President’s Message

Welcome to Hong Kong Metropolitan University.

Effective from 1 September 2021, The Open University of Hong Kong (OUHK) has been renamed as Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU).

Founded in 1989, we have indeed come a long way to become a modern comprehensive university today with about 10,000 full-time undergraduates, 1,900 postgraduates and 8,700 part-time students. We tailor our professional programmes to market trends and industry needs, thus providing our students with clear career paths. Our signature programmes include areas in high demand, such as nursing, physiotherapy, creative arts, testing and certification, early childhood education, and corporate governance. Our efforts and achievements in providing professional education are evidenced by the largest share in the number of subsidized places under the Study Subsidy Scheme for Designated Professions/ Sectors (SSSDP) in Hong Kong.

Our faculty and staff ensure that students have a solid academic foundation and equip them with essential work skills and capabilities through internships, global immersion programmes, and collaborative initiatives with businesses. At HKMU, we conduct research that advances knowledge and enhances teaching, focusing on strategic areas that are uniquely relevant and beneficial to the development of Hong Kong and the region.

The HKMU Jockey Club Institute of Healthcare, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities, was officially opened in January 2021. With the addition of this brand-new third campus, HKMU offers an ideal environment for faculty, staff and students to interact.

The change of our title is undoubtedly a significant milestone marking our transformation and reflecting our current characteristics, strategic focuses and our unique positioning. It signifies our unique position in metropolitan Hong Kong and points to our aspiration in the 21st century.

Stay tuned to this website for our latest endeavours and exciting plans for the future.

Professor Paul Kwan-sing LAM
President

Biography

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Curriculum Vitae

Speeches

Biography

Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing

Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing became the President of Hong Kong Metropolitan University on 1 April 2021.

Professor Paul Lam studied for his Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the University of Hong Kong between 1979 and 1984. He was awarded a Commonwealth Scholarship in 1984 to undertake his doctorate study at the University of Sheffield in the UK. He took up a Postdoctoral Fellowship at King's College, the University of London, and then returned to Hong Kong to take up a lecturing position at City Polytechnic of Hong Kong in 1988. He subsequently held positions in a number of universities, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong (1990-1992) and the Victoria University in Australia (1992-1994). He joined the Department of Chemistry (formerly the Department of Biology and Chemistry) at City University of Hong Kong in 1994.

Professor Lam is a front-runner in the higher education sector in Hong Kong and is well-versed with academic development and university administration. Prior to joining the OUHK, he was the Executive Director of Special Projects, Jeanie Hu Professor of Science and Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry at City University of Hong Kong. During his long service at City University since 1994, he has assumed other management positions as Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education), Vice-President (Student Affairs), Chief-of-Staff and Director of State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution.

Professor Lam is a renowned scholar and expert in environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, and environmental risk assessment. Among his academic achievements, Professor Lam’s work in ecology and environmental analysis has raised environmental awareness and defined new sensitive analytical methodology for emerging chemicals of concern. He developed techniques for trace analyses of these chemicals in key environmental matrices, contributing to the international harmonization of analytical methods to address such concerns. By providing key evidence relating to the distribution and persistence of such chemicals, his research influenced policy and legislation globally.

Professor Lam was the author or co-author of over 400 publications in international refereed journals. He has been responsible for over 35 major government consultancy projects in the environmental field, including the assessments of risks to Hong Kong cetaceans and waterbirds from toxic contaminants. He was awarded the Natural Science Award (Second Class) in 2011, 2012 and 2019 by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 2008 and was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2014 by the HKSAR Government.

Curriculum Vitae

Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Doctor of Philosophy	1988	University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
Master of Philosophy	1984	University of Hong Kong
Bachelor of Science	1982	University of Hong Kong

AWARDS RECEIVED

Occurrence, Bioaccumulation, and Toxicities of Emerging Chemicals of Concern in Environmental Matrices, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2019 (as Principal Investigator)

Environmental process mechanism and quantitative structure-activity relationship study on emerging pollutants, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2012 (as Co-Investigator)

Geochemistry and risk assessment of perfluorinated compounds in the Chinese southeastern coastal region, Second Class Natural Science Award, Ministry of Education, People's Republic of China 2011 (as Principal Investigator)

Distinguished Alumni Award 2019, Faculty of Science, University of Hong Kong

Award, Silver Bauhinia Star, Hong Kong SAR Government (2014)

Member, HKSAR Justices of the Peace (non-gov), Hong Kong SAR Government (2008)

Visiting Fellow, National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology, Australia (1998)

Jackson Memorial Fellow, Griffith University, Australia (1998)

Croucher Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship tenable at King's College, London (1987-1989)

Commonwealth Scholarship tenable at the University of Sheffield (1984-1987)

'Highly Commended Talk' award for a paper delivered to the British Ecological Society in 1984

Swire Scholarship, the University of Hong Kong (1983-1984)

Postgraduate Studentship, the University of Hong Kong (1982-1984)

