Arthur Li
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is 李 (Li)
Prof. Arthur Kwok Cheung Li GBS JP (Traditional Chinese: 李國章; born 1945 in Hong Kong with family roots in Heshan, Guangdong) is a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Secretary for Education and Manpower since August 2002. Before his appointment, Li was the Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as well as:
- Professor of Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
- Member of the Education Commission and Member of the Committee on Science and Technology
- Member of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority
- Member of the Hong Kong Medical Council
- Member of the University Grants Committee
- Member of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
- Member of the Hospital Governing Committee of United Christian Hospital, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
- Member of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
- Vice-President of the Association of University Presidents of China
An alumnus of St. Paul's Co-educational College and a classmate of Professor Lawrence J. Lau, Li received his medical training at the University of Cambridge. He was subsequently trained and taught at Middlesex Hospital Medical School and Harvard Medical School, before returning to Hong Kong to become the founding head of Department of Surgery and Dean of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
His elder brother, David Li Kwok-po, is a non-official member of the Executive Council, member of the Legislative Council and chairman and CEO of the Bank of East Asia. He has two sons, Alexander Li Man-Ying born in 1975 and Peter Melville Man Chun born in 1979. Both graduated with first class honours from Cambridge University in Medical Sciences.
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| Preceded by: Charles K. Kao |
Vice Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1996—2002 |
Succeeded by: Ambrose King |
| Preceded by: Fanny Law |
Secretary for Education and Manpower 2002—present |
Succeeded by: Incumbent |
| Preceded by: Michael Suen |
Hong Kong order of precedence | Succeeded by: Tsang Yok-sing |
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