Education in Hong Kong used to be largely modelled on that of the United Kingdom,particularly the English system. Since 2012,the overhaul of secondary school diploma has introduced changes to the number of school years as well as the two-tier general examinations. The DSE has replaced the old HKCEE and the A-levels. Education policy in Hong Kong is overseen by the Education Bureau and the Social Welfare Department.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Sai Kung District,New Territories,Hong Kong. Founded in 1991,it was the territory's third institution to be granted university status,and the first university without any precursory existence upon its formation. It occupies a 60-hectare (150-acre) seaside site in Tai Po Tsai,Clear Water Bay Peninsula,and has established a satellite campus in Guangzhou,Guangdong,China.
The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT),founded in 1959,is an international organization for higher education situated 40km north of Bangkok,Thailand. It specializes in engineering,advanced technologies,sustainable development,and management and planning. It aims to promote technological change and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region,through higher education,research,and outreach.
The United States consulate estimates there are about 70,000 Americans in Hong Kong as of January 2023,a drop from 85,000 since its 2018 estimate;no census by any US government organization has ever been attempted. They consist of both native-born Americans of various ethnic backgrounds,including Chinese Americans and Hong Kong Americans,as well as former Hong Kong emigrants of Chinese descent to the United States who returned after gaining American citizenship. Many come to Hong Kong on work assignments;others study at local universities. They form a large part of the greater community of Americans in China.
The School of Business and Management is the business school of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST),today considered one of the world's leading business schools in Asia.
Wei ShyyJP is an aerospace engineer who served as the 4th president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) from September 2018 to October 2022. He is currently a professor emeritus of mechanical and aerospace engineering at HKUST.
Hari Naroomal Harilela,was a Hong Kong Indian businessman,hotelier and philanthropist and the founder and chairman of the Harilela Group. The group runs businesses ranging from hotel and real estate investment to import and export trading. He was often dubbed the richest Indian in Hong Kong.
Stephen Chow Chun-kay,is a Chinese businessman.
Leroy L. Chang was a Taiwanese-American experimental physicist and solid state electronics researcher and engineer. Born in China,he studied in Taiwan and then the United States,obtaining his doctorate from Stanford University in 1963. As a research physicist he studied semiconductors for nearly 30 years at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center,New York. This period included pioneering work on superlattice heterostructures with Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leo Esaki.
The HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Hong Kong (HKU),a public research university. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese,one of the oldest western medical schools in the Asia–Pacific region,and which served as the base for HKU's founding in 1910.
Lawrence Ho Yau-lung is a Canadian businessman. Starting his career as an investment banker at Jardine Fleming and Citibank,in 2001 he took over operations at Melco International. Later named chairman and CEO,Ho refocused the company on leisure and entertainment,building and operating casino resorts in Macau,the Philippines,and Cyprus. With an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion,he was named "Asia’s Best CEO" at the Asian Excellence Awards for the seventh time in 2018.
Poman Lo is a Hong Kong business executive serving as the Vice Chairman of Century City International Holdings Limited and Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Regal Hotels Group. Century City Group comprises a total of five listed entities in Hong Kong,including Century City International Holdings Limited,Paliburg Holdings Limited,Regal Hotels International Holdings Limited,Regal Real Estate Investment Trust,and Cosmopolitan International Holdings Limited.
Nancy Chu Ip Yuk-yu,also known as Nancy Y. Ip in academic publications,is a Hong Kong neuroscientist. She is serving as the 5th President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) since 19 October 2022. She had served as the Vice-President of Research and Development,the Morningside Professor of Life Science,and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at the HKUST. Since December 2022,Ms. Ip has also served as the a deputy from the Hong Kong delegation to the National People's Congress and received the largest number of votes from the 1273 member Electoral Committee which elects delegates,receiving 1254 votes.
Adrian Cheng Chi-kong is a Hong Kong entrepreneur and business executive son of property developer Henry Cheng and grandson of Cheng Yu-tung. He is the former CEO and executive vice-chairman of the family company,New World Development,the heir and executive director of jewelry company Chow Tai Fook,. He is also the founder of K11,which has a portfolio of commercial,cultural and residential projects.
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Library is housed in the Lee Shau Kee Library,located at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It has over 1 million books,728,426 printed volumes,754,146 in electronic format,as well as tens of thousands of e-journals,and streaming audio and video collections. A good part of its special collections,like its Antique Maps of China Collection has been digitized.
Alicia Garcia Herrero is a Spanish economist and academic based in Hong Kong. She has been the chief economist for Asia-Pacific at French investment bank Natixis and adjunct Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) since June 2015. She is also an adjunct professor at Sunyatsen University and has recently joined insurance company AGEAS as an independent board member.
Charles Ng Wang-wai is the first CLP Holdings Professor of Sustainability and Chair Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is also the vice-president of HKUST (Guangzhou) and the dean of the Fok Ying Tung Graduate School at HKUST,Clear Water Bay Campus. He is the immediate past president of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE),where he served as the 17th President from 2017 to 2022.
Daisy Ho Chiu-fung is a Hong Kong businesswoman who is the daughter of Macau-based businessman Stanley Ho. She is the chairman and executive director of SJM Holdings,a major owner,operator and developer of casinos in Macau. She is also an executive director of Shun Tak Holdings.
Dr Kenneth Fang Hung GBS CBE JP was a Hong Kong billionaire industrialist and philanthropist. He was known as the "King of Textiles".
Steven John DeKrey is an American academic leader,faculty member,consultant,and author. He serves part time as an adjunct professor of management and senior advisor to the dean at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School.
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