Cheng Hon-kwan
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Cheng Hong-kwan GBS, OBE, JP |
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| 鄭漢鈞 | |
| Member of the Executive Council | |
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In office 1 November 1988 – 1991 |
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| Appointed by | Sir David Wilson |
| Preceded by | Chiu Hin-kwong |
| Succeeded by | Edward Ho |
| Member of the Legislative Council | |
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In office 30 October 1985 – 22 August 1991 |
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| Constituency | Engineering, Architectural, Surveying and Planning |
| Chairman of the Housing Authority | |
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In office 1 October 2000 – 1 April 2003 |
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| Appointed by | Tung Chee-hwa |
| Preceded by | Rosanna Wong |
| Succeeded by | Michael Suen |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 May 1927 Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Cheng Lam Shui-ying |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
Tianjin University (BSc), Imperial College (DIC) |
| Occupation | Structural engineer |
| Religion | Methodism |
Dr. Cheng Hon-kwan, GBS, OBE, JP (Chinese: 鄭漢鈞; born 16 May 1927) is a Hong Kong engineer and politician. He was the member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong in the 1980s and was chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Authority from 2000 to 2003.
Cheng was born in Hong Kong on 16 May 1927 and was educated in Beijing and Tianjin. He received Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from Tianjin University in 1948 and moved to Hong Kong. He joined the Hong Kong government as an assistant structural engineer to the architectural office of the Public Works Department in 1953.
He subsequently studied abroad in England and graduated with the Diploma of Imperial College in Concrete Structures and Technology from the Imperial College London in 1964. He returned to Hong Kong and became the chief structural engineer of the Buildings Ordinance Office of the Public Works Department by 1965. He retired from the government in 1977 and started his own consultancy office, H. K. Cheng & Partners, Consulting Engineers.
He is the fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Institution of Structural Engineers in the United Kingdom, American Society of Civil Engineers, and member of the Association of Consulting Engineers in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. In 1978–79, he was elected president of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers. In 2002. the Institution of Structural Engineers, United Kingdom awarded a Gold Medal to Dr. Cheng for his personal contribution in establishing structural engineering as a pre-eminent profession in Hong Kong.
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