Philip Wong

Philip Wong Yu-hong, GBS (Chinese: 黃宜弘) was born December 23, 1938 in Quanzhou, Fujian province in the People's republic of China. He is a legislator in Hong Kong as a member of the legislative council (Functional constituencies, Commercial (Second)) and a representative of the National People's Congress.

Criticism

Questionable academic credentials

On the Legislative council website, Wong is listed to have a master's degree in engineering from the University of California, Juris Doctor from Southland University and Ph.D from the California Coast University. [ [http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/members/yr04-08/wyh.htm Legco Philip Wong profile] ] Share market analyst David Webb requested an investigation be launched to check for his possible fake academic credentials. California Coast University bulletin claimed that it "does not require formal, on-campus residence or classroom attendance". Wong did receive the engineering degree on August 27, 1984. Southland University however is now defunct, and is a typical diploma mill offering degrees with substandard or no academic studies.

Middle finger incident

During the July 2003 Article 23 march, Wong was filmed to be giving the democracy demonstrators the middle finger gesture.The standard.com.hk. " [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GD20Ak01.html The standard.com.hk] ." "Legislator escapes probes." Retrieved on 2007-12-24.] Albert Cheng had once asked in an October 2004 meeting whether his middle finger gesture has been referred to a committee for consideration. Fellow pro-Beijing supporter Jasper Tsang replied that he already apologized the day before. [http://legco.hk/yr04-05/english/hc/minutes/hc041015.pdf]

References

External links

* [http://www.legco.gov.hk/general/english/members/yr04-08/wyh.htm Legco Philip Wong link]