Hong Kong’s Third Medical School Denies Poaching Veteran HKU Professor

School rejects talent-poaching allegations

Hong Kong’s third medical school has rejected allegations of talent poaching after recruiting a veteran haematologist who had served at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) for nearly three decades.

The school is due to open in the 2028-29 academic year.

The recruitment has drawn attention to competition for experienced medical academics as Hong Kong prepares to expand its medical education capacity.

HKU has urged the school to seek top scholars from overseas to avoid what it called “vicious competition”.

Leung outlines role in building school

On Wednesday, Professor Anskar Leung Yu-hung met the press at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in his capacity as the new medical school’s senior associate dean of medicine.

Leung described the opportunity to help establish the school as an unusual professional experience.

“The opportunity to be part of a team to [build] a new medical school from ground zero, with a new curriculum and a new ideation about how to train the next generation of doctors is a very exciting experience for me: it’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” Leung said.

Source: South China Morning Post