City University president will not renew his contract in 2023, becomes second top Hong Kong academic to leave in past two days
- The news that Professor Way Kuo will be leaving his post comes just two days after HKUST president Wei Shyy said he would be stepping down early
- City University’s vice-president, Matthew Lee, says there will be an international search for Kuo’s replacement
The president of City University of Hong Kong will not be renewing his contract when it expires in 2023, with the institution’s vice-president announcing an international search for his replacement.
The news that Professor Way Kuo, who has been with CityU for over 13 years, would be quitting as head of the institution came just two days after the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology revealed that its president, Professor Wei Shyy, would be stepping down 11 months before his contract was set to end.
Neither Kuo nor Shyy disclosed their reasons for leaving, or what they planned to do next.
City University vice-president Matthew Lee Kwok-on confirmed both Kuo’s departure, and the initiation of a global search for a replacement.
A City University council member, speaking on condition of anonymity, said governing council chairman Lester Garson Huang had announced the international search for the next president in the body’s last meeting, adding that word of Kuo’s impending departure had been circulating for a few months.