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The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Dr the Hon David Kwok Po LI will confer Honorary University Fellowships upon eight distinguished individuals at a ceremony held on October 9, 2013 (Wednesday).

Honorary University Fellowships are conferred to individuals in recognition of their contributions to the University and to the community. The eight distinguished individuals to be conferred at the presentation ceremony are:

1. Mrs Annie LIANG BENTLEY
2. Dr Philip CHEN Nan Lok
3. Ir Dr Joseph CHOW Ming Kuen
4. Dr David FANG Jin Sheng
5. Mr LUI Kwan Fat
6. Professor SAW Swee Hock
7. Dr James WONG Sai Wing
8. Mrs Carol YU LOUEY Kwok Won

Details of the 2013 Honorary University Fellowship Presentation Ceremony:

Date: October 9, 2013 (Wednesday)
Time: 5pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, Main Campus

Biographies of the recipients:

1. Mrs Annie LIANG BENTLEY
Mrs Annie Liang Bentley is the founder of Bentley Communications and a pioneer and doyen of the branding, corporate and marketing communications profession in Hong Kong. She holds a BA in English Literature and Chinese Translation (1971) and an MA in Buddhist Studies (2010) from HKU, and received an Advanced Certificate in Education (1976) at the University of Oxford. Mrs Bentley has served the University as, inter alia, Chairman of the Robert Black College Management Committee, a Founding Senior Member of the HKU Foundation, and an HKU Mentor to its students. She is a Trustee of the China Oxford Scholarship Fund, and a Board Member of numerous organisations.

2. Dr Philip CHEN Nan Lok
Dr Philip CHEN Nan Lok is Managing Director of the Hang Lung Group and Hang Lung Properties Limited. Dr Chen holds a BA (1977) and MBA (1984) from HKU. He has held a long list of public duties and appointments across varied fields and organisations. He is currently, inter alia, an Executive Committee Member of The Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, a Member of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, and a Standing Committee Member of the Hong Kong Chinese Chamber of Commerce. In charity services, Dr Chen is a Steward of the Hong Kong Jockey Club and Vice Patron of the Hong Kong Community Chest. The higher education sector in Hong Kong has been strengthened from the leadership Dr Chen brought to the University Grants Committee as its Ex-officio Member and the first Chairman of the Quality Assurance Council. At HKU, Dr Chen continues to enthusiastically take part in activities organised by his alma mater. He was appointed the Gold Bauhinia Star in 2012.

3. Ir Dr Joseph CHOW Ming Kuen
Ir Dr Joseph Chow is a civil and structural engineer by profession. He holds a BSc (Eng) (1964) from HKU and has spent almost 50 years in the design, construction and management of many major local and international infrastructural and building projects. He has served the University, inter alia, as a Court Member, Founding Senior Member of the HKU Foundation, an HKU Mentor to its students, and Chairman of Faculty of Engineering's Centenary Celebration Organising Committee. Dr Chow has been the President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, and Chairman of the Hong Kong Engineers Registration Board and the Hong Kong Construction Workers Registration Authority. He also served as the Deputy Chairman of Council of the HK Polytechnic, which awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in 1999. Dr Chow was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1992 and awarded an OBE in 1997.

4. Dr David FANG Jin Sheng
Dr David Fang is a private orthopaedic surgeon whose main interests are in the neck and back, adult hip reconstruction, and knee surgery. Dr Fang holds an MBBS from HKU and a Master's degree in Orthopaedics (MChOrth) from the University of Liverpool. He has served in the HKU Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology and as an honorary consultant orthopaedic surgeon at Queen Mary, Grantham, and Nethersole Hospitals. He continues to contribute to the University as Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Medicine and Honorary Clinical Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr Fang has held the Presidency of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association, the Hong Kong Medical Association and the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. Dr Fang is a Justice of the Peace and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 1998.

5. Mr LUI Kwan Fat
Mr Lui Kwan Fat joined the HKU Students' Union in 1953 as an office assistant, aged 18. He was promoted to the post of Union Manager in 1969, and remained with the Union for 44 years until his retirement in 1997. During his more than four decades of service, he initiated and implemented numerous ways of meeting the changing needs of students in each new era, the Union's Cooperative and career support services initiated by him are part of the collective memory of successive cohorts of students. Mr Lui received the Queen's Valuable Service Award in 1988, in recognition of his service to the Students' Union.

6. Professor SAW Swee Hock
Professor Saw Swee Hock is a leading expert on statistical demography, statistical finance and financial economics. He holds a BA (1957) and an MA (1960) from the University of Malaya in Singapore and a PhD in Statistics from the London School of Economics. He is a Professional Fellow of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore, and the President's Honorary Professor of Statistics in the National University of Singapore. He is presently serving as an Honorary Director of the HKU Foundation, is a Founding Chair of the HKU Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science and provided funds to establish the Saw Gold Medal in Statistics, Saw Swee Hock Statistics Scholarship, and Saw Swee Hock Visiting Professorship in Statistics at HKU.

7. Dr James WONG Sai Wing
Dr James WONG Sai Wing is Chairman of Hon Kwok Land Investment Co Ltd, Chinney Investments Ltd and Chinney Alliance Group Ltd. Dr Wong holds a BSC in Physics and Mathematics from Baylor University, USA and a PhD in Mathematics from the California Institute of Technology. After serving as a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Iowa, he returned to Hong Kong in 1974 to manage the family business. Dr Wong is not only a successful businessman but remains also a mathematician and prolific researcher, with published papers that focus on his interest in differential equations, qualitative and oscillation theory, and functional analysis. He has served the University as an Honorary Professor in the Department of Mathematics, and a Member of Council, the Committee Review Committee and the Finance Committee. Dr Wong was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1987.

8. Mrs Carol YU LOUEY Kwok Won
Mrs Carol Yu is a respected philanthropist and fundraiser, and holds a BA from Mills College in California, USA. She is especially concerned about global health threats due to emerging infectious diseases caused by novel microbial agents, such as the bird flu and SARS. The support she provided to the HKU SARS Research Fund in 2003 resulted in the establishment of the Carol Yu Centre for Infection, a research centre for infectious disease research and education. Together with her husband, HKU alumnus Professor Richard Yu Yue Hong, the Yu couple have been staunch supporters of the University and are both Honorary Patrons of the HKU Foundation, helping to establish the Yu Professorship in 2008.