About Poon Chung-kwong
Born 1940. Poon Chung-kwong is a Chinese politician and justice of the peace.
Professor Poon Chung-kwong, GBS, OBE, JP (, born 1940, Hong Kong) was the President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1991 to 2008.
He received his secondary education at St. Paul's Co-educational College. Trained as a chemist, he holds doctorates of science and of philosophy from the University College London. He has been a visiting scholar at University of Southern California and at California Institute of Technology. In addition to being the chief administrator of Hong Kong's largest scientific/technical university he is also a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
His late cousin was the singer Leslie Cheung.
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Who is Poon Chung-kwong?
Chinese politician
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Poon Chung-kwong was born in 1940 in Guangzhou.
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