New Asia College is a

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of the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university an ...

located in

Sha Tin Sha Tin, also spelt Shatin, is a neighbourhood along Shing Mun River in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the Sha Tin District. Sha Tin is one of the neighbourhoods of the Sha Tin New Town project. The ne ...

, New Territories, Hong Kong. New Asia College Overview 201607

History

New Asia College was founded in 1949 by Chinese scholars

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(Qian Mu),

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(Tang Chun-i), and Zhang Pijie (Tchang Pi-kai), in Hong Kong, then a British dependency, after the Communist victory in

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. In 1963, the College joined forces with United College and

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to form the Chinese University of Hong Kong under a

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granted by the

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. The College has since then become a

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and educational hub for Confucian philosophy and

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Presidents and Heads

Presidents & Heads of New Asia College:

Presidents (1949-1977)

:1. Prof.

(1949-1965) :2. Prof. Ou Tsuin-chen (吳俊升) (1965-1969) :3. Prof. Y.T. Shen (1969-1970) :4. Prof. Y.P. Mei (1970-1973) :5. Prof.

Yu Ying-shih Yu Ying-shih (; 22 January 1930 – 1 August 2021) was a Chinese-born American historian, sinologist, and the Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He was known for his mastery of sources for Chinese hi ...

(1973-1975) :6. Prof. Chuan Han-sheng (1975-1977)

College Heads (1977-Present)

:7. Prof.

Ambrose King Ambrose King Yeo-chi, SBS, JP (; born 14 February 1935) is a Hong Kong sociologist, educator, writer and academic. He was formerly vice-chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Personal life Ambrose King received most of his ...

(1977-1985) :8. Prof. Lin Tzong-biau (1985-1992) :9. Prof. Leung Ping-chung (1992-2002) :10. Prof. Henry N.C. Wong (2002-2010) :11. Prof. Shun Kwong-loi (2010-2013) :12. Prof. Henry N.C. Wong (2014-2020) :13. Prof. Hector Sun-on Chan (2021-Present)

Notable alumni

Vincent Cheng Vincent Cheng Hoi-Chuen GBS OBE JP (, 16 July 1948 – 28 August 2022) was a Hong Kong banker who was HSBC Holdings plc. He was also chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, the Asia-Pacific branch of HSBC and f ...

(1973) — chairman of HSBC China (2005–11); chairman of

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(2005–10) *

Lavender Cheung Lavender Cheung (張宏艷) (born 1970 in Beijing, China) is a former news anchor of Cable TV Hong Kong of Hong Kong. Cheung graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong and she received Monbusho Scholarship from Japanese Government in 1995. ...

(1993) — news anchor at

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(1998–2009) * Man-kwong Cheung (1978) — member of the Legislative Council from the Education constituency (1991–97, 1998-2012); president of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union (1990–2010) * Ming-kwai Lee (1972) — Commissioner of Police (2003–07) *

Sammy Leung Sammy Leung Chi Kin is an actor under TVB, DJ, singer, and host for Commercial Radio Hong Kong. Life and career Leung was raised in Kwai Shing Estate, and received his secondary education at St. Stephen's College and La Salle College, grad ...

(1994) — DJ, MC, and actor *

Lap-Chee Tsui Lap-Chee Tsui (; born 21 December 1950) is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong. Personal life Tsui was born in Shanghai. He grew up in Kowloon, Hong Kong and at ...

(1972) — geneticist; vice-chancellor and president of the

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(2002–14) * Ying-shih Yu (1952) — historian; tenured professor at

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, and

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References

External links

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List of faculty of New Asia College (1949-1976)
Chinese University of Hong Kong {{HongKong-university-stub