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Professor Poon Chung-kwong, GBS, OBE, JP (, born 1940, Hong Kong) was the President of the 港理大校長潘宗光新書揭秘:張國榮是我表弟 (Chinese)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1940 births Living people People from Panyu District Heads of universities in Hong Kong Alumni of St. Paul's Co-educational College Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Alumni of St. John's College, University of Hong Kong Alumni of University College London Hong Kong Buddhists Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Officers of the Order of the British Empire Academic staff of Hong Kong Polytechnic University Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong politicians Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star HK LegCo Members 1985–1988 HK LegCo Members 1988–1991 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members {{chemist-stub
Professor Poon Chung-kwong, GBS, OBE, JP (, born 1940, Hong Kong) was the President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU or HKPU) is a public research university in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded in 1937 a ...
from 1991 to 2008.
He received his secondary education at St. Paul's Co-educational College. Trained as a chemist, he holds doctorates of science and of philosophy from the University College London
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. He has been a visiting scholar at University of Southern California
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and at California Institute of Technology
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. In addition to being the chief administrator of Hong Kong's largest scientific/technical university he is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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.
His late cousin was the singer Leslie Cheung
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.See also
*Education in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University
1940 births Living people People from Panyu District Heads of universities in Hong Kong Alumni of St. Paul's Co-educational College Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Alumni of St. John's College, University of Hong Kong Alumni of University College London Hong Kong Buddhists Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Officers of the Order of the British Empire Academic staff of Hong Kong Polytechnic University Business and Professionals Federation of Hong Kong politicians Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star HK LegCo Members 1985–1988 HK LegCo Members 1988–1991 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong Hong Kong Basic Law Consultative Committee members {{chemist-stub