CIC Databank

1. Education and Career

2. Honors

3. Publications

Education and Career

Professor Wong obtained his Bachelor of Social Sciences degree at the University of Hong Kong in 1971, his M.Phil. degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and his B.Litt. and D.Phil. degrees at the University of Oxford. His academic career began with teaching in the Department of Sociology at the University of Hong Kong where he was later appointed Professor and Head of Department. In 1985, he went to Harvard University as a Visiting Scholar of the Harvard-Yenching Institute for a year. From 1987-89, he served as the founding Director of the Social Sciences Research Centre of the University of Hong Kong. He was appointed Director of the Centre of Asian Studies in 1996, and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1998-2000.
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Honors

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Publications

1999 “Deciding to Stay, Deciding to Move, Deciding Not to Decide”, in Gary G. Hamilton (ed.), Cosmopolitan Capitalists: Hong Kong and the Chinese Diaspora at the End of the Twentieth Century, Seattle and London, University of Washington Press, pp. 135-151.
2000 “Transplanting Enterprises in Hong Kong”, in Henry Wai-Chung Yeung and Kris Olds (eds.), Globalization Of Chinese Business Firms, London: Macmillan Press Ltd., pp.153-66.
2001 Indicators of Social Development: Hong Kong 1999, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 226 pages. [Co-edited with Lau Siu-kai, Lee Ming-kwan and Wan Po-san]
2002 “The Development of Private Enterprise in Contemporary China: Institutional Foundations and Limitations”, The China Review Vol. 2 No. 2 (Fall 2002), pp. 65-91. [co-authored with Sun Wenbin]
2003 “Attitudes towards Unemployment and Work”, in Lau Siu-kai et.al. (eds.), Indicators of Social Development: Hong Kong 2001, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, pp. 77-111. [co-authored with Victor Zheng]
2003 Indicators of Social Development: Hong Kong 2001, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 371 pages. [Co-edited with Lau Siu-kai, Lee Ming-kwan and Wan Po-san]
2004 Chinese and Indian Diasporas: Comparative Perspectives, Hong Kong, Centre of Asian Studies, The University of Hong Kong. 167 pages.
2004 Chinese Family Enterprises in Hong Kong: Case Studies, Hong Kong, Ming Pao Publishing Co., 262 pages. Co-authored with Victor Zheng
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