards of numerous accolades in education, including Teacher of the Year Award from the Faculty of Medicine for 10 consecutive years, Master Teacher of the Faculty, and the CUHK Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award. He contributed to education at all levels. In the Faculty of Medicine, he served as Assistant Dean in Education from 2004-2021, leading the preclinical teaching and revamps of the medical curriculum. He also chaired the Medical Year 2 and 3 Committees, and the Preclinical Education Committee. At the School of Biomedical Sciences, he was the Associate Director in Undergraduate Education from 2017-2021, overseeing all undergraduate programmes offered by the School. At New Asia College, he was the Dean of General Education from 2009-2020, playing a major role in coordinating and developing College General Education programme.
Hector’s major research interests centre on the development of neural connections in the brain, and signaling mechanisms involved in the protection of the eye from degenerative and inflammatory diseases. In recent years, he has been actively promoting The Silent Teachers 無言老師Body Donation programme to support medical education and research.
Mr TONG Sau Chai, Henry received his Bachelor of Business Administration Degree from The University of Michigan in 1991.
Henry joined Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) in 2018 and was appointed as Chairman in 2020. He is in business administration profession and currently the Managing Director of an enterprise.
Henry is actively engaged in the matters related to healthcare, tertiary, school and pre-school education, parent education, child and youth development. Before joining COSH, he was the Chairman of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation. He has taken the lead in the Council to work with Parent-Teacher Associations and the education sectors to improve the smoke-free education and health of students, such as enhancing parental awareness on harm of alternative smoking products (ASPs), including electronic cigarettes and heated tobacco products and advocating for the ban of ASPs to protect students’ health. He has also mobilized the support of parents and the education sector for the local tobacco control development, such as banning ASPs, raising tobacco tax, extension of smoke-free areas and the next phase of tobacco control in Hong Kong. COSH envisions to reduce smoking prevalence to 5% or below and achieve endgame in Hong Kong.
Henry is enthusiastic in serving the community and actively participates in social services and charity works. He is currently Board Member of the Hospital Authority, Chairman of Tin Shui Wan Hospital Governance Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Member of Constitution and Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee, and Member of Working Group on Patriotic Education. He has also been the Chairman and/or board member of several community service organizations including Pok Oi Hospital, Rotary Club of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Shine Tak Foundation, Beam International Foundation and Hong Kong Taoist Association.
During his chairmanship of Pok Oi Hospital, he led the hospital to introduce and strengthen smoking cessation services using traditional Chinese medicine, which is one of the current services of government’s integrated quitline. Their services were further expanded with physical clinics and mobile clinics in over 100 spots throughout the territory.
Henry and his family are passionate in serving QES and its old student community. Henry served as Chairman of QESOSA from 2007 to 2015. In 2015, he passed on the OSA chairmanship, but remained as a Vice Chairman up to now. Since 2009, he has been serving as Chairman of QESOSA Education Promotion Organization (EPO) as well, leading the four OSA secondary and primary schools in Tin Shui Wai. By now (2024) he is serving as EPO Chairman for the 16th term.
Henry has endless energy. Notwithstanding his numerous roles in serving the community and his alma mater, he played every role whole-heartedly with full dedication and achieved remarkable results. In recognition of his contributions to education and healthcare, the HKSAR government conferred Henry as Justice of The Peace (JP) in 2015, and awarded Henry Medal of Honour (MH) in 2012 and Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) in 2024.
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Dr WOO Ming Ko is a Professor Emeritus at the McMaster University. He studied geography and geology at the University of Hong Kong, and obtained his doctoral degree from the University of British Columbia. He is a Professional Hydrologist of the American Institute of Hydrology, a Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America and a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
His specialization is in snow, permafrost, wetlands, and water related research. Dr Woo has conducted field studies in the far North for over three decades, working in a range of environments, from the polar desert of the High Arctic, subapline woodlands in the subarctic, to the extensive wetlands of Hudson Bay Lowlands. He has also investigated drought problems in northern Nigeria and the Canadian Prairies, soil erosion in south China, climate variability and hydrology of large-basins in northwestern Canada. His research has also focused on understanding the principles of catchment, hillslope and wetland hydrology as well as assessing changes in hydrological systems by environmental stressors such as climate variability and human modification to the landscape.
Dr Woo was awarded the Tuzo Wilson Medal in 2008, the highest honour conferred by the Canadian Geophysical Union. In 2016, he was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Environmental Studies Degree from the University of Waterloo.
Prof. CHONG Kin Ping, Ken is a Professor at the George Washington University and an Associate at the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST). He obtained his Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering at the Taiwan National Cheng Kung University, and Master degree for Structural Mechanics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He also obtained advanced degrees at Princeton University, MA, MS in Engineering, and completed the PhD in Engineering Mechanics in 1969.
