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Woo Chia-wei

President of the hong Kong Institute of Science and Technology

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born: 1937
died: 2025
age at death: 87
known for: physicist, teacher, justice of the peace

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who woo chia-wei is

Chia-Wei Woo was a Hong Kong physicist and educator who was the inaugural president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work included raising funding and recruiting outstanding faculty for the university. With Chung Sze Yuen, Woo created an institution, including a top-ranked Business School, known as the HKUST Business School.

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