Tam Sheung-wai (1934 – 1 January 2021)
OBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
,
GBS,
JP () was the President
Emeritus
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of
The Open University of Hong Kong.
He is widely recognised for his many contributions towards the development of
distance education in Hong Kong.
He was also the Chairman of the College Council of
St. Paul's Co-educational College
St. Paul's Co-educational College (), (often abbreviated as St. Paul's, St. Paul's Co-ed., Co-ed. or SPCC) is an Anglican secondary school located at 33 MacDonnell Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong. Founded in 1915, it was a girls-only college un ...
.
Early life
Tam received bachelor's and master's degrees in science from the
University of Hong Kong. In 1964, he obtained a PhD in chemistry from the
University of Nottingham.
Career
Tam joined
Chung Chi College, part of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), as a chemistry lecturer in 1965.
He served as head of the Chinese University's graduate school from 1981 until 1993, and as a pro-vice-chancellor of the university from 1990 to 1994. Tam retired from CUHK in 1995, the same year he was appointed president of OUHK.
Tam retired from the presidency in November 2003.
See also
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Education in Hong Kong
Education in Hong Kong used to be largely modelled on that of the United Kingdom, particularly the English system. Since 2012, the overhaul of secondary school diploma has introduced changes to the number of school years as well as the two-t ...
References
1934 births
2021 deaths
Heads of universities in Hong Kong
Alumni of the University of Hong Kong
Fellows of Robinson College, Cambridge
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Hong Kong Metropolitan University faculty
Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
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