Ken specialized in solid-mechanics/materials, nano-mechanics, and structural mechanics. He has published over 200 refereed papers, and is the author or coauthor of twelve books. He was a professor for 18 years at the University of Wyoming during which he pioneered the R&D of architectural sandwich-panels; developed new semi-circular fracture specimens for brittle materials. His experimental research on sweet spots in the 70's changed the design of tennis rackets. He has been the Engineering Advisor, Interim Division Director and Director of Mechanics and Materials from 1989 to 2010 at the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Ken received numerous awards and honors, including the 1997 ASCE Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award; Distinguished Member, ASCE; NCKU Distinguished Alumnus Award; ASME 2011 Ted Belytschko Applied Mechanics Award for “significant contributions in the practice of engineering mechanics”, and the NSF highest Distinguished Service Award for “his exemplary direction of the Mechanics Program and for his role in nurturing the emerging field of nanomechanics, including his planning, encouragement, and support of the NSF Nanomechanics (and Materials) Summer Institute”. He delivered the Mindlin Lecture at Columbia University in 2005, the Sadowsky Lecture at RPI in 2006, the Raouf Lecture at the US Naval Academy in 2012, the ASME Thurston Lecture in 2014, and the Distinguished Lecture at the University of Macau in 2015. He is listed in Stanford University top 2% of scientists globally in 2022.
Ken was cited in the American Men and Women of Science and was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) in 2008. He is also a Fellow of AAM, SEM and ASCE. He has been serving as a visiting professor at Tsinghua University since 2011.
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Dr POON Tin Yau, Peter, a manager at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), California Institute of Technology (Caltech), devoted 35 years in science and space technology, making contributions towards advancing the frontiers of space exploration by NASA. A graduate of Hong Kong University majoring in Physics and Mathematics, he completed his PhD degree at the University of Southern California in 1974. He subsequently completed advanced training in the Advanced Project Management Program at Stanford University.
Peter made significant contributions towards mission success as a manager for NASA projects, including the Cassini-Huygens Mission to Saturn and Titan, Voyager Interstellar Mission for Interstellar Exploration, and various NASA Mars missions including Mars Global Surveyor, 2001 Mars Odyssey, and Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity. He received appreciation for highly successful international collaboration from German Space Operations Center (GSOC) and the French Space Agency (CNES) in his role as Telecommunications and Systems Manager representing NASA in the joint projects with GSOC and CNES. He was also a manager representing NASA in the joint projects with the European Space Agency (ESA), including the Ulysses Mission to orbit the Sun and to study it at all latitudes.
In addition, he was a manager for the Gravity Probe-B mission to test Dr Einstein’s universe, Pioneer Technology mission, and European Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network (EVN). He served on the US Technical Advisory Group, as US Chair and Program Chair for a number of international technical conferences, and on the Executive Committee for IEEE Software Engineering Standards.
Peter was inspired by his caring mother Mrs Lai Poon姚麗 and his brave father POON Chak Kwong, Sam 潘澤光, a fighter pilot who fought alongside the Flying Tigers against the Japanese invaders. He is grateful to his innovative wife Mable Poon曾美寶 who worked at Caltech for 28 years, and to the excellent teachers and principals of QES.
He received over ten awards from NASA and the European Space Agency. In addition he received an award from NASA Inventions and Contributions Board, and a Certificate of Congressional Recognition issued by the US House of Representatives.
In 2009, Peter was recognized by Hong Kong University as a Distinguished Science Alumnus during the 70th anniversary celebration of Hong Kong University Science Faculty.
Mr TAM Chung Ding is an outstanding technology executive in the semiconductor industry. He received his BSc degree at the University of Hong Kong in 1966. He joined Motorola Semiconductors in Hong Kong as a design and applications engineer in 1968. From engineering to sales/marketing to Operations Management, he became the first Hong Kong Chinese to be the General Manager of Motorola Semiconductors (Asia Pacific) in 1980 with profit and loss responsibilities. He spearheaded building up of Motorola Semiconductors (AP) Headquarter, Silicon Harbour Center ,in Tai Po. This integrated facility housed a highly automated assembly/test of advanced integrated circuits as well as an Integrated Circuits Design Center for LSI semiconductors. Through his hands-on leadership, many successful chips with high revenues have been designed. DragonKat, a 8 bit microcontroller with direct drive capability to LCD, enabled start-up companies in Hong Kong such as Group Sense International Limited (權智) to produce the world’s first calculator size English to Chinese translator. DragonBall, a 32 bit Microprocessor, was the heart that powered the popular Palm Pilot which created the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) market. He was instrumental in establishing Motorola’s first semiconductor assembly/test factory in Tianjin, China. Under his leadership, Motorola Semiconductor (AP) Group grew from US $ 30 million in 1980 to over US $ 2 Billion in 1996.
