Urban Renewal Authority 2018-19 Annual Report

104 MEMBERS OF BOARD AND PROFILES Mr Stephen WONG Yuen-shan Mr Stephen Wong received a B.A. Degree in Economics from the University of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa, and an M.A. Degree in East Asian Studies (Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies) from Yale University. Since then, he worked for a number of global financial institutions, including as an Executive Director in UBS (London) and a Managing Director at RBS. Mr Wong joined Our Hong Kong foundation as Senior Consultant in May 2015, and was appointed Deputy Executive Director and Head of Public Policy in November of the same year. He is now Deputy Executive Director and Head of Public Policy Institute. Mr Wong’s public service includes various advisory roles appointed by the Hong Kong Government, including Board Member of the Financial Services Development Council, Board Member of the Urban Renewal Authority, Member of Investment Committee of the Beat Drugs Fund, Member of Investment Sub- Committee of the Housing Authority, Member of Feasibility Study Working Group of “Special Needs Public Trust”, Co-opted Member of Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Fund Task Force of Commission on Poverty, Non-official Member of the Assessment Panel of the “Innovation and Technology Fund for Application in Elderly and Rehabilitation Care” of the Social Welfare Department, and ex- Member of Task Force on Land Supply, etc. Mr Wong is also active in community service. He is Chairman of the Clean Air Network, Vice Chairman of the Admissions, Budgets & Allocations Committee and Investment Sub-Committee Member of the Community Chest, and Executive Committee Member & Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Social Enterprise and Innovation Platform of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. Mr Wong is also an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Hong Kong University SPACE for the Institute for China Business. The Honourable WU Chi-wai, MH Hon. Wu Chi-wai held a Master of Art Degree (Economics) from the University of Wisconsin, USA. He has been a LegCo Member representing Kowloon East since 2012. He was formerly a Member of the Urban Council and Provisional Urban Council from 1995 to 1999. He has been a Member of Wong Tai Sin District Council since 1999. Mrs Cecilia WONG NG Kit-wah Mrs Cecilia Wong is a partner of Kevin Ng & Co., Solicitors. She is also a China-Appointed Attesting Officer, mediator and arbitrator. Mrs Wong is an experienced solicitor in private practice and is competent in matrimonial law, criminal and civil litigation, probate, commercial and corporate law. She actively participates in promoting the use of mediation and has enormous experience in mediation and arbitration for various matters. She was appointed as a member of the Chief Justice’s Working Party on Mediation, and member of Secretary for Justice’s Working Group on Mediation. She took part in the drafting of the Mediation Ordinance. Mrs Wong is currently a Council member of the Law Society of Hong Kong, member of the Duty Lawyer Service Council, and Chairlady of Hong Kong Mediation Accreditation Association Limited (HKMAAL). She is also the Chairlady of the Appeal Tribunal Panel under the Buildings Ordinance. Mr Michael WONG Yick-kam, MH, JP Mr Michael Wong obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He served as an Executive Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Group prior to his retirement in December 2009, and thereafter as a Non-Executive Director and also as Group Principal Advisor until December 2013. He resigned as a Non-Executive Director in November 2015. In community service, Mr Wong was the Chairman of the Hong Kong Youth Hostels Association and participated in the revitalisation programme of Mei Ho House in Shek Kip Mei. He is now a member of the Executive Committee of the Association. In addition, he has served on a number of Government advisory committees. Currently, Mr Wong is a member of the Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund Task Force of the Commission on Poverty, a member of the Board of Trustees of New Asia College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Chairman of the Council of the Open University of Hong Kong.

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