Philip Wong

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title: "Philip Wong" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1938-births", "2021-deaths", "hong-kong-businesspeople", "delegates-to-the-9th-national-people's-congress-from-hong-kong", "delegates-to-the-10th-national-people's-congress-from-hong-kong", "politicians-from-quanzhou", "university-of-california,-berkeley-alumni", "california-coast-university-alumni", "recipients-of-the-gold-bauhinia-star", "businesspeople-from-fujian", "new-hong-kong-alliance-politicians", "members-of-the-provisional-legislative-council", "hong-kong-christians", "hk-legco-members-1991–1995", "hk-legco-members-1995–1997", "hk-legco-members-1998–2000", "hk-legco-members-2000–2004", "hk-legco-members-2004–2008", "hk-legco-members-2008–2012", "members-of-the-preparatory-committee-for-the-hong-kong-special-administrative-region", "american-people-of-chinese-descent", "members-of-the-selection-committee-of-hong-kong", "hong-kong-basic-law-consultative-committee-members", "hong-kong-affairs-advisors", "deaths-from-brain-cancer-in-the-united-states"] description: "Hong Kong businessman and politician (1938–2021)" topic_path: "law" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Wong" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hong Kong businessman and politician (1938–2021) ::

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Field	Value
name	Philip Wong Yu-hong
native_name	黃宜弘
native_name_lang	zh-hk
honorific-suffix	GBS
image	HK Olympic Torch Relay Legislative Council Sidelights 02 (cropped).JPG
caption	Wong in 2008
office	Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
term_start1	9 October 1991
term_end1	30 June 1997
predecessor1	New constituency
successor1	Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council
constituency1	Commercial (Second)
term_start2	21 December 1996
term_end2	30 June 1998
(Provisional Legislative Council)
term_start3	1 July 1998
term_end3	30 September 2012
constituency3	Commercial (Second)
predecessor3	New parliament
successor3	Martin Liao
birth_date
birth_place	Quanzhou, Fujian, China
death_date
death_place	United States
party	New Hong Kong Alliance (1990s)
occupation	Businessman
parents	Wong Ker-lee (father)
spouse	Josephine Tan (divorced)
Anita Maria Leung Fung-yee
children	Ian Joseph Wong
Kirk Landon Wong
Mark Nathan Wong
alma_mater	University of California, Berkeley (M.Sc.)
Southland University (J.D.)
California Coast University (Ph.D.)
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| honorific-prefix= | name = Philip Wong Yu-hong | native_name = 黃宜弘 | native_name_lang = zh-hk | honorific-suffix = GBS | image = HK Olympic Torch Relay Legislative Council Sidelights 02 (cropped).JPG | imagesize = | caption = Wong in 2008 | office= Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | term_start1 = 9 October 1991 | term_end1 = 30 June 1997 | predecessor1 =New constituency | successor1 = Replaced by Provisional Legislative Council | constituency1 = Commercial (Second) | term_start2 = 21 December 1996 | term_end2 = 30 June 1998 (Provisional Legislative Council) | term_start3 = 1 July 1998 | term_end3 = 30 September 2012 | constituency3 = Commercial (Second) | predecessor3 =New parliament | successor3 = Martin Liao | birth_date = | birth_place = Quanzhou, Fujian, China | death_date = | death_place = United States | nationality = | party = New Hong Kong Alliance (1990s) | otherparty = | occupation = Businessman | parents = Wong Ker-lee (father) | spouse = Josephine Tan (divorced) Anita Maria Leung Fung-yee | children = Ian Joseph Wong Kirk Landon Wong Mark Nathan Wong | alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley (M.Sc.) Southland University (J.D.) California Coast University (Ph.D.) Philip Wong Yu-hong, GBS (; 23 December 1938 – 6 June 2021) was a politician in Hong Kong who served as a member of the legislative council (Functional constituencies, Commercial [Second]), a deputy to the National People's Congress and vice-chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong. He was also a recipient of the Gold Bauhinia Star award.

Criticism

Academic credentials

On the Legislative council website, Wong was listed to have an M.Sc. degree from the University of California, Berkeley, a Ph.D. degree in engineering from the California Coast University, and a J.D. degree from Southland University.

Share market analyst and Hong Kong activist, David Webb, requested an investigation be launched to check for his possible improper academic credentials. Nothing has come from Webb's request.

The University of California credentials passed muster as well as California Coast University's. California Coast University's bulletin states that it "does not require formal, on-campus residence or classroom attendance" because it is an online-only school accredited by the DEAC. Wong did receive the engineering degree from California Coast University on 27 August 1984, nearly 21 years before the CCU was accredited by the DEAC in January, 2005 (and the PhD programs were dropped as a condition of the school's accreditation); however, California Coast University had full state approval of all academic programs from the State of California which made the degrees legal and academically legitimate nearly everywhere in the world. Southland University is no longer in existence.

Middle finger incident

During the July 2003 Article 23 march, Wong was filmed to be giving demonstrators the middle finger gesture. Hong Kong Canadian politician Albert Cheng asked in a meeting in October 2004 whether his middle finger gesture has been referred to a committee for consideration. Jasper Tsang, a colleague of Wong, replied that Wong had already apologised the previous day.

Death

On 6 June 2021, Wong died at the age of 82 after a six-month battle with brain cancer in a hospital in the United States. A memorial was held at AL Moore-Grimshaw Mortuaries Bethany Chapel in Phoenix, Arizona.

References

References

1. "澳門城市大學 - 商學院".
2. "Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Register of Members' Interests".
3. [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/Metro/GD20Ak01.html ''The Standard'' article "Legislator escapes probes"] {{webarchive. link. (2009-08-05 Retrieved on 24 December 2007.)
4. [http://legco.hk/yr04-05/english/hc/minutes/hc041015.pdf LegCo minutes re middle finger controversy]
5. (2021-06-09). "Ex-lawmaker Philip Wong, who stirred controversy amid 2003 security law battle, dies at 82".
6. (9 June 2021). "Former lawmaker Philip Wong, 82, dies of cancer". The Standard.

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