He then moved to Austin, Texas as Senior Vice President of the global Microcontroller Group in charge of all aspects of MCU and a number of Motorola wafer fabrication plants in Austin, and also in Phoenix, Arizona. Microcontroller (MCU) was the largest business of Motorola Semiconductors. In 1999 he was promoted to Executive Vice President and President of Motorola Inc in Asia Pacific Region and returning to the region with a major focus on Motorola activities in China. He sat in the Executive Management Board of Motorola Inc. During his years in that role, Motorola continued to be number one in sales revenues in China among multinational companies and JVs. MOS 17, an advanced 8” complementary metal oxide silicon (CMOS) wafer fabrication in Tianjin, completed pilot phase and was ready for production as he retired after 33 years of distinguished services in Motorola at the end of 2001.
In 2002 he returned to Hong Kong after being recruited to be the first CEO of the new Hong Kong Science Park. This appointment reflected his experience in technology industries, as well as prior roles in advising the Hong Kong government and Higher Education Sectors. He has been the Chairman of the Electronic Committee of the Hong Kong Government, a Board member of Hong Kong Industrial Estate Corporation, the Chairman of the Technology Committee of the Applied Science Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), and a Council member in establishing the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He has served in many committees of various universities in Hong Kong. He was also very active in advising and leading key industrial programmes in China, Malaysia and Australia for some years.
In recognition of his achievements, he has won many distinguished awards, including MBE, JP, one of “Ten Outstanding Young Persons” of Hong Kong, Executive of the Year from Hong Kong Business Award, Young Industrialist Award, and was chosen as one of “Ten Asian’s Best Executives“ in the electronic industries by Electronic Business Asia magazine.
He wrote electronic articles in Chinese for the first Chinese language electronic magazine 無線電世界 for two years in the late 1960s. He spoke at PBEC 2000 (Pacific Business Economic Council) and other Asian conferences. He was recognized as an Outstanding Alumni by the Science Faculty of the University of Hong Kong. He also received Honorary Fellowship from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Prof. WONG Kon, Max received his BSc(Eng) in electrical engineering from the University of London, England in 1969. After brief industrial training at Plessey Telecommunications Research Ltd., he went on to pursue postgraduate studies and research at Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, obtaining the DIC, and PhD degrees respectively in 1972, 1974, before re-joining Plessey as a research engineer. In 1981, he joined McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, where he has been a Professor and Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He held the Canada Research Chair Professorship of Signal Processing at McMaster until his retirement in 2014. He also held honorary professorships at Southeast University, Beijing Institute of Technology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China, as well as at Imperial College London, UK and Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. He was also Visiting Professor at several other universities in China, South Africa, Sweden, Germany, Austria, UK, and France and was invited Distinguished Lecturer by various universities in North America, Europe and the Far East. Since his retirement in 2014, Max has been Professor Emeritus at McMaster University, and until 2019, he also held the position of Distinguished Visiting Chair Professor in the School of Information Science, Zhengzhou University, China. His research interest is in signal processing and communication theory and he has published over 280 papers in the area.
Max was the recipient of several best paper prizes from international learned societies. In 1995, in a ceremony presided by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, the degree of DSc(Eng) was bestowed upon him by the University of London, UK, in recognition of his international authority stature in the area of signal processing. In 2000, he was awarded the millennium medal by the IBC for his “outstanding contributions to the research and education in signal processing” and in 2010, he was a recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt International Research Award, presented by President Horst Kohler of Germany. Max is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of the IEE, a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
Max is interested in classical music and has been studying the piano since his early childhood. He has a special affinity for Beethoven, Brahms and Chopin. Max is also a keen artist, being particularly devoted to the painting of portraits and still lives. Poetry and philosophy are among his preferred reading materials. Participation in water sports, especially in swimming, rowing, and snorkelling, is among Max’s favourite activities. In the past, he played table tennis at a highly competitive level and was President of the Canadian Table Tennis Association (1988 - 1994) and a Council Member of the International Table Tennis Federation.