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

City University of Hong Kong:
2020-2021		Executive Director of Special Projects, Vice-President Level (Concurrent appointment)
2020-2021		Jeanie Hu Professor of Science
2005-2021		Chair Professor, Department of Chemistry
2013-2019		Chief-of-Staff (Vice-President) (Concurrent appointment)
2010-2020		Director, State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (Concurrent appointment)
2009-2013		Vice-President (Student Affairs) (Concurrent appointment)
2007-2008		Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education) (Concurrent appointment)
2004-2007		Associate Dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering (Concurrent appointment)
2006-2007		Acting Head of Department, Department of Biology and Chemistry (Concurrent appointment)
2001-2005		Professor (Reader), Department of Biology and Chemistry
1996-2001		Associate Professor (Scale A), Department of Biology and Chemistry
1994-1996		Associate Professor (Scale B), Department of Biology and Chemistry

Victoria University of Technology, Australia:

1992-1994

Lecturer, Department of Environmental Management

Chinese University of Hong Kong:

1990-1992

Lecturer, Department of Biology

City Polytechnic of Hong Kong:

1988-1990

Lecturer, Department of Applied Science

SUPERVISION OF HIGHER DEGREE STUDENTS

Master of Philosophy:		19 completed
Doctor of Philosophy:		50 completed; 5 in progress

CONTRIBUTION TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS

Editor-in-chief		Aquatic Toxicology (2020-present)
Subject Editor		Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (2014-present)
Associate Editor		Journal of Environmental Sciences (2015-present)
Member		Editorial Advisory Board, Environmental Science & Technology (since 2010)
Member		Editorial Board of Advances in Environmental Research (AER) (since 2011)
Member		Editorial Board of Environmental Chemistry (HUANJING HUAXUE)
Associate Editor		Chemosphere (Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment) (2004-2008)
Hon. Professor		Nanjing University, China
Hon. Professor		South China Normal University, China
Hon. Professor		University of Queensland, Australia
Visiting Prof.		National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan.
External PhD Advisor		Shantou University, China (2017-2019)
Member		Management Committee and Steering Committee of the Marine Ecology Enhancement Fund, Hong Kong Airport Authority (2016-2020)
Member		Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2005-2016)
Deputy Chairman		Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2009)
Chairman		Advisory Council on the Environment, HK SAR Government (2010-2016)
Member		Town Planning Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2006-2012)
Member		Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011)
Chairman		Marine Parks Committee, Country and Marine Parks Board, Hong Kong SAR Government (2005-2011)
Member		Marine Mammal Conservation Working Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2001-2007)
Member		Red Tide/Harmful Algal Bloom Expert Advisory Group, Hong Kong SAR Government (2004-2020)
Member		Management & Development Committee of the Mai Po Marshes, WWF Hong Kong (2001-2005)
Member		Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004)
Chairman		Management sub-committee, Wetland Advisory Committee, HK SAR Government (1999-2004)
Member		HKSAR Steering Committee for Research Themes under the Research Endowment Fund (2009-2017)
Member		Advisory Committee on Post-service Employment of Civil Servants, HK SAR Government (2011-2017)
Member		Independent Commission Against Corruption Operations Review Committee (2015-2020)
Member		HKSAR Witness Protection Review Board Panel (2015-2020)

EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS (AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR)

From Ministry of Science and Technology, Peoples' Republic of China:

Year	Source	Amount (in HK$)
2018	Research Projects funded by the Mainland Government “亞熱帶香港水域海洋與河口食物網中傳統與新興鹵化阻燃劑研究：富集特徵、營養轉移及源辨識” “Conventional and Emerging Chiral Halogenated Flame Retardants in Marine and Estuarine Food Webs in Subtropical Hong Kong Waters: Accumulation Profiles, Trophic Transfer, and Source Identification”	1,152,000

From Hong Kong SAR Government:

Year	Source	Amount (in HK$)
2017	Sustainable Fisheries Development Fund (SFDF) “魚排上建立示範及教育單位，展示商業上可行的循環海水育苗系統” “Establishment of a commercially viable recirculating system for rearing fish fingerlings: a demonstration project for public education”	3,778,880

From Municipal Government of Shenzhen:

Year	Source	Amount (in RMB)
2017	Shenzhen Innovative Technology Committee “Study on Ecological Thresholds in Urbanized Coastal Bay Areas”	2,000,000

From Natural Science Foundation of China:

Year	Source	Amount (in HK$)
2012	Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Grant Assessment and Characterization of Novel and Unknown Per- and Polyfluorinated Compounds in Pearl River and Yangtze River Delta	917,000

From Hong Kong Research Grants Council:

