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Professor Liu Pak-wai |
Professor Liu Pak-wai received his AB from Princeton University, and MA and PhD from Stanford University. He is Professor of Economics, Director of the Institute of Global Economics and Finance, and formerly Pro-Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He was Registrar of the University and Chairman of the Department of Economics. He is currently Co-Director of the Hong Kong Economic Research Centre at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Vice-President of East Asia Economic Association. His research interest spans the fields of applied economic theory, economics of uncertainty, labour economics, executive compensation, Chinese economy and Hong Kong economy.
Professor Liu is dedicated to community service. He is a Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Monetary Research of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and a Non-Executive Director of the Securities and Futures Commission and Chairman of its Remuneration Committee. He is also a Member of the Commission on Strategic Development, the Aviation Development Advisory Committee, Provisional Minimum Wage Commission and the Independent Commission on Remuneration for Members of the Executive Council and the Legislature, and Officials under the Political Appointment System of the HKSAR. He was awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1999 for his “outstanding academic achievement and public service in Hong Kong”, and appointed Justice of the Peace in 2006.