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Peter Tsui Yan Sau
GBS, CBE, JP

Notable Achievements
  • former teacher of SJC
  • founded Wah Yan College, Hong Kong in 1919
  • founded Wah Yan College Kowloon in 1924
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    Prof. John Ho Hung Chiu
    CBE, JP, DSc | Year in SJC : 1934

    Notable Achievements
  • A Legend and the Father of Radiology and Oncology in Hong Kong
  • Founder of the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society
  • A lecture named after him was established by the HK College of Radiologists
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    Prof. The Hon. Sir Charles Kuen Kao
    GBM, KBE, FRS, FREng | Year in SJC: Class of 1952

    Notable Achievements
  • Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics for "groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
  • Awarded multiple international prizes, e.g. The IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal, Millennium Outstanding Engineer Award, Hong Kong
  • Given Fellowships by various distinguished institutions, e.g. The Royal Society of London and Trumbull College of Yale University
  • Awarded Honorary Degrees by a number of universities, e.g. Yale University, HKU and CUHK
  • Known as "Father of Fiber Optics"
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    Prof. Richard Ho Man Wui
    JP | Year in SJC : Class of 1964

    Notable Achievements
  • President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong — Tung Wah Group of Hospitals Community College
  • Key Campaigner for the Proper Pronunciation of Cantonese
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    Prof. Andrew Chan Chi Fai
    SBS, JP | Year in SJC : Class of 1971

    Notable Achievements
  • Professor in the Department of Marketing and the Director of the EMBA Programme of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Member of the Electoral Affairs Commission
  • Former Chairman of the Consumer Council
  • Academic and Accreditation Committee of the Securities and Futures Commission
  • Lump Sum Grant Steering Committee of Social Welfare Department
  • Quality Tourism Services Committee
  • Accreditation Strategic Advisory Board of Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management
  • Examination Committee of Practitioners Board of the Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong
  • One of the key members of Red Cross Unit 17 at SJC
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    Prof. Dennis Lo Yuk Ming
    Year in SJC : Class of 1983

    Notable Achievements
  • Director of the Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, the Li Ka Shing Professor of Medicine and Professor of Chemical Pathology of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK).
  • Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Medicine of CUHK
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (U.K.).
  • Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences in 2013
  • Former President of the Hong Kong Society of Clinical Chemistry
  • Remarks:
  • Discovered the presence of fetal DNA in maternal plasma in 1997
  • State Natural Science Award (Class II) from the State Council of China in 2006
  • International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) — Abbott Award for Outstanding Contribution to Molecular Diagnostics in 2006
  • US National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry Distinguished Scientist Award in 2006
  • Croucher Senior Medical Research Fellowship
  • Sigi Zeiring Award from the American Association of Clinical Chemistry in 2007
  • Fulbright Distinguished Scholar in 2009
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    Prof. Lee Chack Fan
    GBS, SBS, JP

    Notable Achievements
  • Director of HKU SPACE
  • Chair Professor of Geotechnical Engineering of the University of Hong Kong
  • President of the Fuhui Charitable Foundation since 2003
  • Remarks:
  • K. Y. Lo Medal of the Engineering Institute of Canada in 2001
  • Gold Medal of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers in 2008
  • Queen Elizabeth II'l=;s Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012
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