Professor Poon Chung-kwong, GBS, OBE, JP (Chinese: 潘宗光, born 1940, Hong Kong) was the President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University 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. He has been a visiting scholar at University of Southern California and at California Institute of Technology. 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.
His late cousin was the singer Leslie Cheung.
See also
References
- 港理大校長潘宗光新書揭秘:張國榮是我表弟 (Chinese) Archived 16 December 2008 at archive.today
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| Unknown | President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1991–2008 |
Succeeded byTimothy W. Tong |
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| Preceded byChang Hsin-kang Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |
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