Welcome to Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU).
Founded 35 years ago as The Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) has grown into the vibrant, all-round, comprehensive university it is today, with education, research and serving society its three core strands.
The University formulated its Strategic Plan 2024–2028 under the keynote “Extending the Horizon”, which encompasses six strategic themes and 54 commitments. These include our plans to expand our portfolio of academic programmes, enhance student support, build an outstanding team to strengthen learning, teaching, research and knowledge transfer, and foster international engagement, partnerships and collaboration, all to ensure the long-term sustainable development of HKMU.
As the only self-accrediting self-financing university in Hong Kong, we have always made use of our flexibility to respond quickly to market trends and industry needs by offering high-quality professional programmes. As a result, HKMU enjoys the largest share of the self-financing tertiary education market in terms of student enrolment numbers.
The Government has adopted the strategy of fostering industry-institution collaboration and diversified development to promote vocational and professional education and training. This means providing students with diverse learning and employment opportunities to nurture more professionals with applied skills, which is in line with the vision and mission of HKMU. In early 2024, the University applied to the EDB to become the first University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Hong Kong and was so designated. HKMU will offer applied degree programmes that combine theory and practice to nurture talent with both applied skills and knowledge who contribute to society, while raising the status of vocational and professional education and training.
The University is strengthening its connections with industry to offer more applied degree programmes. We have already begun to offer one such academic programme to train commercial pilots in partnership with the Hong Kong International Aviation Academy. This marked our first major collaboration with industry as a UAS, with more collaborative projects to come.
As a founding member of the Alliance of Universities of Applied Sciences, we look forward to more self-financing universities joining the Alliance and working with the Government to enhance public understanding of UASs and applied degree programmes and to promote the development of UASs in Hong Kong. By providing various articulation opportunities for further studies and career paths, UASs will enable young people with diverse talents to succeed in different fields.
With the rapid development of the University, there is an urgent need to construct a new campus to accommodate the increased demand for teaching and research. The University plans to build a new academic complex close to the current campuses in Ho Man Tin. It will be positioned as the HKMU Hub for Community Health and Wellness and incorporate community, elderly and environmentally friendly elements, as well as public spaces to encourage connections and interaction with the community. The new building is expected to be completed and ready for opening in 2028.
With many of our initiatives off to a flying start and looking forward to the future, we are setting our eyes on becoming an influential player in the international higher-education arena. The University will continue to work with all sectors of the community in a concerted effort to promote social progress and contribute to Hong Kong as well as to the nation.
Professor Paul LAM Kwan-sing
President
| Doctor of Philosophy | 1988 | University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| Master of Philosophy | 1984 | University of Hong Kong |
| Bachelor of Science | 1982 | University of Hong Kong |
| Occurrence, Bioaccumulation, and Toxicities of Emerging Chemicals of Concern in Environmental Matrices, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China 2019 (as Principal Investigator) |
| Environmental process mechanism and quantitative structure-activity relationship study on emerging pollutants, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China 2012 (as Co-Investigator) |
| Geochemistry and risk assessment of perfluorinated compounds in the Chinese southeastern coastal region, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China 2011 (as Principal Investigator) |
| Distinguished Alumni Award 2019, Faculty of Science, University of Hong Kong |
| Award, Silver Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong SAR Government (2014) |
| Member, HKSAR Justices of the Peace (non-gov), Hong Kong SAR Government (2008) |
| Visiting Fellow, National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, Australia (1998) |
| Jackson Memorial Fellow, Griffith University, Australia (1998) |
| Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship tenable at King’s College, London (1987-1989) |
| Commonwealth Scholarship tenable at the University of Sheffield (1984-1987) |
| ‘Highly Commended Talk’ award for a paper delivered to the British Ecological Society in 1984 |
| Swire Scholarship, the University of Hong Kong (1983-1984) |
| Postgraduate Studentship, the University of Hong Kong (1982-1984) |
| City University of Hong Kong: | |
