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Professor Anna Lok Suk Fong

Anna LOK Suk Fong

Professor Anna Lok Suk Fong is internationally renowned for her research in liver diseases and her contributions to the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology. She currently conducts her research at the University of Michigan in the USA, where she is the Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor in Hepatology, Professor of Internal Medicine, Director of Clinical Hepatology and Assistant Dean for Clinical Research. Professor Lok is also the President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).

Professor Lok holds an MBBS and MD from the University of Hong Kong. She completed her medicine training at Queen Mary Hospital and hepatology training in London.  After serving in the HKU Faculty of Medicine, Professor Lok joined the University of Michigan in 1995 as Director of the Hepatology Programme. She became Associate Chair for Clinical Research in the Department of Internal Medicine in 2008 and Assistant Dean for Clinical Research in 2016.

Professor Lok’s research focuses on natural history and treatment of hepatitis B and C. She has published more than 450 papers on viral hepatitis and liver diseases including four iterations of the AASLD guidelines on hepatitis B. She has made important contributions to the understanding of factors influencing the progression of hepatitis B and C, and to the development of new treatments of these diseases. She was one of the top 1% most cited researchers in the world for the period 2002-2012. Professor Lok has mentored more than 50 fellows and junior faculty worldwide, many are now professors and heads of their departments.

Professor Lok received many awards throughout her career including the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Hepatitis B Foundation and the Distinguished Women Scientist Award from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) in 2008, the Distinguished Service Award from the AASLD in 2011, the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the American Liver Foundation in 2015, and the William Beaumont Prize in Gastroenterology from the AGA in 2016.

In recognition of her contributions to medicine, society and the world, the University has resolved to confer upon her the degree of Doctor of Science honoris causa.

Ms Bow Sui May

BOW Sui May

Ms Bow Sui May has been instrumental in the development of special education, and in particular, the education of children with hearing impairments – initially in Hong Kong, and subsequently in Mainland China as well.

She is not only a teacher and educator, but also a strategist, advocate, lobbyist, fundraiser, counsellor, and innovative agent for change. In addressing the educational needs of this group of children, she has also transformed the way our society thinks about those living with disabilities.

In 1956, Ms Bow joined the Hong Kong School for the Deaf as a teacher and became its Principal in 1968. She lobbied tirelessly to secure the necessary support staff and resources for her work, including audiology technicians, speech therapists and social workers. She petitioned for the recognition of nursery school teacher qualifications and a salary scale, and also established standard Chinese and English courses in deaf schools. Prior to the establishment of public hearing healthcare services, her school pioneered audiometric testing for school-aged children with hearing impediments. As a result of her endeavours, eventually all special schools would be officially recognised by the government and receive funding on par with regular schools, enabling them to hire professionally trained teachers.

Thanks to her leadership, HKU launched Hong Kong’s first professional training programme for speech therapists in 1988 and for audiologists in 1996.

Ms Bow was the Chairman of the 1st Asian Pacific Regional Conference on Deafness in Hong Kong in 1986 and also subsequent conferences in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Korea, China, Australia, Taiwan and Japan to upgrade the education of children with hearing impairments to international standards.

From 1998 onwards, Ms Bow directed her focus on developing education for hearing-impaired children in Mainland China, acting principally through the Ying Wa Fisherman Association, of which she is a Founding Member. She did this with the same level of dedication and drive she demonstrated in Hong Kong, completely reforming the education system for the deaf on the Mainland and earning her national acclaim.

Ms Bow is a Founding Member of the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf. Her contributions earned her an Outstanding Young Person Award in 1976 and a Medal of Honour in 1996.  She was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1994.

In recognition of her contributions to Hong Kong society and education, the University has resolved to confer upon her the degree of Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa.

Dr Li Dak Sum

LI Dak Sum

Dr Li Dak Sum received his Bachelor of Accounting degree from Fudan University in Chungking in 1945, and since then has pursued a highly successful career in business.  He is Chairman of Roxy Property Investment Co Ltd and Chairman of the Carlton Group of Hotels in Singapore. He has served as Director of Hong Kong Television Broadcast Ltd and Vice Chairman of the Tung Wah Group of hospitals.

Dr Li has achieved distinction not only through his business acumen but also through his community service and his generous support of education both in Hong Kong and on the Chinese mainland. Well known for his loyalty to his Ningbo roots, Dr Li is the Founding President of the Ningbo Residents Association (Hong Kong), which established two Ningbo Colleges in Hong Kong.

HKU is one of the many local universities that have benefitted from Dr Li’s generosity. Shortly after the HKU Foundation was established, he made his first donation to the University, creating the Dr Li Dak Sum Research and Development Fund in Orthopaedic Surgery.

In 2015, Dr Li established the Dr Li Dak-Sum Research Centre in regenerative medicine, which is a unique partnership between HKU and the Karolinska Institutet, being the first time the institute established a physical presence outside Sweden.

Dr Li continued to develop the culture of institutional advancement in Hong Kong by helping to set up a scholarship fund that would involve HKU, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. All three institutions received an equal share of the endowment fund, which would be used to award undergraduate scholarships to outstanding graduates from the Ningbo Colleges in Hong Kong.

Dr Li holds honorary doctoral degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Nottingham in the UK, Fudan University in Shanghai, and an Honorary University Fellowship from HKU. He is also an Honorary Professor of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and an Honorary Citizen of Ningbo.

In 1996, an asteroid was named the "Li Dak Sum Star" by the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Dr Li was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1977 and awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2015.

In recognition of his contributions to Hong Kong and higher education, the University has resolved to confer upon him the degree of Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa.