Press Release

(Hong Kong – 27 May 2014) The Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education (HKAGE) is delighted to announce that Professor Ng Tai Kai has been appointed as its new Executive Director. Professor Ng, a pioneer of gifted education who has earned a high reputation in the education field, will take up his new post on 1 June 2014.

Professor Ng was appointed as the Associate Dean of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2004. Since 2010, he has also served as the Director of the HKUST’s Centre for the Development of the Gifted and Talented. He is also a member of the Curriculum Development Council (CDC) Committee on Gifted Education. He has spared no effort to promote the development of gifted education in Hong Kong and provide local gifted students with a comprehensive range of dedicated courses to help them reach their potential and broaden their horizons.

As a physicist, Professor Ng has made remarkable achievements in his field. In 1993, he received an Honourable Mention in the Achievement in Asia Award of the Overseas Chinese Physics Association. In 2000 and 2002, he was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society and awarded the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship respectively. Besides academic research, he has also been dedicated to primary and secondary education, making invaluable contributions to improve the quality of science education in Hong Kong. For instance, he has collaborated with the Education Bureau to organise teacher training programmes and develop physics teaching materials, as well as served as a member of the Curriculum Development Council Committee on Science Education.

The HKAGE wishes Professor Ng every success on his new appointment, and believes that he will lead the Academy to foster the development of gifted education and continue its contribution to Hong Kong’s education.

Mr Frederick LAM Yun Fu, Chairman, The HKAGE, welcomed Professor NG Tai Kai as the new Executive Director.