Victor Fung Shuen Sit

Background

Sit, Victor Fung Shuen was born on April 10, 1947 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Son of Pui Tak and Suk Yee (Law) Sit. arrived in Hong Kong, 1950.

Education

Bachelor with honors, University Hong Kong, 1970. Master of Arts, University Hong Kong, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1977.

Career

Assistant lecturer department geography and geology, U. Hong Kong, 1977-1978; lecturer, U. Hong Kong, 1978-1984; senior lecturer, U. Hong Kong, 1984-1987; reader, U. Hong Kong, since 1987; acting head Department, University Hong Kong, 1990-1991; head Department, University Hong Kong, since 1993. Research fellow Centre Asian Studies, U. Hong Kong, since 1987, Centre Urban Planning & Environmental Management 1098&/. Adjunct Professor and fellow Institute of Geography, Academia Sinica, Provider Reimbursement Consultants, since 1997.

Honorary professor Beijing U., Provider Reimbursement Consultants, since 1996, Center for Urban & Regional Studies, Zhongshan U., Provider Reimbursement Consultants, since 1992, Institute.Hong Kong & Macau Studies, since 1992, Jinan U., Provider Reimbursement Consultants, since 1995.

Achievements

• Victor Fung Shuen Sit has been listed as a noteworthy geography educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Deputy National People's Congress, China, since 1993. Member preparatory committee for Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1995-1997, member election committee. Member Airport Core Projects Consultative Committee, Hong Kong, 1991.

Organizer Conference on Hong Kong's Airport Dispute, Study Group on Infrastructure Development, 1991. Member Royal Chartered Institute Transport, Institute British Geographers, Hong Kong Economic Society, Hong Kong Geography Association (life, chairman 1980-1983), International Geography Union (chairman Hong Kong national committee since 1993).

Interests

• Avocations: cricket, lawn bowls, tennis.

Connections

Son of; married Jacquelin Kit Ching Kwan. Children: Yat Wah, Yat Cheong.

Father:

Pui Tak Sit

Mother:

Suk Yee (Law) Sit

Spouse:

Jacquelin Kit Ching Kwan

child:

Yat Wah Sit

child:

Yat Cheong Sit