Dr Rainbow Cheung

As an alumnus of HKUST and PCMS, I am moved to reflect on the life and legacy of Professor Chia-Wei Woo, the founding president of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

Here would like to share his son, Professor De Kai Woo, a touching tribute that highlights his father’s extraordinary foresight and moral courage:

My father’s memoirs—洋墨水 (age 17–28), 紅墨水 (age 28–41), 玻璃天花板 (age 41–50), and 同創香港科技大學 (age 50 on)—reveal his clear visionary foresight and dedication to doing the right thing, even when the conventional wisdom surrounding him was advising against it. His inspiring adherence to this principle demonstrates what it takes to be a true trailblazer. His mantra “create, don’t replicate” has been my lifelong North Star.

即使有時他的理想與傳統觀念背道而馳，他卻始終身體力行，致力實踐自己的原則，充分展現一名開拓者的風範。他的座右銘「創造而不複製」，一直是我人生的北極星。

My father—a paragon of education, peace, and humanitarianism—passed onto us an ingrained sense of obligation to seek out the crucial, difficult societal problems that others might not otherwise tackle.

作爲教育、和平和人道主義的典範，父親向我們灌輸了一種責任感，讓我們敢於發掘一些真正重要卻艱巨、别人或許無法解決的社會問題，任重而道遠。

Thank you for all you taught us, 爸爸. We will do all we can to continue your values of humanitarianism and peace through teaching as many humans as possible. 

https://memorial.hkust.edu.hk/memorial