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CUHK Medical Centre (CUHKMC) announces the appointment of Dr CHUNG Kin Lai as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CUHKMC, with effect from 1 August 2025, succeeding Dr FUNG Hong, who will be retiring and stepping down on 31 July. Dr Chung will assume the role of CEO-designate starting from 16 June to facilitate the handover with Dr Fung.

Dr Chung is a specialist in Emergency Medicine by background, and is an experienced senior executive with extensive experience in hospital management. Prior to his current position, he was the Cluster Chief Executive of New Territories East and Hospital Chief Executive (HCE) of Prince of Wales Hospital under the Hospital Authority (HA) since December 2022, overseeing 7 hospitals and medical institutions providing public health services to residents of Shatin, Tai Po and North District. Dr Chung has also served as the HA Director (Quality & Safety), leading various support services for the Government in areas including infection control, disaster emergency response, etc., as well as administering public hospitals’ quality & standards, patient safety, clinical incident management, etc. Dr Chung possesses substantial experience in hospital operation and medical services management, and has shouldered many other important roles including Consultant (Emergency Medicine) of Tuen Mun Hospital, HCE of Castle Peak Hospital and Siu Lam Hospital, and HCE of North District Hospital. 

The Board of CUHKMC welcomes Dr Chung as the new CEO of CUHKMC and wishes him every success in his new role. The Board also extends gratitude to Dr Fung for his contributions to the establishment and development of CUHKMC over the past 10 years.