At the luncheon, PolyU President Professor Timothy W. Tong (second from right) and Dr Patrick Poon, Chairman of the PolyU Foundation (first from right) presented a souvenir to Mr Alex Wong and Miss Gigi Wong. Professor Tong praised Mr Wong for his long-standing support for PolyU, and thanked King's Flair for co-organizing with PolyU several product design programmes for students, which proved an eye-opening experience for the participating students.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) held a luncheon at Hotel ICON on 9 December 2014 to express its gratitude to Mr Alex Wong and Miss Gigi Wong, as well as the King's Flair Development Ltd, for establishing an endowed professorship in product design engineering. The incumbent of the endowed professorship will be Professor Alan Lau Kin-tak of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Dean (Industrial Relations) of the Faculty of Engineering. Mr Alex Wong is Chairman and CEO of King's Flair, while Miss Gigi Wong is Executive Director of the company.
The Alex Wong Siu Wah Gigi Wong Fook Chi Endowed Professorship in Product Design Engineering is the 10th endowed professorship since the launch of the Endowed Professorship Scheme in 2012. This endowed professorship represents a recognition of PolyU's achievements in product design engineering. It would help the University advance further afield in the education and research of product design engineering.
