Raymond Ho Chung-tai
Professor and Chairman
Management
Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies
China
Biography
Raymond Ho Chung-tai, SBS, MBE, SBStJ, JP (Chinese: 何é¾æ³°, born 23 March 1939 in Hong Kong with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong). He was from 1998 to 2012, member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing engineering industry in functional constituencies seats. During his tenure as legislature, he was member of Professional Forum formerly known as the Alliance a pro-Beijing group in Legco. In 2012, he lost the election to Lo Wai-Kok a member of BPA, a pro-Beijing group. He is a registered structural engineer and a registered professional engineer in building, civil, environmental, geotechnical and structural. He is the ex-president of Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. Raymond was graduated from the Bachelor of Science in Engineering of the University of Hong Kong, and the Doctor of Philosophy of the City University of London. Aged 78, was appointed Independent Non-executive Director of the Company on 1 June 2005. Dr. Ho holds a doctorate degree in civil engineering from the City University of London, United Kingdom; Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from the City University of Hong Kong; Honorary Doctor of Laws from University of Manchester, United Kingdom; a postgraduate diploma in geotechnical engineering from Manchester University, United Kingdom; and a bachelor degree in civil engineering from the University of Hong Kong; and was awarded Honorary University Fellow of The University of Hong Kong and Honorary University Fellow of The University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Research Interest
Civil, Structural, Energy, Environmental and Geotechnical engineering
Publications
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Pierce-Shimomura JT, Chen BL, Mun JJ, Ho R, Sarkis R, et al. (2008) Genetic analysis of crawling and swimming locomotory patterns in C. elegans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105:20982-7.
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Nam W, Ho R, Valentine JS (1991) Iron-cyclam complexes as catalysts for the epoxidation of olefins by 30% aqueous hydrogen peroxide in acetonitrile and methanol. Journal of the American Chemical Society 113:7052-4.
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Camacho LH, Soignet SL, Chanel S, Ho R, Heller G, et al. (2000) Leukocytosis and the retinoic acid syndrome in patients with acute promyelocytic leukemia treated with arsenic trioxide. Journal of Clinical Oncology 18:2620-5.
