Professor Wong Yuk-shan, SBS,

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, JP (; born 1950) is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He is the former president of the

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, a Hong Kong deputy of the

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of China and its member of the Committee of the Hong Kong Basic Law.

Biography

Professor Wong was born in Hong Kong in 1950; his ancestral home is located in Fujian, mainland China. He graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in biology in 1974, before obtaining a master's and doctoral degree in Plant Biochemistry from

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in 1976 and 1979 respectively. From the 1980s, Wong has performed teaching, research and administration work at various universities, namely the

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and the

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. He has published 8 books and over 160 international journal papers in the areas of environmental biotechnology, plant biochemistry and mangrove conservation. He is a Fellow of the

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in the UK and a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Science. He has been a Hong Kong deputy of the

since 2008 and a member of its Committee of the Hong Kong Basic Law. He has also held various public positions, including member of the Basic Law Promotion Steering Committee, chairman of the Education Bureau's Vetting Committee for the Allocation of Sites and Start-up Loan for Post-secondary Education Providers, the president of the Society of Hong Kong Scholars, chairman of the Veterinary Surgeons Board of Hong Kong, Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Environment, Chairman of Wetland Advisory Committee and member of the Executive Board of the Hong Kong Institution of Science. In 2001 he was appointed chairman of the Curriculum Development Council, a member of the University Grants Committee, a member of

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and a member of the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications. He was appointed chairman of the

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in 2013 and chairman of the Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service in 2017. Wong was appointed

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in 2001 and received a

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medal in 2004. He received a

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medal in 2018.

References

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