Dr KO Chan Gock, William is a Life Professor of HIT (哈爾濱工業大學). This title was awarded to him when he assisted the Chinese Delegation to win the right to organize the International Water Association (IWA) Bi-annual World Congress and Exhibition to be held in Beijing in 2006 during the 2000 event in Berlin. With his experience in organizing the Asia Pacific (ASPAC) Regional Conference and Exhibition (Water Hong Kong 96) held in Hong Kong in 1996 and his service as the ASPAC Secretary, he knew the key to success by condensing the Chinese Delegation’s huge amount of materials to a 10-minute video emphasizing the improvement in China on Science and Technology regarding water transferring and retaining structures as well as water quality control since 1978. Then he assisted the IWA Presidents and CEO to communicate with the Chinese officials in making the Beijing 2006 a great success. In recognition of his contributions in IWA on improvements in water quality control, water treatment process and bulk water transfer, he was awarded Honorary Member of IWA in 2006—the FIRST Chinese ever awarded this title. To congratulate this award, Prof. Jao Tsung I (饒宗頤教授) presented to Dr Ko a calligraphy frame of [天一生水].
QES had its first class of Form One in 1958. William was among one of the 45 pioneer students who were called the First Class of Genuine QES students. He graduated in 1968 from HKU with a BSc (Eng) Hons and later joined the Water supplies Department (WSD). He was sent by the HK Government to study in UK and got an MSc in Water Resources Technology from the Birmingham University in 1977. Later, he got a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Ocean University of China.
William became the Director of WSD in 2001 and retired in 2007. During his service in WSD, his main task related to Water Supply from the East River to Hong Kong (WSER). As he rose through the ranks from an Engineer to the Director, he was successively involved in the 4 stages of extension of WSER. He was well known in the industry as Mr China Water by the foreign press and as 東江水之父 by the Chinese press. His contributions included planning, design and construction of all systems connected with WSER in Hong Kong side including water pipes and tunnels, water treatment plants, service reservoirs and pumping stations. With the assistance from the consultants, he introduced various advanced technologies in the water treatment plants, such as multi-story sedimentation tanks, bacteria water treatment filter beds.
In 2007, William founded the Environmental Technology Foundation Ltd (ETF). One of the research projects was on the cultivation of algae in seawater sewage (Hong Kong is the only city using seawater extensively for toilet flushing). This was carried out in a laboratory built by ETF with special permission in Yuen Long Sewage Treatment Works under the Drainage Works Department . In November 2020, its Cocktail Method of Algae Cultivation was awarded a Special Prize in the National Exhibition of Inventions held in Guangdong, China.
William was conferred a Justice of the Peace (JP) in 1990 when he became an Assistant Director of WSD, and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) for his outstanding civil service upon his retirement.
Mr TAM Sik Wing, Peter is a retired Senior Project Manager of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and has been employed there for 35 years before his retirement in 2013. For those unfamiliar with the NRC, please be informed that it evolved from the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), whose first Chairman was Dr Robert Oppenheimer, and who was the protagonist in the recent movie Oppenheimer. In addition to having the “Oppenheimer” fame, NRC’s first Chairman was Hong Kong-born William Anders, one of the astronauts who were the first humans to orbit the moon!
The NRC is the US government agency with the sole authority to review the design, construction, and operation of anything involving radioactive materials, particularly nuclear power reactors used to generate electricity, and research reactors for scientific investigations. There are 100 or so nuclear power reactors in the United States, all are designed and constructed to generate electricity. NRC’s main “business” is safety, as required by law. There are hundreds of engineers, scientists, and attorneys who strive to ensure that all nuclear plants are built and operated safely. Peter has served as an NRC project manager (i.e., point man) at various periods, managing and directing all the scientific and engineering review and approval for 7 of the nuclear power plants in the United States.
Typically project managers of nuclear reactors are American-born because the position of project manager involves extensive constant verbal communication with the owners of the nuclear power plants, and preparing and issuing formal authorizations on various technical subjects to the owners. Peter often joked about his position as a “jack of all trades but expert at nothing.”
Peter has master degrees in nuclear engineering, organic chemistry, public administration, and a bachelor degree in chemistry.
Dr LEUNG Lok Wah, Philip is a retired Senior Technical Fellow at the Boeing Company, the world's largest aerospace company. He studied physics and mathematics at the Saint John's University. He obtained his PhD degree in Physics at the University of California.
At Boeing, he was the Chief Engineer of Survivability Department, developed and implemented designs to protect satellites from natural and induced space environment effects. He was responsible for the technical strategy and direction for the survivability of spacecraft avionics and power systems. He received the title of Boeing Senior Technical Fellow - the highest technical position awarded to only 60 of 169,000 employees - for his recognition as a technical expert, leader, mentor, and for his ability to drive business results.
Prior to Boeing, from 1980 to 1996, he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he made significant contributions to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) planetary exploration programs, and received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal in 1993 for his work on the Galileo Jupiter orbiter.
