黃永光
Executive Director of Sino Group
He holds Singaporean citizenship and joined the mandatory military service in Singapore. At the same time, he talks passionately about his Hong Kong root and childhood spent in Hong Kong, reminding that he was born at Queen Mary Hospital and attended Diocesan Boys" School in his youth. Since 2007 he has taken a more public role, first appearing at a land auction with his father in October that year, and in recent years he takes up increasing public services.
He later studied in the United States, where he graduated from Columbia University in 2001, and after two years as a project manager at Sino Group was appointed executive director in 2005.
He advocates sustainability and heritage, championing green innovations like city air purification system, in-building hydro power system, food waste management, Tai O Heritage Hotel in Hong Kong and The Fullerton Heritage in Singapore. Both programmes provide the younger generation with training in essential skills like English writing and computer coding. Daryl Ng sits on the judging panel of the SCMP Spirit of Hong Kong Awards, an award that pays tribute to the unsung heroes of Hong Kong.
In recognition of his commitment to heritage conservation and revitalisation, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) Hong Kong conferred on him an honorary doctorate degree in 2015.
In addition to Sino Group, Daryl Ng serves on the board of a number of organisations, including Blue Cross (Asia-Pacific) Insurance of Hong Kong and The Bank of East Asia Limited. He is taking increasing public posts, including serving the General Committee of the Chamber of Hong Kong Listed Companies, the International Advisory Council of Columbia University, the Tenth Sichuan Committee of Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference ("CPPCC"), the Twelfth Beijing Committee of CPPCC, the tenth and eleventh Committees of the All-China Youth Federation, the Chongqing Youth Federation, The Community Chest of Hong Kong and the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong.
He was also appointed a member of the Council of the University of Hong Kong in 2015.
