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Wai Chi Sing

Urban Renewal Authority (URA) Managing Director Ir Wai Chi Sing is an expert in civil and structural engineering. He holds a master’s degree in transportation engineering from Purdue University in the United States, with professional qualifications in civil, structural and geotechnical engineering.

Wai joined the Hong Kong Government in August 1980 and has served in the Transport Department, the Highways Department, and the former Environment, Transport and Works Bureau. He was the Director of Highways from November 2006 to June 2010 and Permanent Secretary for Development (Works) from June 2010 to April 2015 before retiring.

On 15 June 2016, Wai was appointed to his current position at the URA and, by virtue of holding that office, he is also the deputy chairman of the URA Board. He also serves as a director of the Board of the Urban Renewal Fund since July 2016.

What led you to pursue this career path?
When I was young, the most popular subjects at that time in Hong Kong were medicine and civil engineering. I decided to choose one of the popular subjects. I studied physics and mathematics, so I chose civil engineering. Of course, civil engineering is not a very popular subject nowadays, but that was not the case 40 years ago when I was making my decision.

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