Philip Wong

Dr Philip Wong Yu-hong GBS
黃宜弘
Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
In office 9 October 1991 – 30 June 1997
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
Constituency	Commercial (Second)
In office 21 December 1996 – 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council)
In office 1 July 1998 – 30 September 2012
Preceded by	New parliament
Succeeded by	Martin Liao
Constituency	Commercial (Second)
Personal details
Born	(1938-12-23) 23 December 1938 Quanzhou, Fujian, China
Political party	New Hong Kong Alliance (1990s)
Spouse(s)	Josephine Tan (divorced) Anita Maria Leung Fung-yee
Children	Ian Joseph Wong Kirk Landon Wong Mark Nathan Wong
Parent	Wong Ker-lee (father)
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley (M.Sc.) Southland University (J.D.) California Coast University (Ph.D.)
Occupation	Businessman

Philip Wong Yu-hong, GBS (Chinese: 黃宜弘; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Gî-hông; born 23 December 1938, Quanzhou, Fujian, China). He is a legislator in Hong Kong as a member of the legislative council (Functional constituencies, Commercial [Second]), a deputy to the National People's Congress, a recipient of the Gold Bauhinia Star award, and vice-chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.

Criticism

Academic credentials

On the Legislative council website, Wong is listed to have an M.Sc. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D. degree in engineering from the California Coast University, and a J.D. degree from Southland University.

Share market analyst and Hong Kong activist, David Webb, requested an investigation be launched to check for his possible improper academic credentials. Nothing has come from Webb's request.

The University of California credentials passed muster as well as California Coast University's. California Coast University's bulletin states that it "does not require formal, on-campus residence or classroom attendance" because it is an online-only school accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council. DETC specializes in the accreditation of online-only institutions and is a recognized accrediting body of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. Wong did receive the engineering degree from California Coast University on 27 August 1984, nearly 21 years before the CCU was accredited by the DTEC in January, 2005; however, before DEAC accreditation, California Coast University had full state approval of all academic programs from the State of California which made the degrees legal and academically legitimate nearly everywhere in the world. Southland University is no longer in existence.

Middle finger incident

During the July 2003 Article 23 march, Wong was filmed to be giving demonstrators the middle finger gesture. Albert Cheng had once asked in October 2004 at a meeting whether his middle finger gesture has been referred to a committee for consideration. Jasper Tsang, a colleague of Wong, replied that Wong had already apologized the previous day.

External links

• Legco Philip Wong biodata