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Professor Cheung Yau-kai 72, is an independent non-executive Director and has been a member of the Board since 1999. Professor Cheung is Honorary Professor of Engineering and Special Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong. He was Taikoo Professor of Engineering and Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong until 30 June 2000. Professor Cheung began his academic research career at the University College of Swansea, Wales. He was appointed Professor of Civil Engineering at Calgary in 1970 and moved to the University of Adelaide in 1974 as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering. In 1977, he took up the Chair and Headship of the Department of Civil Engineering in The University of Hong Kong. In addition to his academic appointments, Professor Cheung was the former first Senior Vice-President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and the Ex-Chairman of its Accreditation Board. He has been awarded several honorary degrees at educational institutions, including, an honorary Doctor of Science by The University of Hong Kong and an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Wales. He has also been elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and immediate past President of the Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences. | 