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Leadership

Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Interim)

Professor Y.C. Richard Wong, SBS, JP

Professor Y.C. Richard Wong, SBS, JP

AB, AM, PhD in Economics (Chicago)

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Professor Wong assists and deputizes the President/Vice-Chancellor in the management of the University, especially in the areas relating to strategic planning, academic development, allocation of resources, human resource planning, and other strategic initiatives.

Biography

Professor Y.C. Richard Wong is Chair of Economics and Philip Wong Kennedy Wong Professor in Political Economy. He joined the University of Hong Kong in 1992, served as Director of the School of Business from 1997 to 2001, founding Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics from 2001 to 2004, and Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor during 2004-2010; he is appointed interim Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor from April 2019.

Professor Wong was educated at the University of Chicago. He taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1976 to 1992. His main research interest is in economic policy analysis and regional economic development. He is principal investigator of the University Grants Committee's Area of Excellence award for research in economic policy and business strategy.

He had served on numerous professional and public bodies and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 1999 for his contributions in education, housing, industry and technology development and was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2000 by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

首席副校長 (暫任)

王于漸教授, SBS, JP

Professor Y.C. Richard Wong, SBS, JP

AB, AM, PhD in Economics (Chicago)

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王于漸教授為首席副校長,協助及代表校長管理港大事務,包括策略規劃、學術發展、資源調配、人力資源規劃及其他策略計劃。

​個人介紹

王于漸教授現為經濟學講座教授及黃乾亨黃英豪基金教授(政治經濟學)。他於1992年加入港大,曾擔任商學院院長(1997-2001)、經濟及工商管理學院創院院長(2001-2004),以及首席副校長(2004-2010),並於2019年4月起出任暫任首席副校長。

王教授曾就讀於美國芝加哥大學。他在1976至1992年間於香港中文大學任教,其主要研究方向為經濟政策分析及區域經濟發展。此外,他也是大學教育資助委員會卓越學科領域計劃經濟政策和企業戰略研究項目的首席研究員。

王教授多年來積極參與專業及公共事務,在1999年獲香港特別行政區政府頒贈銀紫荊星章,以表揚他對香港教育、房屋、工業及科技發展所作出的貢獻,並於2000年獲委任為太平紳士。

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