名譽大學院士
梁家齊先生是證券及衍生工具的翹楚。他與馮紹波博士及朱裕倫先生共同成立了雅式集團、鷹達集團及同心教育文化慈善基金會。
梁先生是香港證券學會的資深成員，對香港金融市場發展作出了重大貢獻，當中包括出任香港交易所董事，他是前香港期貨交易所主席，亦是香港期貨交易所和香港期貨結算有限公司的董事。2011年他獲薦為美國期貨業協會的期貨殿堂人物。
梁先生畢業於威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校，獲頒經濟學士學位；之後在斯里蘭卡凱拉尼亞大學獲頒佛學研究碩士學位。他積極推動本港金融事業教育發展，分享他的專業意見和經驗，曾出任香港城市大學經濟及金融學系諮詢委員會主席，以及在香港浸會大學財務學系擔任諮詢委員會委員。他亦是香港證券專業學會的專業教育委員會委員。
梁先生熱心於教育及文化發展，並透過「廣正心嚴慈善基金」和「同心教育文化慈善基金會」達成宏願。從成立初期到往後發展，香港大學佛學研究中心都得到「廣正心嚴慈善基金」悉心加持，以基金名義成立佛學客座教授席和研究生獎學金，推廣對佛學的認識及支持佛學研修。
梁先生努力服務社會，出任公職，投身義務工作，曾擔任經濟機遇委員會委員，以及伊利沙伯女皇弱智人士基金財務委員會主席。他於1996年獲大英帝國官佐勳章，翌年被委為太平紳士，並於2005年獲銀紫荊星章。
Citation delivered by Professor Derek Collins, Dean of Arts
Mr Leong Ka Chai is a distinguished leader in the securities and derivatives sector, and together with Dr Lawrence Fung and Mr Stanley Chu, founded the Adsale Group of Companies and the Roctec Group of Companies.
Mr Leong is a fellow member of the Hong Kong Securities Institute and has made major contributions to the development of Hong Kong’s financial markets, including inter alia as Director of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Chairman of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange, and Director of both HKFE and the HKFE Clearing Corporation. In 2011, he was inducted into the “Futures Hall of Fame” of the Futures Industry Association in the US.
Mr Leong holds a BA in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and an MA in Buddhist Studies from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. He has been committed to the educational development of financial professionals in Hong Kong, serving as Chairman of the Advisory Committee of City University of Hong Kong’s Department of Finance and Economics and as an Advisory Committee Member of Baptist University’s Department of Finance. He was also a member of the Professional Education Committee of the Hong Kong Securities Institute.
Following several successful decades in the securities and derivatives sector, Mr Leong has now brought together his practical business experience and his Buddhist scholarship to focus on realising a vision of Hong Kong society that is both prosperous and spiritually enriched. The MaMa Charitable Foundation and the Musketeers Education and Culture Charitable Foundation Ltd have been key channels for Mr Leong to further his advocacy for educational and cultural development.
Mr Pro-Chancellor, many of us here will be familiar with the term alma mater in the context of a university. It is from the Latin, meaning bountiful or nourishing mother, and when used to describe the university one has attended, it helps convey a sense of gratitude to the support and experiences that institution has given us, and our sense of loyalty and belonging to it.
So it is gratifying to know that the “MaMa” in the MaMa Charitable Foundation stands for exactly what it sounds like, because the Foundation was affectionately established by the Leong family to honour Mr Leong’s beloved mother, who was a devout Buddhist.
The Foundation has lent invaluable support to the Centre of Buddhist Studies in the HKU Faculty of Arts from when it was first established and throughout its development. The Visiting Professorship and Postgraduate Scholarship that bear the Foundation’s name have been instrumental in promoting the study and understanding of Buddhist philosophy.
The Foundation and Mr Leong have indeed been bountiful and generous to the Faculty and the University, and we are deeply grateful for their belief in us.
Mr Leong is also dedicated to public service and voluntary work, and has served as a member of the Task Force on Economic Challenges under the Chief Executive from 2008 to 2009, and as Chairman of the Finance Committee of Queen Elizabeth Foundation for the Mentally Handicapped from 2006 to 2009. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1996, a Justice of the Peace in 1997, and awarded a Silver Bauhinia Star in 2005.
Therefore, Mr Pro-Chancellor, it is my great pleasure to present Mr Leong Ka Chai for the Honorary University Fellowship, in recognition of his contributions to Hong Kong and academia.