Philip C. H. Chan was the Deputy President and Provost of the

Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is a public research university located in Hung Hom, Hong Kong near Hung Hom station. The University is one of the eight government-funded degree-granting tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. Founded ...

(HKPU), who is currently Emeritus Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Before joining PolyU on 1 March 2010 he had been Chair Professor of the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991 by the British Hong Kong Government, it was the territory's third institution ...

since 1991, the year he entered the university as a founding member. After Professor Timonthy Tong finished his term as HKPU President, he was appointed as interim President from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019. In 1 July, Professor Jin-Guang Teng assumed his post as President. Professor Chan continues to serve as Provost and Deputy President until 29 February 2020, and retired from HKPU. Chan was born in

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and then raised in

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