He holds 6 patents in space technology and received the Boeing Special Invention Award in 2003 and a major NASA Innovator Award in 2007. The National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) awarded him with the Technical Excellence Award in 2004 for his achievement in the aerospace industry.
Mr LI Sze Ching, Raymond is an inventor and the CEO of Jetlev Development Corporation and Jetlev Technologies, Inc. He obtained his BSc (Science) degree from the University of Toronto in 1973. He received his MBA in accounting, marketing, entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management in 1975.
Before starting the business of Jetlev, he was operating the computer graphics business which started in 1984. He developed the modular feeder printing system (U.S. Patent No. 5274301) all the way to a demonstration system in 1995, with financial assistance from the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada.
Jetlev is a water-propelled jetpack with a tethered propulsion system. It is abbreviated from the words jetpack and levitation. Raymond got the idea from the James Bond movie Thunderball in 1965 and started carrying out experiments in 1997. In 2003, NRC agreed to fund initial development for the water propelled jet pack concept. After thousands of improvements and custom design, a prototype was developed in 2005 and the product was available for sale in 2011. Excellent control and stability makes it easy to learn in minutes, and one tank of fuel provides smooth yet thrilling flight for up to three hours, travelling at 22 miles per hour and reaching heights of 30 feet.
Dr WAH Wan Sang, Benjamin is a Research Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Franklin W. Woeltge Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA. He received his BS and MS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Columbia University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA, in 1979. He previously served as Provost and Wei Lun Professor of Computer Science and Engineering of CUHK (2010-2019), Chair of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (2013-2018), and Franklin W. Woeltge Professor of UIUC.
Benjamin’s contributions to computer science and engineering have been recognized with numerous prestigious honors and awards. These include the IEEE CS Technical Achievement Award, the IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE-CS W. Wallace-McDowell Award, the IEEE-CS Richard E. Merwin Award, the IEEE-CS Tsutomu Kanai Award, and the Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science of the University of California, Berkeley. His current research interests in big data and multimedia systems have led to significant advancements in these areas.
Benjamin has served the IEEE Computer Society in various capacities, including Vice President for Publications (1998 and 1999) and President (2001). He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Dr LI Fuk Kwok is the Director of the Mars Exploration Directorate at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA). He received his Bachelor and Ph.D. degrees in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1975 and 1979 respectively.
He joined JPL in 1979 and has been involved in radar remote sensing activities. From 1983 to 1988, he was the project engineer for the NASA Scatterometer. From 1997 to 2001, he managed the New Millennium Program, designed to flight-validate key technologies that bring significant benefits to future science missions. Не became deputy director of JPL's Solar System Exploration Program Directorate in 2001, deputy director for the Mars Exploration Directorate in 2004, and director for the Mars Exploration Directorate in 2005.
In 2007, Dr Li received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal and in 2008, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
He is currently the NASA Mars Exploration Program Manager. His directorate is responsible for JPLs projects exploring Mars, including two orbiters (Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter), two famous rovers (Spirit and Opportunity), the Phoenix stationary laboratory which landed near the north pole of Mars in 2008, and the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover that was sent to the red planet in 2011 and landed there in 2012.
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Dr LI Sai Ping is a scientist, now serving as Research Fellow at the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.
He received his Bachelor degree in physics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1979. He obtained his MSc and PhD degrees in physics from the University of Washington, Seattle in 1981 and 1983 respectively.
He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California and C.E.N. Saclay from 1983 to 1987. He joined the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica as Associate Research Fellow from 1987 to 1992. Starting from 1992, he served as Research Fellow. He has been Deputy Director and Acting Director from 2002 to 2009.
His research field is theoretical physics on high energy theory, and recently mainly on complex systems including atmospheric science and brain science. He has published over 80 journal papers. He retired from Academic Sinica in 2022. He is now an adjunct professor, Department of Physics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Dr TSUI Chi Ying is a professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He obtained his B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hong Kong, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Engineering from the University of Southern California. In 1994, he joined the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at HKUST, where he is now a full professor.
At HKUST, Dr Tsui has held several important administrative roles. He served as the Associate Dean of the School of Engineering, overseeing the undergraduate teaching and learning programs. He was also the founding head of the Division of Integrative Systems and Design at HKUST, a new academic department dedicated to fostering interdisciplinary research and education using novel active experiential project-based learning pedagogy. Currently, he serves as the Director of Entrepreneurship Education at HKUST.