| 2020-2021 | Executive Director of Special Projects, Vice-President Level (Concurrent appointment) |
| 2020-2021 | Jeanie Hu Professor of Science |
| 2005-2021 | Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry, |
| 2013-2019 | Chief-of-Staff (Vice-President) (Concurrent appointment) |
| 2010-2020 | Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (Concurrent appointment) |
| 2009-2013 | Vice-President (Student Affairs) (Concurrent appointment) |
| 2007-2008 | Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education) (Concurrent appointment) |
| 2004-2007 | Associate Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering (Concurrent appointment) |
| 2006-2007 | Acting Head of Department, Department of Biology and Chemistry (Concurrent appointment) |
| 2001-2005 | Professor (Reader), Department of Biology and Chemistry |
| 1996-2001 | Associate Professor (Scale A), Department of Biology and Chemistry |
| 1994-1996 | Associate Professor (Scale B), Department of Biology and Chemistry |
| 1992-1994 | Lecturer, Department of Environmental Management |
| 1990-1992 | Lecturer, Department of Biology |
| 1988-1990 | Lecturer, Department of Applied Science |
| Master of Philosophy: | 19 completed |
| Doctor of Philosophy: | 50 completed; 5 in progress |
| Editor-in-chief | Aquatic Toxicology (2020-present) |
| Subject Editor | Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (2014-present) |
| Associate Editor | Journal of Environmental Sciences (2015-present) |
| Member | Editorial Advisory Board, Environmental Science & Technology (since 2010) |
| Member | Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental Research (AER) (since 2011) |
| Member | Editorial Board of Environmental Chemistry (HUANJING HUAXUE) |
| Associate Editor | Chemosphere (Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment) (2004-2008) |
| Hon. Professor | Nanjing University, China |
| Hon. Professor | South China Normal University, China |
| Hon. Professor | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Visiting Prof. | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. |
| External PhD Advisor | Shantou University, China (2017-2019) |
| Member | Management Committee and Steering Committee of the Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund, Hong Kong Airport Authority (2016-2020) |
| Member | Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2005-2016) |
| Deputy Chairman | Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2009) |
| Chairman | Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2010-2016) |
| Member | Town Planning Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2006-2012) |
| Member | Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011) |
| Chairman | Marine Parks Committee, Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011) |
| Member | Marine Mammal Conservation Working Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2001-2007) |
| Member | Red Tide/Harmful Algal Bloom Expert Advisory Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2004-2020) |
| Member | Management & Development Committee of the Mai Po Marshes, WWF Hong Kong (2001-2005) |
| Member | Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004) |
| Chairman | Management sub-committee, Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004) |
| Member | HKSAR Steering Committee for Research Themes under the Research Endowment Fund (2009-2017) |
| Member | Advisory Committee on Post-service Employment of Civil Servants, HK SAR Government (2011-2017) |
| Member | Independent Commission Against Corruption Operations Review Committee (2015-2020) |
| Member | HKSAR Witness Protection Review Board Panel (2015-2020) |
| From Ministry of Science and Technology, Peoples’ Republic of China: | ||
| Year | Source | Amount (in HK$) |
| 2018 | Research Projects funded by the Mainland Government “亞熱帶香港水域海洋與河口食物網中傳統與新興鹵化阻燃劑研究：富集特徵、營養轉移及源辨識” “Conventional and Emerging Chiral Halogenated Flame Retardants in Marine and Estuarine Food Webs in Subtropical Hong Kong Waters: Accumulation Profiles, Trophic Transfer, and Source Identification” | 1,152,000 |
| From Hong Kong SAR Government: | ||
| Year | Source | Amount (in HK$) |
| 2017 | Sustainable Fisheries Development Fund (SFDF) “魚排上建立示範及教育單位，展示商業上可行的循環海水育苗系統” “Establishment of a commercially viable recirculating system for rearing fish fingerlings: a demonstration project for public education” | 3,778,880 |
| From Municipal Government of Shenzhen: | ||
| Year | Source | Amount (in RMB) |
| 2017 | Shenzhen Innovative Technology Committee “Study on Ecological Thresholds in Urbanized Coastal Bay Areas” | 2,000,000 |
| From Natural Science Foundation of China: | ||
| Year | Source | Amount (in HK$) |
| 2012 | Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Grant Assessment and Characterization of Novel and Unknown Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds in Pearl River and Yangtze River Delta | 917,000 |
| From Hong Kong Research Grants Council: | ||
| Year | Source | Amount (in HK$) |
| 2012 | NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, Research Grants Council Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Sewage Treatment Works of China: Behaviour and Risk Assessment | 815,701 |
| 2015 | Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Research Grants Council “Benthic and epiphytic toxic algae (BETA): An emerging threat to coral ecosystems in Hong Kong waters” | 5,573,636 |
