Dr Daryl Ng, SBS, JP, is Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Innovation Foundation (HKIF).  He is also Founding Chairman of the Hong Kong Community Foundation, Chairman of the Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation, Director of the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, Deputy Chairman of Sino Group and Chairman of Yeo Hiap Seng Limited (SGX: Y03).

Dr Ng is a steadfast advocate of good causes for the betterment and sustainable development of the community. He actively participates in community services, green initiatives, heritage conservation, as well as arts and cultural projects to build a better community.

Dr Ng is keen to support Hong Kong’s development into an international innovation and technology hub.  He has founded the Hong Kong Innovation Foundation, a holistic innovation ecosystem encompassing a wide range of platforms to serve different age groups and sectors.  For instance, Go Code project provides complimentary coding classes for primary school students, and OC STEM Lab at Olympian City provides exposure to STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), Sino Inno Lab supports start-ups and technology companies by providing a sandbox platform and facilitating co-creation. He also directs investments in innovation and technology projects.

Go Code project, initiated in 2014, provides complimentary coding classes for students from underprivileged families to learn the essential skill.  The project has been well received, with the number of placements increased from about 20 in the first year to over 2,000 in 2019.

Dr Ng encourages proprietary innovations, notable examples include the patented and award-winning City Air Purification System (CAPS), the novel in-building hydropower system that generates electricity with unused waterhead in pipes and purification of food waste filtrate with micro-algae. The second generation of CAPS received Gold Medal at the International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva in 2019 and Green Good Design Award in 2021.  Under his leadership, innovations such as wind turbines, in-building hydropower systems have been installed in Sino Group projects like Grand Central, Park Metropolitan and The Avenue.

Dr Ng encourages collaborations with universities, such as the HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition and HKU DreamCatchers to foster next-generation innovative solutions, the HKIF Robotic Architecture Series with HKU to experiment robotic architecture.

Keen to foster creativity in young minds and helping Hong Kong to groom the next generation of scientists and inventors, Dr Ng has initiated the Hong Kong Science Fair for primary and secondary students to showcase their inventions.  The inaugural event, taking place in 2022, has attracted over 400 applications.

In 2008, the Ng Family set up the Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation (HCF) to revitalise buildings and promote the appreciation of heritage conservation. Tai O Heritage Hotel, converted from the Old Tai O Police Station, a Grade II historic building completed in 1902, through Batch I of the Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme of the Development Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), was opened in March 2012.

Dr Ng strongly believes in engaging the community in heritage conservation. As a member of the Tai O community, Tai O Heritage Hotel builds close connections with the neighbourhood, and contributes to the sustainable development of the local economy through the provision of employment opportunities, engagement of local service providers, use of local culinary specialities and providing complimentary daily docent tours.  Tai O Heritage Hotel has participated in more than 100 traditional festivities, cultural activities and community services while more than half of its workforce comes from Tai O or Lantau.

Since opening, the hotel has welcomed more than 1.7 million visitors from Hong Kong and around the world, and has received over 30 international and local accolades in recognition of its devotion to heritage conservation and engagement of the community.  Notable example includes the Award of Merit at the UNESCO’s 2013 Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, making it Hong Kong’s first UNESCO-awarded hotel.

Dr Ng spearheaded the Hospitality Young Leaders Programme in 2020, a meaningful initiative to nurture future leaders by providing comprehensive training in hospitality, eco-tourism and heritage conservation for aspiring local graduates, enabling them to experience Hong Kong’s rich history and unique traditions first-hand.

He is instrumental to the Spirit of Hong Kong Awards launched in 2013 in collaboration with South China Morning Post.  He serves on the judging panel of the annual award celebrating Hong Kong’s unsung heroes who have made a positive impact on others and inspiring many more.

The HKSAR Government awarded the Silver Bauhinia Star to him in 2021 in recognition of his contributions to the community, in particular his work on heritage in Tai O and overseas. He received the Jinghua Award from the Beijing Municipal Government in 2020 for his contributions to international cooperations and development of Beijing as a world-class city. He was honoured with the Insignia of Knight in the National Order of Merit by the French Government in 2021 in recognition of his contributions to heritage conservation and youth development.

Other major offices

• Sino Group, Deputy Chairman
• Yeo Hiap Seng Limited (SGX: Y03), Chairman
• The Bank of East Asia, Limited, Non-Executive Director
• Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation, Chairman
• Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, Director
• Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation, Director
• Hong Kong Community Foundation, Chairman

Public services

• Special Advisor to UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
• Global Leadership Council of Columbia University in the City of New York, Member
• The 12th and 13th Beijing Municipal Committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member
• The 14th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, Member of the Standing Committee
• The 10th and 11th Committees of the All-China Youth Federation, Member
• Hong Kong United Youth Association, President
• Chongqing Youth Federation, Deputy Chairman
• Financial Services Development Council Hong Kong Academy for Wealth Legacy, Member of the Board of Directors
• Council for Carbon Neutrality and Sustainable Development, Member
• Advisory Council on the Environment, Member
• Expert Group on Conservation for Sha Lo Tung of the Environment and Ecology Bureau, Member
• Culture Commission, Member
• Hong Kong Palace Museum, Member of the Board of Directors
• Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, Member of the Board
• Our Hong Kong Foundation, Governor
• Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, Council Member
• Estate Agents Authority of HKSAR, Member
• Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong, Council Member
• The Community Chest of Hong Kong, Vice Patron
• Hong Kong Committee for UNICEF, Member of the Council
• Hong Kong Management Association, Council Member
• The University of Hong Kong, Member of the Council
• The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Member of the Court
• Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, Director
• NUS Medicine International Council of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore, Member
• Singapore Management University International Advisory Council, Member

Qualifications

• Master of Science degree in Real Estate Development (Columbia University)
• Bachelor of Arts (Columbia University)
• Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters (Savannah College of Art and Design)
• Honorary Fellowship (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
• Honorary Fellowship (Hong Kong Metropolitan University)

Ms Nikki Ng is Deputy Chairman of the Hong Kong Innovation Foundation, Director of the Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation as well as Non-Executive Director and Group General Manager of Sino Group .

Ms Ng is a strong advocate of arts, culture and heritage. She initiated Sino Art in 2006 to support the local arts scene and furthered the efforts with the launch of Sino Art in Community in 2013. Sino Art has featured over 100 cultural programmes, curated events and hosted educational activities in collaboration with local and international artists.

Ms Ng also serves on the Board of the Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation, which converted the 1902 Tai O Police Station into the nine-room Tai O Heritage Hotel in 2012. This is to revitalise and maintain heritage buildings, and promote the conservation and appreciation of heritage and historical places. Tai O Heritage Hotel, converted from the Old Tai O Police Station, a Grade II historic building, through Batch I of the Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme of the Development Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong SAR Special Administrative Region, was opened in March 2012.

She is a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. She is a member of the General Committee and the Chairman of the Retail & Tourism Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce.

She is a non-official member of The Commission on Poverty and a member of its Community Care Fund Task Force and Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund Task Force. She is also a member of The Hospital Governing Committee, the Finance Sub-Committee and the Hospital Governing Committee Task Group on Enhancing Patient-Centric Services of Queen Elizabeth Hospital. She also serves as a trustee member of Ocean Park Conservation Foundation, Hong Kong and The Society for Panda Conservation.

Ms Ng holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University and a Master of Arts degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies, the University College of London.