Richard Wong

Richard Wong
王于漸
Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong
Assumed office
1 April 2019[a]
PresidentXiang Zhang
Preceded byPaul Tam
Succeeded byVivian Yam[b]
In office
12 June 2004 – 26 January 2010
PresidentLap-chee Tsui
Preceded byCheung Yau Kai (acting, 2000)
Succeeded byRoland Chin
Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Hong Kong
In office
2001–2007
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byGary C. Biddle
Director of the School of Business, the University of Hong Kong
In office
1997–2001
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byEric C. Chang
Vice President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional Advancement) of the University of Hong Kong
In office
28 May 2024 – September 2024
Preceded byNorman Tien Chihnan (July 2021)
Personal details
Born (1952-06-20) June 20, 1952 (age 73)[1]
Shanghai, China
Political partyPath of Democracy
SpouseJane Chan [1]
Children2
EducationTak Sun School
Wah Yan College, Kowloon
Alma materUniversity of Chicago (AB, AM, PhD)
OccupationEconomist, educator, academic administrator
Richard Wong
Chinese王于漸
Transcriptions

Richard Wong Yue-Chim SBS JP (Chinese: 王于漸; born 20 June 1952) is a Hong Kong economist, university professor, and academic administrator currently serving as Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong since 2019, a position he previously held from 2004 to 2010. Wong served as the founding dean of HKU's Faculty of Business and Economics from 2001 to 2007 and is Chair of Economics and Philip Wong Kennedy Wong Professor in Political Economy.[2]

Prior to taking up the provostship for a second time in 2019, Wong was Head of the Hong Kong Academy of Politics and Public Policy, served on Path of Democracy's Board of Governors,[3][4] was a member of a number of statutory bodies,[5] and served as an advisor to Our Hong Kong Foundation, a pro-Beijing Hong Kong think tank.[6]


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  1. ^ a b 盧子健、何安達 (1994). 香港人名錄. 天地圖書. p. 21.
  2. ^ "President's Office". presidentoffice.hku.hk. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
  3. ^ "Press statement on recent appointment of Professor Richard Wong to the position of Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong". pathofdemocracy.hk. Retrieved 2025-07-11.
  4. ^ "王于漸辭智庫理事任港大首席副校 民主思路:百感交雜、難以取代". 香港01. 2019-01-30.
  5. ^ "短傳". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  6. ^ "Economist appointed HKU interim provost - The Standard". www.thestandard.com.hk. Retrieved 2024-03-05.

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