| 2009 | Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Research Grants Council “Algal Toxins: Development of Analytical and Bioassay Detection Methods and Assessment of Environmental Transfer in Marine Food Webs” | 3,200,000 |
| 2016 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Environmental assessment of chiral pharmaceuticals in Hong Kong and its surrounding region: occurrence, fate and potential toxicological significance” | 540,824 |
| 2014 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Conventional and emerging halogenated flame retardants in marine and estuarine food webs in subtropical Hong Kong waters: accumulation profiles, trophic transfer, and source identification” | 683,570 |
| 2013 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Population trends, food sources, habitat use, and trace element exposure of marine mammals in Pearl River Delta: using teeth as biological time capsules for tracing environmental changes” | 435,614 |
| 2010 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Measurement and assessment of novel halogenated flame retardants in waterbirds and marine cetaceans in Hong Kong” | 462,000 |
| 2008 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Distribution, accumulation, and trophic transfer of perfluorinated compounds, and total and extractable organic fluorine in an aquatic food web of a tropical wetland” | 401,336 |
| 2007 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Measurement and assessment of perfluorinated compounds in waterbirds and marine cetaceans in Hong Kong” | 685,937 |
| 2005 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Study of Perfluorinated Compounds and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Pearl River Estuary” | 1,014,000 |
| 2004 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of the Transfer of Contaminants Accumulated in Fisheries Resources to Cetaceans in Hong Kong: A Novel Assessment of Bioavailability Using an In Vitro Physiologically-based Extraction Test (PBET)” | 819,000 |
| 2003 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of Risk to Cetaceans along the South China Coast Due to Contaminants with Special Reference to the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins” | 841,000 |
| 2002 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of Risk to Ardeids in Hong Kong Due to Organochlorine and Organotin Contaminants with Special Reference to the Mai Po/Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site” | 975,200 |
| 2000 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Biokinetics and biotransformation of PSP toxins in green-lipped and common fan mussels in Hong Kong” | 823,400 |
| 1997 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Use of protein phosphatase inhibition assay for screening tumour-promoting toxins in aquatic systems: a colorimetric approach” | 686,880 |
| 1996 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Sublethal effects of toxicants on the patterns of energy allocation and nutrient utilization of freshwater snails” | 385,000 |
| As a core member of the Area of Excellence Scheme “Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology – MERIT” under the University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China (Project No. AoE/P-04/2004). The total funding for a team of 23 local members and 5 overseas members is HK$45 million for 5 years (2004-2009). | ||
| As the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (2010-2020), which receives HK$ 10 million annually from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government. | ||
| > 30 major consultancy projects, with total contract value of > HK$40,000,000, including: |
| “Provision of Consultancy Services to Develop Options for a Fisheries Monitoring Programme in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2019-2021) |
| “Fish Resources Study for the Proposed Marine Park in the Brothers Islands” for Highways Department (2012-2017) |
| “Provision of Services for the Technical Review and Statistical Analysis of the Datasets of Waterbird Monitoring Programme for the Deep Bay Area” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2012-2016) |
| “Assessment of Environmental Contaminants in Marine Mammals in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2008-2009) |
| “Study on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Local Waterbirds in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2006-2007) |
| “Independent Expert to Investigate the Alleged Claim of High Oyster Mortality in Deep Bay due to the HK-SWC Construction Works” for Highways Department (2004) |
| “Development of a Biological Indicator System for Monitoring Marine Pollution” for Environmental Protection Department (2001-2003) |
| “Consultancy Study on Fisheries and Marine Ecological Criteria for Impact Assessment” for Agriculture and Fisheries Department (1999-2001) |
| “Environmental Impact Assessment on the Construction of a Large Thermal Power Station (approx. 5000 MW) at Black Point” for China Light and Power Company (1991) |
| “Environmental Impact of Marine Fish Culture Industry in Hong Kong” for Hong Kong Government (1989-1990) |
Professor Paul LAM Kwan-sing is President of Hong Kong Metropolitan University and Chair Professor of Environmental Chemistry.
