Eddie Ng Hak-kim GBS, JP (, born c. 1953) is a former Secretary for Education in the

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. From 2017, he is a temporary adjunct professor at the MBA Centre of

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Background

In 1977, Ng began his career at the Hong Kong Council of Social Service co-ordinating non-governmental organisations. Since then, he has taken human resource management positions at multiple corporations including

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, Jardine Fleming,

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, and

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. In 2006, he began serving as member of the

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council and chairman of the human resources committee. By 2009, Ng became Chairman of the

. He was later appointed as Secretary for Education of Hong Kong in July 2012.

Controversy

In 2012, the government of Hong Kong attempted to introduce a new curriculum known as Moral and National Education. It was not well received by the residents of Hong Kong and was eventually shelved indefinitely. One of the reasons why it was turned down was because it was found that the "China Model National Conditions Teaching Manual", published by the National Education Services Centre under government fundings, was found to be biased towards the

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and the so-called " China model". The teaching manual called the Communist Party an "advanced, selfless and united ruling group" (進步、無私與團結的執政集團), while denouncing Democratic and

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of the United States as a "fierce inter-party rivalry

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makes the people suffer" (政黨惡鬥，人民當災). The minister for Education Eddie Ng defended that even though the teaching manual is biased, the subject should not be valued more broadly.吳克儉：國情手冊有偏差
, '' Mingpao Daily'', 6 July 2012

Honours

In 2004, Ng was appointed

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(JP) for Hong Kong. Ng is also a fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management (HKIHRM), Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD) and Hong Kong Management Association. He is also adjunct professor at the Business School of the

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, and Honourable Professor at the MBA School of the Shanghai University.

References

External links

HK Secretary for Education Eddie Ng visits BNU-HKBU United International College
14 May 2015
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