List of alumni of the University of Hong Kong

Last updated

This is a brief list of notable graduates of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). For a detailed version, please refer to the Chinese version of this article.

Contents

Faculty of Arts

Regina Ip Regina Ip at VP New Year Fair 2009.jpg
Regina Ip
NameKnown forDegree(s) & year
Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee Former Secretary for Security of Hong Kong (1998–2003) and Hong Kong Legislator (since 2008)B.A. (Eng Lit.)
Elizabeth Wong Former Director of Social Welfare and Hong Kong Legislator; now writerB.A. (Eng Lit.) 1962
Anson Chan Fang On-sangFormer Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong KongB.A. (Eng Lit.)
Eileen Chang WriterDid not complete (English literature)
Mabel Cheung Film directorBA 1973
Ching Cheong JournalistB.Econ 1975
Selina Chow Selina Chow Leung Suk-yeeNon ex-officio Member of the Executive Council BA (English)
Chan Hing-yan Composer and music educatorchair of the Department of Music
Ann Hui DirectorBA 1969, MA 1973
Rafael Hui Si Yan Former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong KongBA '70, DSocSc honoris causa, 2007
Clara Law Film director
Martin Lee Chu-ming Former Legislative Councillor (Hong Kong Island)BA
Margaret Ng Member of the Legislative Council (Legal constituency)BA 1969, MA 1975
Catherine Joyce Symons Headmistress of DGS, Legco & Execo member BA 1939, LL.D honoris causa 1978
Tsang Yok-sing President of the Legislative CouncilBA (Mathematics) 1968, CertEd 1981, AdvDipEd 1982, MEd 1983
Kay Tse On-keiSingerBA (American Studies) 2004
James Wong Jim LyricistBA 1963, MPhil 1983, PhD 2003
Lin Xi LyricistBA (Translation) 1984
Chan Mei ToWriter, Miss Grand Hong Kong 2022BA 2017, MPhil 2020, PhD 2023
Patrick Yu LawyerBA
Wong Chi Hang Sara ArtistMA (Landscape Architechure)

Faculty of Business and Economics

NameKnown forDegree(s) & year
Edan Lui Singer and actor; member of Hong Kong Cantopop group MIRROR BBA (IS) 2019

Faculty of Engineering

NameKnown forDegree(s) & year
Lee Cheuk-yan Member of the Legislative CouncilBSc (Eng) 1978
Fu Bingchang Nationalist and Chinese politician
Chung Sze-yuen Knight Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (GBE)
Zion Tse Tenured Associate Professor of Medical Robotics [1] at the University of Georgia BSc (Eng) 2006

Faculty of Law

NameKnown forDegree(s) & year
Andrew Cheung Kui-nung Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal; 4th Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong (2011-2018)LLB 1984, PCLL 1985
Elsie Leung Former Secretary for Justice LLM
Rimsky Yuen Former Secretary for Justice (2012-2018); Senior Counsel LLB
Patrick Chan Siu-oi Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal; Former Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal; 1st Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong LLB 1974
Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor 5th Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong (subject to the Legislative Council's endorsement)LLB (1985), PCLL (1986)
Johnson Lam Man-hon Vice-President of the Court of Appeal LLB
Wally Yeung Vice-President of the Court of Appeal LLB 1974 [2]
Albert Ho Chun-yan Former Member of the Legislative Council (New Territories West)LLB 1975
Albert H. Y. Chen Member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Committee of the National People's Congress Standing Committee LLB 1980
Johannes Chan First Honorary Senior Counsel in Hong Kong; former dean of the Faculty of LawLLB
Margaret Ng Former Member of Legislative Council; BarristerPCLL 1988
Alan Leong Former Member of Legislative Council; Senior CounselLLB
Audrey Eu Former Member of Legislative Council; Senior CounselLLB
Ronny Tong Former Member of Legislative Council; Senior CounselLLB
Tanya Chan Member of Legislative CouncilLLB
Benjamin Yu Senior CounselLLB
Sinnie Ng Singer; member of Hong Kong Cantopop group Lolly Talk BSS(GL) & LLB

Faculty of Medicine (Renamed as Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine in 2006)

NameKnown forDegree(s) & year
Pak-Cheong HoFounder of Hong Kong Harmonica Association, Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award, medical researcherMBBS 1987 [3]
Yuet Wai Kan Winner of Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research, Shaw Prize in Life Science MBBS
Vivian Li Discovering a new way that Wnt is activated in bowel cancerPhD in Pathology (2008)
Yuen Kwok-yung Head of HKU Department of Microbiology MBBS in 1981

Faculty of Science

NameKnown forDegree(s) & year
Michael Suen Secretary for Education BSc (Mathematics and Physics)
Stephen Lam Chief Secretary for Administration BSc (Chemistry and Physics)
Rita Fan Former President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong BSc, MSocSc, DSocSc honoris causa
Ambrose Lee Secretary for Security of Hong Kong (2003–2012)BSc
Sarah Liao Former Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works of HKSARBSc 1973, MPhil
Yum Tong Siu William Elwood Byerly Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University BA 1963, DSc honoris causa 1990
Ava Yu Singer, actress, hostessBSc (Biology) 2007
Aleksandr Kogan Assistant Professor at University of Cambridge, academic at St Petersburg University, researcher at Cambridge Analytica PhD [4]
William Ka Ming Lau Senior Scientist at University of Maryland, Deputy Director for Science, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Science DivisionBSc (Mathematics and Physics) 1972, BSc Honors (Applied Mathematics) 1973

Faculty of Social Sciences

NameKnown forDegree(s) & year
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor Former Chief Executive of Hong Kong BSocSc 1980
Yuen-Ying Chan Journalist and professor
Stanley Ho Hong Kong and Macau Tycoon, "Gambling King"DSocSc honoris causa, 1987
Samuel Hui Singer, lyricist, actorBSocSc 1972
Antony Leung Kam-chung Former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong BSocSc
Joseph Yam Chi-kwong Former CEO of Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Yeung Sum Member of the Legislative Council (Hong Kong Island)BA
Lau Siu Kai Head of the Government's thinktank, the Central Policy UnitBSocSc
Hsing Yun Founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist OrderDSocSc honoris causa, 2010

See also

References

  1. ↑ Medical Robotics Lab at the University of Georgia
  2. ↑ "Judicial Appointment". Hong Kong: High Court. 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  3. ↑ http://isshcon2015.com/ho-pak-cheong-details . Retrieved 2015-10-19.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Cambridge University asks Facebook for evidence about role of academic". TheGuardian.com . 20 March 2018.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.