Year	Source	Amount (in HK$)
2012	NSFC/RGC Joint Research Scheme, Research Grants Council Pharmaceuticals in Municipal Sewage Treatment Works of China: Behaviour and Risk Assessment	815,701
2015	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Research Grants Council “Benthic and epiphytic toxic algae (BETA): An emerging threat to coral ecosystems in Hong Kong waters”	5,573,636
2009	Collaborative Research Fund (CRF), Research Grants Council “Algal Toxins: Development of Analytical and Bioassay Detection Methods and Assessment of Environmental Transfer in Marine Food Webs”	3,200,000
2016	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Environmental assessment of chiral pharmaceuticals in Hong Kong and its surrounding region: occurrence, fate and potential toxicological significance”	540,824
2014	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Conventional and emerging halogenated flame retardants in marine and estuarine food webs in subtropical Hong Kong waters: accumulation profiles, trophic transfer, and source identification”	683,570
2013	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Population trends, food sources, habitat use, and trace element exposure of marine mammals in Pearl River Delta: using teeth as biological time capsules for tracing environmental changes”	435,614
2010	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Measurement and assessment of novel halogenated flame retardants in waterbirds and marine cetaceans in Hong Kong”	462,000
2008	General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council “Distribution, accumulation, and trophic transfer of perfluorinated compounds, and total and extractable organic fluorine in an aquatic food web of a tropical wetland”	401,336
2007	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Measurement and assessment of perfluorinated compounds in waterbirds and marine cetaceans in Hong Kong”	685,937
2005	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Study of Perfluorinated Compounds and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in the Pearl River Estuary”	1,014,000
2004	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of the Transfer of Contaminants Accumulated in Fisheries Resources to Cetaceans in Hong Kong: A Novel Assessment of Bioavailability Using an In Vitro Physiologically-based Extraction Test (PBET)”	819,000
2003	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of Risk to Cetaceans along the South China Coast Due to Contaminants with Special Reference to the Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins”	841,000
2002	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Assessment of Risk to Ardeids in Hong Kong Due to Organochlorine and Organotin Contaminants with Special Reference to the Mai Po/Inner Deep Bay Ramsar site”	975,200
2000	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Biokinetics and biotransformation of PSP toxins in green-lipped and common fan mussels in Hong Kong”	823,400
1997	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Use of protein phosphatase inhibition assay for screening tumour-promoting toxins in aquatic systems: a colorimetric approach”	686,880
1996	Earmarked Research Grant (CERG), Research Grants Council “Sublethal effects of toxicants on the patterns of energy allocation and nutrient utilization of freshwater snails”	385,000

As a core member of the Area of Excellence Scheme “Marine Environmental Research and Innovative Technology – MERIT” under the University Grants Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region, China (Project No. AoE/P-04/2004). The total funding for a team of 23 local members and 5 overseas members is HK$45 million for 5 years (2004-2009).
As the Director of the State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution (2010-2020), which receives HK$ 10 million annually from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

CONSULTANCY

> 30 major consultancy projects, with total contract value of > HK$40,000,000, including:
“Provision of Consultancy Services to Develop Options for a Fisheries Monitoring Programme in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2019-2021)
“Fish Resources Study for the Proposed Marine Park in the Brothers Islands” for Highways Department (2012-2017)
“Provision of Services for the Technical Review and Statistical Analysis of the Datasets of Waterbird Monitoring Programme for the Deep Bay Area” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2012-2016)
“Assessment of Environmental Contaminants in Marine Mammals in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2008-2009)
“Study on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Local Waterbirds in Hong Kong” for Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (2006-2007)
“Independent Expert to Investigate the Alleged Claim of High Oyster Mortality in Deep Bay due to the HK-SWC Construction Works” for Highways Department (2004)
“Development of a Biological Indicator System for Monitoring Marine Pollution” for Environmental Protection Department (2001-2003)
“Consultancy Study on Fisheries and Marine Ecological Criteria for Impact Assessment” for Agriculture and Fisheries Department (1999-2001)
“Environmental Impact Assessment on the Construction of a Large Thermal Power Station (approx. 5000 MW) at Black Point” for China Light and Power Company (1991)
“Environmental Impact of Marine Fish Culture Industry in Hong Kong” for Hong Kong Government (1989-1990)

PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLICATION METRICS

ISI Web of Knowledge: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9121-2008
Scopus: http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7202365776
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=R6tv7rUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

Speeches

Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing

2021.9.14		2021 Inauguration Ceremony for New Students
2021.9.1		Launch Ceremony of Hong Kong Metropolitan University
2021.8.27		香港公開大學2020-21年度獎助學金頒授典禮 (in Chinese only)
2021.7.16		Opening Ceremony of the Summer School for Global Leadership 2021, The HKFYG Jockey Club School of Global Leadership
2021.6.3		「香港劏房家庭對過渡性房屋的看法研究（第一階段）」研究結果發布會 (in Chinese only)
2021.5.28		「百年歷史·當代中國」歷史文化知識競賽 (in Chinese only)
2021.5.21		第一屆華文創意寫作與跨媒體實踐國際研討會 (in Chinese only)
2021.5.18		The Installation of Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing, the 6^th President of The Open University of Hong Kong

Media articles and interviews

Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing

2021.9.5	RTHK	舊日的足跡 – 香港都會大學校長林群聲(in Chinese)
2021.7.20	Wen Wei Po	小時貧窮靠苦學成才魚販之子成大學校長林群聲：草根憑獅山精神輸起跑圖強取勝 (in Chinese)