New Asia College is a constituent college of the

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located in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. New Asia College Overview 201607

History

New Asia College was founded in 1949 by Chinese scholars Ch'ien Mu (Qian Mu), Tang Junyi (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 Chung Chi College 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 Chinese studies.

Presidents and Heads

Presidents & Heads of New Asia College:

Presidents (1949-1977)

:1. Prof. Ch'ien Mu (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 (1973-1975) :6. Prof. Chuan Han-sheng (1975-1977)

College Heads (1977-Present)

:7. Prof. Ambrose King (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 fou ...

(1973) — chairman of HSBC China (2005–11); chairman of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (2005–10) * Lavender Cheung (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

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(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 an ...

(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)
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