Chung-Kwong Poon

Chung-Kwong Poon at a meeting with HKPU students

Professor Chung-Kwong Poon, OBE, GBS, JP (Chinese: 潘宗光, born 1940 in Hong Kong with family root in Panyu, Guangdong ) 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 a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

He is the cousin of Leslie Cheung, a deceased Hong Kong singer.^[1]

See also

• Education in Hong Kong

References

1. ^ 港理大校長潘宗光新書揭秘:張國榮是我表弟 (Chinese)

External links

• Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Academic offices
Unknown	President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University 1991 – 2008	Succeeded by Timothy W. Tong

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Name	Poon, Chung Kwong
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Date of birth	1940
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