Professor LAM received a Bachelor's and Master's degree from the University of Hong Kong between 1979 and 1984. He was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1984 to undertake doctorate studies at the University of Sheffield in the UK. He took up a Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at King's College, University of London, and in 1988, he returned to Hong Kong to take up a lecturing position at City Polytechnic of Hong Kong. He subsequently held positions in a number of universities, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1990–1992) and the Victoria University, in Australia (1992–1994). In 1994, he joined the Department of Chemistry (formerly the Department of Biology and Chemistry) at City University of Hong Kong.
Professor LAM is a front-runner in the higher education sector in Hong Kong and is well-versed with academic development and university administration. Prior to joining HKMU, he was the Executive Director of Special Projects, Jeanie Hu Professor of Science and Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry at City University of Hong Kong. During his long service at City University of Hong Kong since 1994, he assumed other management positions as Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education), Vice-President (Student Affairs), Chief-of-Staff and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution.
Professor LAM is a renowned scholar and expert in environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental risk assessment. Among his many academic achievements, Professor LAM's work in ecology and environmental analysis has raised environmental awareness and defined new sensitive analytical methodology for emerging chemicals of concern. He developed techniques for trace analyses of these chemicals in key environmental matrices, contributing to the international harmonisation of analytical methods to address such concerns. By providing key evidence relating to the distribution and persistence of such chemicals, his research has influenced policy and legislation globally.
Professor LAM is the author or co-author of over 500 publications in international refereed journals. He has been responsible for over 35 major government consultancy projects in the environmental field, including the assessment of risks to Hong Kong cetaceans and water birds from toxic contaminants. He was awarded the Natural Science Award (Second Class) in 2011, 2012 and 2019 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China.
Professor Lam actively participates in community service. He is currently Chairman of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, Ex-officio Member of the Education Commission, Member of the Advisory Committee on the Northern Metropolis, Member of Global STEM Professorship Scheme Assessment Panel under the Innovation, Technology and Industry Bureau, Member of the Land Sharing Pilot Scheme Panel of Advisors, and Member of the Standing Committee on Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service. He was Chairman of the Advisory Council on the Environment from 2010 to 2016. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2008 and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2014 by the HKSAR Government.
| Doctor of Philosophy | 1988 | University of Sheffield, United Kingdom |
| Master of Philosophy | 1984 | University of Hong Kong |
| Bachelor of Science | 1982 | University of Hong Kong |
| Occurrence, Bioaccumulation, and Toxicities of Emerging Chemicals of Concern in Environmental Matrices, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2019 (as Principal Investigator) |
| Environmental process mechanism and quantitative structure-activity relationship study on emerging pollutants, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2012 (as Co-Investigator) |
| Geochemistry and risk assessment of perfluorinated compounds in the Chinese southeastern coastal region, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2011 (as Principal Investigator) |
| Distinguished Alumni Award 2019, Faculty of Science, University of Hong Kong |
| Award, Silver Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong SAR Government (2014) |
| Member, HKSAR Justices of the Peace (non-gov), Hong Kong SAR Government (2008) |
| Visiting Fellow, National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, Australia (1998) |
| Jackson Memorial Fellow, Griffith University, Australia (1998) |
| Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship tenable at King's College, London (1987-1989) |
| Commonwealth Scholarship tenable at the University of Sheffield (1984-1987) |
| 'Highly Commended Talk' award for a paper delivered to the British Ecological Society in 1984 |
| Swire Scholarship, the University of Hong Kong (1983-1984) |
| Postgraduate Studentship, the University of Hong Kong (1982-1984) |
| City University of Hong Kong: | ||
| 2020-2021 | Executive Director of Special Projects, Vice-President Level (Concurrent appointment) | |
| 2020-2021 | Jeanie Hu Professor of Science | |
| 2005-2021 | Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry | |
| 2013-2019 | Chief-of-Staff (Vice-President) (Concurrent appointment) | |
