List of alumni of the University of Hong Kong
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.
Faculty of Arts
Name | Known for | Degree(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 writer | B.A. (Eng Lit.) 1962 |
Anson Chan Fang On-sang | Former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong | B.A. (Eng Lit.) |
Eileen Chang | Writer | Did not complete (English literature) |
Mabel Cheung | Film director | BA 1973 |
Ching Cheong | Journalist | B.Econ 1975 |
Selina Chow Selina Chow Leung Suk-yee | Non ex-officio Member of the Executive Council | BA (English) |
Chan Hing-yan | Composer and music educator | chair of the Department of Music |
Ann Hui | Director | BA 1969, MA 1973 |
Rafael Hui Si Yan | Former Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong | BA '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 Council | BA (Mathematics) 1968, CertEd 1981, AdvDipEd 1982, MEd 1983 |
Kay Tse On-kei | Singer | BA (American Studies) 2004 |
James Wong Jim | Lyricist | BA 1963, MPhil 1983, PhD 2003 |
Lin Xi | Lyricist | BA (Translation) 1984 |
Chan Mei To | Writer, Miss Grand Hong Kong 2022 | BA 2017, MPhil 2020, PhD 2023 |
Patrick Yu | Lawyer | BA |
Wong Chi Hang Sara | Artist | MA (Landscape Architechure) |
Faculty of Business and Economics
Name | Known for | Degree(s) & year |
---|---|---|
Edan Lui | Singer and actor; member of Hong Kong Cantopop group MIRROR | BBA (IS) 2019 |
Faculty of Engineering
Name | Known for | Degree(s) & year |
---|---|---|
Lee Cheuk-yan | Member of the Legislative Council | BSc (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
- Rimsky Yuen, former Secretary for Justice
- Ronny Tong SC
- Audrey Eu SC
- Alan Leong SC
- Johannes Chan SC (Hon)
Name | Known for | Degree(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 Law | LLB |
Margaret Ng | Former Member of Legislative Council; Barrister | PCLL 1988 |
Alan Leong | Former Member of Legislative Council; Senior Counsel | LLB |
Audrey Eu | Former Member of Legislative Council; Senior Counsel | LLB |
Ronny Tong | Former Member of Legislative Council; Senior Counsel | LLB |
Tanya Chan | Member of Legislative Council | LLB |
Benjamin Yu | Senior Counsel | LLB |
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)
Name | Known for | Degree(s) & year |
---|---|---|
Pak-Cheong Ho | Founder of Hong Kong Harmonica Association, Ten Outstanding Young Persons Award, medical researcher | MBBS 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 cancer | PhD in Pathology (2008) |
Yuen Kwok-yung | Head of HKU Department of Microbiology | MBBS in 1981 |
Faculty of Science
Name | Known for | Degree(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 HKSAR | BSc 1973, MPhil |
Yum Tong Siu | William Elwood Byerly Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University | BA 1963, DSc honoris causa 1990 |
Ava Yu | Singer, actress, hostess | BSc (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 Division | BSc (Mathematics and Physics) 1972, BSc Honors (Applied Mathematics) 1973 |
Faculty of Social Sciences
Name | Known for | Degree(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, actor | BSocSc 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 Unit | BSocSc |
Hsing Yun | Founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Order | DSocSc honoris causa, 2010 |
See also
References
- ^ Medical Robotics Lab at the University of Georgia
- ^ "Judicial Appointment". Hong Kong: High Court. 2002-05-03. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
- ^ http://isshcon2015.com/ho-pak-cheong-details. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
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