Arthur Li
| The Honourable Arthur Li GBS, JP | |
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| Vice-Chancellor of Chinese University of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1996-2002 |
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| Chancellor | Lord Patten of Barnes Tung Chee-hwa |
| Preceded by | Charles Kao |
| Succeeded by | Ambrose King |
| Secretary for Education and Manpower | |
| In office 2002-2007 |
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| Preceded by | Fanny Law |
| Succeeded by | Michael Suen |
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| Born | 27 June 1945 |
| Spouse(s) | Diana Chester |
| Relations | Pui-choy Li (great grandfather) Fook-shui Li (father) Tze-ha Wu (mother)David Li (brother) Athena Li (granddaughter) |
| Children | Alex Li Peter Li |
Arthur Li Kwok-cheung GBS JP (simplified Chinese: 李国章; traditional Chinese: 李國章; pinyin: Lǐ Guózhāng; born 1945 in Hong Kong) was a member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Secretary for Education and Manpower from August 2002 to June 2007.
Before his appointment, Arthur Li was the Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, as well as:
- Professor of Surgery and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
- Member of the Education Commission and Member of the Committee on Science and Technology
- Member of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority
- Member of the Hong Kong Medical Council
- Member of the University Grants Committee
- Member of the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong
- Member of the Hospital Governing Committee of United Christian Hospital, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
- Member of the Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
- Vice-President of the Association of University Presidents of China
- Patron of the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
- Regent of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Honorary Fellow of the American Surgical Association
- Hon Fellow of the America College of Surgeons
- Hon Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and Glasgow
- Hon Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
An alumnus of St. Paul's Co-educational College and a classmate of Professor Lawrence J. Lau, Li received his medical training at the University of Cambridge. He was subsequently trained at Middlesex Hospital Medical School and Harvard Medical School, before returning to Hong Kong to become the founding chairman of the Department of Surgery and Dean of Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is married to Diana Chester, a graduate of Newhall College Cambridge.
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Li's tenure as Secretary for Education and Manpower was marked by an era of education reforms that included the School-Based Management Policy.
Since 2000, the Education and Manpower Bureau has implemented a number of mandates, which include making teachers spend more time with students outside the classroom, adding exams for subjects like English and history, and ordering that teachers take benchmark assessments to prove their language abilities. After instituting wide ranging and successful changes, Li retired from public service in 2007.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Matthew Cheung as Director of Education |
Secretary for Education and Manpower 2002–2007 |
Succeeded by Michael Suen as Secretary for Education |
| Preceded by Fanny Law |
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| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by Charles K. Kao |
Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong 1996–2002 |
Succeeded by Ambrose King |
- 1945 births
- Living people
- Government officials of Hong Kong
- Vice chancellors and presidents of universities in Hong Kong
- Academics of Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong members of the CPPCC National Committee of the People's Republic of China
- Hong Kong doctors
- Hong Kong academics
- Harvard Medical School alumni
- Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
- Medical educators
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