| 2010-2020 | Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (Concurrent appointment) | |
| 2009-2013 | Vice-President (Student Affairs) (Concurrent appointment) | |
| 2007-2008 | Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education) (Concurrent appointment) | |
| 2004-2007 | Associate Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering (Concurrent appointment) | |
| 2006-2007 | Acting Head of Department, Department of Biology and Chemistry (Concurrent appointment) | |
| 2001-2005 | Professor (Reader), Department of Biology and Chemistry | |
| 1996-2001 | Associate Professor (Scale A), Department of Biology and Chemistry | |
| 1994-1996 | Associate Professor (Scale B), Department of Biology and Chemistry | |
Victoria University of Technology, Australia:
| 1992-1994 | Lecturer, Department of Environmental Management |
Chinese University of Hong Kong:
| 1990-1992 | Lecturer, Department of Biology |
City Polytechnic of Hong Kong:
| 1988-1990 | Lecturer, Department of Applied Science |
| Master of Philosophy: | 19 completed | |
| Doctor of Philosophy: | 55 completed |
| Editor-in-chief | Aquatic Toxicology (2019-2023) | |
| Subject Editor | Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (2014-present) | |
| Associate Editor | Journal of Environmental Sciences (2015-present) | |
| Member | Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental Research (AER) (since 2011) | |
| Member | Editorial Board of Environmental Chemistry (HUANJING HUAXUE) | |
| Associate Editor | Chemosphere (Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment) (2004-2008) | |
| Member | Editorial Advisory Board, Environmental Science & Technology (2010-2022) | |
| Hon. Professor | Nanjing University, China | |
| Hon. Professor | South China Normal University, China | |
| Hon. Professor | University of Queensland, Australia | |
| Visiting Prof. | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan. | |
| External PhD Advisor | Shantou University, China (2017-2019) | |
| Member | Management Committee and Steering Committee of the Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund, Hong Kong Airport Authority (2016-2020) | |
| Member | Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2005-2016) | |
| Deputy Chairman | Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2009) | |
| Chairman | Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2010-2016) | |
| Member | Town Planning Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2006-2012) | |
| Member | Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011) | |
| Chairman | Marine Parks Committee, Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011) | |
| Member | Marine Mammal Conservation Working Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2001-2007) | |
| Member | Red Tide/Harmful Algal Bloom Expert Advisory Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2004-2020) | |
| Member | Management & Development Committee of the Mai Po Marshes, WWF Hong Kong (2001-2005) | |
| Member | Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004) | |
| Chairman | Management sub-committee, Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004) | |
| Member | HKSAR Steering Committee for Research Themes under the Research Endowment Fund (2009-2017) | |
| Member | Advisory Committee on Post-service Employment of Civil Servants, HK SAR Government (2011-2017) | |
| Member | Independent Commission Against Corruption Operations Review Committee (2015-2020) | |
| Member | HKSAR Witness Protection Review Board Panel (2015-2020) |
From Ministry of Science and Technology, Peoples' Republic of China:
| Year | Source | Amount (in HK$) |
| 2018 | Research Projects funded by the Mainland Government “亞熱帶香港水域海洋與河口食物網中傳統與新興鹵化阻燃劑研究：富集特徵、營養轉移及源辨識” “Conventional and Emerging Chiral Halogenated Flame Retardants in Marine and Estuarine Food Webs in Subtropical Hong Kong Waters: Accumulation Profiles, Trophic Transfer, and Source Identification” | 1,152,000 |
From Hong Kong SAR Government:
| Year | Source | Amount (in HK$) |
| 2017 | Sustainable Fisheries Development Fund (SFDF) “魚排上建立示範及教育單位，展示商業上可行的循環海水育苗系統” “Establishment of a commercially viable recirculating system for rearing fish fingerlings: a demonstration project for public education” | 3,778,880 |
From Municipal Government of Shenzhen:
| Year | Source | Amount (in RMB) |
| 2017 | Shenzhen Innovative Technology Committee “Study on Ecological Thresholds in Urbanised Coastal Bay Areas” | 2,000,000 |
From Natural Science Foundation of China:
| Year | Source | Amount (in HK$) |
| 2012 | Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Grant Assessment and Characterisation of Novel and Unknown Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds in Pearl River and Yangtze River Delta | 917,000 |
From Hong Kong Research Grants Council:
| Year | Source | Amount (in HK$) |
| 2012 | NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, Research Grants Council Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Sewage Treatment Works of China: Behaviour and Risk Assessment | 815,701 |
| 2015 | Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Research Grants Council “Benthic and epiphytic toxic algae (BETA): An emerging threat to coral ecosystems in Hong Kong waters” | 5,573,636 |
