Donor
Ms Fiona Cheung, MH
Ms Fiona Cheung is the Chairman of Forest Zone Limited, a company with businesses ranging from real estate investment, stock and goods trading to entertainment production.
Ms Cheung is passionate about community service and philanthropic ventures. She previously served on the Po Leung Kuk Board of Directors and as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Yan Oi Tong. She was Founding Chairman and the first two terms Chairman of the Tuen Mun Fire Safety Ambassador Honorary Presidents Association, a council member of Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, and a member of Immigration Department Users’ Committee. At present, she holds public offices including the Convenor of the Standing Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Nanjing and an invited representative in All-China Women's Federation. She is also a member of the Joint Selection Committee of Po Leung Kuk, the Board of Directors of China Overseas Friendship Association, and the Election Committee of the HKSAR Government.
Truly loving our Country and Hong Kong, Ms Cheung is devoted to promoting Chinese culture and she spares no effort in supporting educational causes. She has contributed to educational institutions of all levels in Hong Kong and Mainland China. In recognition of her longstanding support for PolyU’s development, a lecture theatre at the Student Halls of Residence was named after Ms Cheung. To further promote exchange and to foster collaborations between her hometown Nanjing and Hong Kong, she founded the Nanjing (H.K.) Association in 2005.
Ms Cheung is currently Honorary Life Vice President and member of the Governing Committee of the PolyU Foundation. She is PolyU University Fellow and was previously the Co-chairperson of PolyU-University Fellows Association and a member of PolyU’s Student Development and Affairs Committee. She was awarded the Medal of Honour by the HKSAR Government in 2007, and was named an honorary fellow by Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Bay Area Economic and Trade Institute in 2021.
Appointee
Professor Wu Bo
Professor Wu Bo, Associate Head (Research) and Professor of Department of Land Surveying and Geo-informatics of PolyU, had developed great interest in surveying and mapping when he was an undergraduate. At graduate school, he decided to switch to explore photogrammetry and remote sensing. Later, he discovered the untapped potential of applying surveying and mapping techniques for space exploration. Since then, he has expanded his horizons from the earth to the universe, embarking on his alternative journey of space exploration.
After Professor Wu received his doctorate degree in photogrammetry and remote sensing from Wuhan University in 2006, he worked as a postdoc researcher at the Ohio State University in the United States and participated in the NASA-funded projects for Mars and Moon exploration missions. Since joining PolyU in 2009, he had developed innovative 3D topographic mapping and geomorphological analysis techniques which contributed to the landing site mapping and selection for China’s Chang’e-3, Chang’e-4, Chang’e-5 lunar missions, and the Tianwen-1 mission to Mars.
Professor Wu has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles in internationally renowned journals and conferences. He has secured research funding of over HK$20 million from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, including a RGC Research Impact Fund of HK$6.38 million.
For his outstanding academic achievements, Professor Wu was showered with numerous awards, including Special Merit Award and Gold Medal at the 44th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems, Talbert Abrams Award, John Davidson President’s Award from American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and Duane Brown Senior Award for Photogrammetry from the Ohio State University.
Professor Wu is a Council Member of Hong Kong Society for Remote Sensing, a Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors. He serves on the editorial boards of three international journals.