Dr Tsui’s research interests span a wide range of areas, including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Electronic Design Automation (EDA), and microelectronics. He has designed VLSI chips and accelerators for AI applications, developed low-power systems for 6G wireless applications, and created power management circuits and techniques for embedded portable devices and ultra-low power systems. He is the Associate Director of ACCESS (The AI Chip Center for Emerging Smart Systems), an InnoHK research center funded by the Government of HKSAR with a total funding of 440 million Hong Kong dollars. He has published around 300 refereed technical journal and conference papers and holds 15 US patents. He has received numerous research and design awards, including the best paper awards from the IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, IEEE ISCAS, IEEE/ACM ISLPED, and IEEE DELTA, CODES, and IEEE AICAS. He received the Design Awards twice in the IEEE ASP-DAC University Design Contests. He has also received two outstanding teaching awards from the School of Engineering at HKUST.
In addition to his academic research and teaching activities, Dr Tsui has also been active in entrepreneurship. He was the co-founder of Perception Digital Limited, a spin-off company from HKUST that was publicly listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) in 2009.
Mr CHAN Tik Yuen, Leonard served as the captain and the student-in-charge of school athletics team, which earned numerous awards and representing Hong Kong in regional cross-country competitions. Beyond his athletic achievements, Leonard initiated the QES “Best List,” dedicating an entire year to meticulously review historical sports day records and inter-school competition results of QES students. Continuing his studies in USA, he established the QES Alumni List on the Internet in early 90s, facilitating connections among old students before the advent of the World Wide Web. His keen attention to details, logical thinking, and proficiency in computer science paved the way for his subsequent career in technology innovation.
Leonard has grown into a seasoned technologist and innovator with over 30 years of experience in research and development for industrial automation systems, online advertising, and digital publishing solutions. He played a pivotal role in propagating and popularizing Jin Yong's martial arts novels in electronic versions globally. Leonard has also been deeply involved in promoting cybersecurity and use of AI in business, advocating its importance to both citizens and enterprises through his media presence.
In the realm of technological advancements, Leonard patented technology that transforms data tape for embroidery into a modifiable digital format. Over the past 30 years, he has directed and collaborated on a plethora of cutting-edge technologies and garnered multiple accolades, including a Grand Award at the Hong Kong ICT Awards, becoming Hong Kong’s first-ever double winner at APICTA, and receiving the WSA: m-Media & News award, multiple Hong Kong Awards for Industries, and other noteworthy local and international recognitions. Beyond technology, Leonard is involved in numerous mentorship programmes, including serving as a Star Mentor for the 2nd Cohort of the Strive and Rise Programme by the HKSAR government, and actively promoting STEAM education. He also holds the position of school manager at two schools operated by QESOSA EPO.
Leonard is an eminent Distinguished Member of the Chinese Computer Federation, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Hong Kong Computer Society, and a Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society. His public positions include Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Innovative Technology Development Association, Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited (HKIRC), Ordinary Member of the Travel Industry Authority (TIA), and Deputy Director of the Center for Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and World Affairs Studies at the Communication University of China (CUC). Additionally, he previously served as Vice President of the Hong Kong Computer Society and Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Software Industry Association.
Believing in giving back, Leonard has served the QESOSA for many years. In 2023, he was selected as the Guest of Honour to address current students at the QES Speech Day.
Dr KWAN Wing Pin, Winnie is the Managing Partner of the premier international structural engineering company, LERA Consulting Structural Engineers, with the headquarters in New York. After graduating from QES, Wing Pin went to the United States to further her studies. She earned a Bachelor of Science and Engineering Degree at Princeton University with Highest Honors, and a Ph.D. degree at Cornell University with specialization in earthquake engineering. She was instrumental in establishing the Shanghai and Hong Kong branch offices for LERA, and serves as the Director of these offices.
Winnie was honored by the “40 Under 40” award by the Building Design and Construction magazine in 2011, was selected as a Rising Star in Structural Engineering by the Structural Engineer magazine in 2012, and won the “Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business” award from the Asian American Business Development Center in 2015. Other awards she has earned include the Achievement Award by the New Jersey Chapter of the American Concrete Institute, and the James Hayes-Edgar Palmer Engineering Award. She was a guest lecturer at Columbia University in the United States. She regularly presents in international conferences.
Winnie was involved in the design of 5 of the 13 tallest completed buildings in the world, including the 679 m Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (the 2nd tallest building in the world) which was completed in 2023, and the 555 m Lotte World Tower in Seoul, Korea. She served as the Project Manager for the 492 m Shanghai World Financial Center, a building which won multiple prestigious engineering awards. She also served as the structural consultant for the Suzhou Museum designed by the famed architect I. M. Pei. She has directed the design of tall buildings and other types of challenging structures all around the world, including Greater China, the United States, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Korea, Kazakhstan, India, Pakistan, Argentina, Qatar and Saudia Arabia.
