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Honorary University Fellows

Mr David WONG Ying Kit
2023 Honorary University Fellow
Mr David WONG Ying Kit
Biography

Mr David Wong Ying Kit is an entrepreneur, architect and philanthropist. He is the Managing Director of Shanghai Grand Sunfire Property Development Co Ltd, Non-Executive Director of Raymond Industrial Limited and the Founder and Executive Director of Hong Kong Wine Vault, the largest self-serviced wine storage company for private collectors in Hong Kong. He holds a BSc and a Diploma in Architecture, both from University College London (UCL).

Mr Wong has contributed to the University of Hong Kong in a variety of capacities, including as a member of Court and of the Board of Directors of the HKU Foundation. He has also supported the HKU Culture & Humanities Fund.

Mr Wong is an advocate of “paying it forward”. As Chairman of the Steering Committee of the First-in-the-Family (FIFE) Fund, Mr Wong’s leadership has helped nurture the Fund, which was established in 2008 to assist financially underprivileged students who are the first generation in their families to attend university.

Mr Wong’s father, Dr Philip Wong (Doctor of Laws honoris causa, 1996), has long been a benefactor of the University. The Wong family has contributed three Endowed Professorships: the Philip Wong Kennedy Wong Professorship in Political Economy, the Philip K H Wong Wilson K L Wong Professorship in Electrical
Engineering, and the Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professorship in Chemistry and Energy.
 

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