| 2009 | Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Research Grants Council “Algal Toxins: Development of Analytical and Bioassay Detection Methods and Assessment of Environmental Transfer in Marine Food Webs” | 3,200,000 |
| 2016 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Environmental assessment of chiral pharmaceuticals in Hong Kong and its surrounding region: occurrence, fate and potential toxicological significance” | 540,824 |
| 2014 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Conventional and emerging halogenated flame retardants in marine and estuarine food webs in subtropical Hong Kong waters: accumulation profiles, trophic transfer, and source identification” | 683,570 |
| 2013 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Population trends, food sources, habitat use, and trace element exposure of marine mammals in Pearl River Delta: using teeth as biological time capsules for tracing environmental changes” | 435,614 |
| 2010 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Measurement and assessment of novel halogenated flame retardants in waterbirds and marine cetaceans in Hong Kong” | 462,000 |
| 2008 | General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Distribution, accumulation, and trophic transfer of perfluorinated compounds, and total and extractable organic fluorine in an aquatic food web of a tropical wetland” | 401,336 |
| 2007 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Measurement and assessment of perfluorinated compounds in waterbirds and marine cetaceans in Hong Kong” | 685,937 |
| 2005 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Study of Perfluorinated Compounds and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Pearl River Estuary” | 1,014,000 |
| 2004 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of the Transfer of Contaminants Accumulated in Fisheries Resources to Cetaceans in Hong Kong: A Novel Assessment of Bioavailability Using an In Vitro Physiologically-based Extraction Test (PBET)” | 819,000 |
| 2003 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of Risk to Cetaceans along the South China Coast Due to Contaminants with Special Reference to the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins” | 841,000 |
| 2002 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of Risk to Ardeids in Hong Kong Due to Organochlorine and Organotin Contaminants with Special Reference to the Mai Po/Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site” | 975,200 |
| 2000 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Biokinetics and biotransformation of PSP toxins in green-lipped and common fan mussels in Hong Kong” | 823,400 |
| 1997 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Use of protein phosphatase inhibition assay for screening tumour-promoting toxins in aquatic systems: a colorimetric approach” | 686,880 |
| 1996 | Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Sublethal effects of toxicants on the patterns of energy allocation and nutrient utilisation of freshwater snails” | 385,000 |
| As a core member of the Area of Excellence Scheme “Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology – MERIT” under the University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China (Project No. AoE/P-04/2004). The total funding for a team of 23 local members and 5 overseas members is HK$45 million for 5 years (2004-2009). | ||
| As the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (2010-2020), which receives HK$ 10 million annually from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government. |
| > 30 major consultancy projects, with total contract value of > HK$40,000,000, including: | ||
| “Provision of Consultancy Services to Develop Options for a Fisheries Monitoring Programme in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2019-2021) | ||
| “Fish Resources Study for the Proposed Marine Park in the Brothers Islands” for Highways Department (2012-2017) | ||
| “Provision of Services for the Technical Review and Statistical Analysis of the Datasets of Waterbird Monitoring Programme for the Deep Bay Area” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2012-2016) | ||
| “Assessment of Environmental Contaminants in Marine Mammals in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2008-2009) | ||
| “Study on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Local Waterbirds in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2006-2007) | ||
| “Independent Expert to Investigate the Alleged Claim of High Oyster Mortality in Deep Bay due to the HK-SWC Construction Works” for Highways Department (2004) | ||
| “Development of a Biological Indicator System for Monitoring Marine Pollution” for Environmental Protection Department (2001-2003) | ||
| “Consultancy Study on Fisheries and Marine Ecological Criteria for Impact Assessment” for Agriculture and Fisheries Department (1999-2001) | ||
| “Environmental Impact Assessment on the Construction of a Large Thermal Power Station (approx. 5000 MW) at Black Point” for China Light and Power Company (1991) | ||
| “Environmental Impact of Marine Fish Culture Industry in Hong Kong” for Hong Kong Government (1989-1990) |
