Arthur Li

Prof. Arthur Kwok Cheung Li GBS JP (traditional Chinese: 李國章; born 1945 in Hong Kong with family roots in Heshan, Guangdong) was a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Secretary for Education and Manpower from August 2002 to June 2007, when he was not re-appointed following allegations of interference into academic freedom at the Hong Kong Institute of Education. 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
Patron of the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Honorary Fellow of the American Surgical Association

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 at Middlesex Hospital Medical School and Harvard Medical School, before returning to Hong Kong to become the founding chairman of the 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 1977 and Peter Li Man-Chun born in 1979. Both graduated with first class honours from Cambridge University in Medical Sciences.

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—2007	Succeeded by: Michael Suen

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