Dr KO Hon Yim is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Colorado, where he was Chair of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering. He received his BSc at the University of Hong Kong in 1962. He pursued graduate studies in the California Institute of Technology where he obtained his MS degree in 1963 and PhD degree in 1966.
He was a post-doctoral fellow at Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology from 1966 – 1967, working on the Surveyor project to the moon, investigating lunar surface conditions prior to Apollo manned landings. He joined the faculty at University of Colorado in 1967. He was Churchill College Fellow at Cambridge University in England in 1977, doing research work on centrifuge modeling.
Dr Ko obtained funding to build United States’ first large-scale geotechnical centrifuge laboratory at University of Colorado in 1988. The 400 g-ton centrifuge was used to test scaled models of infrastructures such as buildings, dams, bridges, tunnels and off-shore oil drilling platforms under various stress conditions, including earthquakes. The centrifuge continues to be used for teaching and research purposes as well as for engineering projects for industries.
He also held the Glenn L. Murphy Chair Professorship from 2000 to 2010. He has won national renown in research and teaching in the specialties of centrifuge modelling earthquake engineering, mechanical properties of soil and rock, constitutive modeling and soil-structure interaction. His research resulted in over 200 scholarly publications, and prestigious research awards, including the Huber Research Prize by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASEE); Engineering Faculty Research Award, University of Colorado, Clarence Eckel Faculty Excellence Award, University of Colorado, and the Colorado Engineering Council Gold Medal.
He was on numerous national and international committees, including the National Science Foundation, and advisory committees for the Civil Engineering departments of University of Hong Kong and the National Singapore University. He was Chair of the Technical Committee on Centrifuges of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering from 1989-93. He organized many meetings and delivered lectures. In 2006, he was awarded an Honorary Professorship by the Civil engineering Department, University of Hong Kong.
He excelled in university teaching, being awarded the Outstanding Educator of America from the American Society for Engineering Education and the Hutchinson Memorial Teaching Award, University of Colorado.
He is cited in the American Men and Women of Science.
Dr NG Wai Kwok, Edward (1939-2018) was an American Applied Mathematician. He obtained his Bachelor degree from the University of Minnesota and received his MA and PhD degrees from Columbia University. He was employed at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology, aka Caltech under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
He held the positions of senior scientist, senior engineer and technical manager in the US Space Program. He was noted for his broad variety of mathematical applications in space science and engineering. He also contributed conscientiously in the spin-off of technology from the space program, with applications in such diverse subjects as Bose-Einstein distribution in mathematical physics, symbolic and algebraic computation, computational physics and biomedical research.
He was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and was cited in the American Men and Women of Science. He published numerous technical papers of diverse mathematical applications in space sciences and engineering.
He received a number of NASA Awards, including the special NASA Certificate of Apollo-Columbia Commemoration of the Space Transportation System-65 Flight in 1994. In respect of JPL, he received the Level-B Bonus Award on educational outreach and was cited for excellent outreach in NASA report cards on JPL. He was also a recipient of the American Astronomical Society Team Appreciation Award on the Deep Space Network.
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Prof. CHU Ming Chung obtained his BSc and PhD degrees in Physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1983 and 1987 respectively. He held research positions at Massachusetts Institution of Technology (MIT) and Caltech before joining the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 1995. He is currently the Choh-Ming Li Professor of Physics at CUHK. He served as the Chairman of the Department of Physics in 2021. Prof. Chu’s research interests include astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics. He was one of the co-founders of the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, which, in 2012, discovered a new kind of neutrino oscillation that had important implications for cosmology and particle physics. The Daya Bay Collaboration was awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics 2016 and the 2023 European Physical Society High Energy Particle Physics Prize for the discovery. Prof. Chu is currently the leader of the Hong Kong Cluster of the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, CERN, studying the fundamental structures of matter, particularly the properties of the Higgs Boson, using high-energy proton collisions.
Prof. Chu was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2018 and Fellow of the Hong Kong Physical Society in 2019. He has published over 600 papers in scientific journals, attracting over 80,000 citations so far.
Prof. Chu’s choice to become a researcher in astrophysics, cosmology, and particle physics was deeply affected by his extra-curricular activities in QES. He was the Vice Chairperson of the Astronomy Club and was actively involved in organizing various activities such as weekly star-gazing and talks. He still goes back to QES and the School Camp to give popular science talks today. He remains very active in promoting astronomy and popular science in Hong Kong.
