Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1992

CITATIONS M r. W a ng has b e en a sports e n t h u s i a st since he w as y o u n g, d o i ng p a r t i c u l a r ly w e l i n l o n g - d i s t a n ce r u n n i ng a nd tennis. H e p l a y ed f o r t e ams r e p r e s e n t i ng b o th his s c h o ol a nd h is u n i v e r s i t y. M r . W a ng w as also f o l ly a w a re o f t he h a n d i c a ps O r i e n t a ls w e re u n d er i n p h y s i c al s t am i n a, a nd h e n ce s aw t he n e ed f o r t he p r o m o t i on o f sports. He w a s, at d i f f e r e nt t i me s, p r e s i d e nt o f T u ng W ah A t h l e t ic A s s o c i a t i on a n d S o u th C h i na A t h l e t i c A s s o c i a t i o n. M o r e o v e r , M r . W a ng w a s t he f o u n d er o f H o ng K o ng C y c l i ng A s s o c i a t i on a n d H o ng K o ng A m a t e ur G y m n a s t ic A s s o c i a t i o n. “ T h e t w o associations h a ve o v er t he years p r o d u c ed m a ny t a l e n t ed g y m n a s ta nd c y c l i s t s, a nd M r. W a ng m u st be g i v en c r e d it f o r t h e ir success. B e t w e en 195 a nd 1957, M r. W a ng w as m a de p r i n c i p al d i r e c t or of t he T u ng W ah G r o up o f H o s p i t a l s, a n d has s i n ce m a i n t a i n ed a c l o se t i e w i th t he o r g a n i z a t i on i n p r o m o t i ng m e d i c al services as w e l as m a ny f o r ms o f social w e l f a r e. I t m u st be p o i n t ed o u t, too, that b a ck i n the 5 0s b e f o re c o m p u l s o ry e d u c a t i on w as i m p l e m e n t ed i n H o ng K o n g, t he T u ng W ah G r o up h ad a l r e a dy t a k en t he i n i t i a t i ve i n setting u p six p r i m a ry s c h o o ls a nd p r o v i d i ng f r e e d u c a t i on f or y o u ng c h i l d r e n. T he G r o u p 's b u d g et also g r ew f r om one h u n d r ed m i l l i on i n t he 50s t o o ne b i l l i on i n 1990, o f w h i ch o v er o ne h u n d r ed m i l l i on a c t u a l ly c a me f r om p r i v a te d o n a t i o n s. O v er t h e years, M r . W a ng has i n d e f a t i g a b ly served on the G r o u p 's b u d g et c o mm i t t e e. A p a rt f r om charities, M r. W a ng also c o m m i t t e d h i m s e lf to p u b l ic a d m i n i s t r a t i on i n h is c a p a c i ty as m e m b er o f the U r b an C o u n c il ( 1 9 6 1 - 6 9) a nd the L e g i s l a t i ve Council ( 1 9 6 8 - 7 5 ) . A p a rt f r om his w o rk at N ew M e t h od C o l l e ge a nd the T u ng W ah G r o u p, M r. W a ng also d e v o t es b o th t i me a n d e n e r gy t o t e r t i a ry e d u c a t i on a n d, i n p a r t i c u l a r, t o T h e C h i n e se U n i v e r s i ty o f H o ng K o n g. F r om 1 9 59 t o 1972, M r . W a ng p e r s o n a l ly s u p e r v i s ed t h e c o n t i n u i ng d e v e l o p m e nt o f U n i t ed C o l l e ge i n h i s c a p a c i ty as v i c e- c h a i r m an o f the c o l l e ge b o a rd o f trustees. I n r e c e nt years ， Mr. W a ng has b e en p a y i ng s p e c i al a t t e n t i on to m e d i c al e d u c a t i o n. B e s i d es s p o n s o r i ng the d i s t i n g u i s h ed international p r o f e s s o r s h i ps at the U n i v e r s i t y, M r. W a ng has m a de s p e c i al c o n t r i b u t i o ns t o the e s t a b l i s hme nt o f v i s i t i ng p r o f e s s o r s h i ps i n s u r g e ry a n d a c o n f e r e n ce f u nd f o r t he o r g a n i z a t i on o f the a n n u al i n t e r n a t i o n al s u r g i c al s y m p o s i u m. M r. W a ng practisew h at he preaches. He has f o u n d ed s c h o o l s, p r o m o t ed sports, e n c o u r a g ed a c a d em ic e x c h a n g e, a nd c o n t r i b u t ed g e n e r o u s ly t o charities. A p a rt f r om these, M r. W a ng also p a r t i c i p a t ed i n the t e r r i t o r y 's a d m i n i s t r a t i ve a nd l e g i s l a t i ve w o r k. M r. C h a n c e l l o r , m ay I request, t h e r e f o r e, that M r. W i l s on T . S . W a ng b e a w a r d ed t he degre o f D o c t or o f L a w s, honoris causa. 44TH CONGREGATION 5