Prof. LAM Hon Ming is currently a Choh-Ming Li Professor of Life Sciences at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was also appointed the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology (CUHK), a national-level scientific team approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology, China. Due to his outstanding scientific research and service to society, he received several important awards, including the Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Award 2016 (Science and Technology, Second Class) by the Ministry of Education, China, Medal of Honour by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2023; and the 2023 Leader of the Year (Education/Professions/Technology & Innovation) by the Sing Tao News Co. Ltd.
Growing up in a grassroots family, Prof. Lam has developed a strong belief: “We cannot choose our birth, but we can choose our life. We cannot decide the starting point, but we can decide the path. We cannot change the past, but we can change the future." He promised himself to use knowledge and education to change fate, not just to one person or one family, but to many others.
With minimal English proficiency, his study at QES was never smooth. He was a F.7 repeater before entering CUHK to study Biology. After struggling through all the difficulties, he received his PhD in Molecular Biology at Northwestern University, with his thesis research focusing on bacteria. To pursue his goal of contributing to agricultural research that may change the fate of many others, he took a different path to study plants during his postdoctoral studies. In 1997, after refusing the invitation of a big agricultural company in USA, he returned to his beloved home, Hong Kong, and started his career at CUHK, with a full passion for making changes.
Against all odds, Prof. Lam has chosen agriculture research as his life-long career. He spent more than a quarter of a century working on soybean. His project "soybean homecoming" aimed to bring impactful research back to the home of soybean – China, while most of the high-caliber soybean research was previously dominated by USA, Australia, and Europe. Through collaboration with the BGI-Shenzhen, for the first time, the all-Chinese team successfully published their cover story in the renowned scientific journal Nature Genetics in 2010, demonstrating the importance of soybean resources in China for crop improvement.
Combining the state-of-the-art genomic and genetic basic research and traditional breeding wisdom and through true partnership, Prof. Lam and his collaborator Prof. ZHANG Guohong have successfully developed new salinity and drought-tolerant soybean seeds and distributed them to farmers in Gansu Province which is challenged by both saline lands and drought. From 2016-2023, it was estimated that three of their soybean cultivars reached a cumulative acreage of 1,180,000 Mu（畝）, bringing 97 million RMB additional income to farmers. Due to its symbiotic nitrogen fixation ability, the cultivation of soybean could replenish the soil with nitrogen thereby reducing the requirement for synthetic nitrogen fertilizer that will cause significant greenhouse gas emissions.
In recent years, Prof. Lam has extended his collaboration to South Africa and Pakistan, especially in remote villages with minimal support. The projects are named “Imbewu Ywthemba” and “Umeed Ke Beej" in South Africa and Pakistan, respectively, both carrying the meaning of "Seed of Hope".
Prof. Lam also makes use of his research to develop STEAM programmes for high school students. Besides lectures and hands-on activities, Prof. Lam also brought high school students to visit agriculture fields in China, and more recently in Pakistan. These visits aim at broadening the vision of the youngsters.
Prof. Lam’s dream is to “display science on fields” so that knowledge and education can bring changes to many others.
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Dr CHENG Shu Kwan, Roger received his BS degree from Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, in 1987, and both his MA and PhD degrees from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, in 1988 and 1991, respectively, all in electrical engineering. He taught as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Colorado at Boulder, Colorado, USA, from 1991 to 1995. He joined The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 1995 and served in various positions for over 25 years until 2020 when he left as an Emeritus Professor. He was a Professor and Associate Head at the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering (ECE), Associate Dean in the School of Engineering, and Associate Provost (Teaching & Learning) at the Provost's Office. He was also the founding Residence Master of UG Hall 9.
Roger’s research interests are in the areas of multi-user wireless communications and networks and smart grids. He has over 170 papers, 20 patents, 11,000 citations, and is a Fellow of both IEEE and HKIE. He served as Editor and guest Editor in many IEEE Transactions, and as Director and Associate Directors of the Center of Wireless Information Technology and the Consumer Media Lab, respectively, at HKUST. He had also served on the HKIE Examination Board and was on the Accreditation Team and Quality Assurance Council Audits for several programs and universities in Hong Kong.
Roger was a co-founder of a start-up under the HKUST incubation program in 1999 and was involved in taking the company public, first listed on the GEM and then on the main board of the Hong Kong stock exchange. He has also consulted with Qualcomm and Maxlinear in USA, ASTRI and Motorola in Hong Kong, and Huawei and ZTE in China.
Married with two children, Roger is a Christian and has led the Youth ministry at The Praise Assembly 633 District for over ten years. He has also been the Chair of the Board of Directors of a non-profit organization providing after-class educational programs for underprivileged students in secondary schools in Hong Kong.
Currently, Roger lives with his wife in the Greater Philadelphia area in USA.
