{"id":592,"date":"2022-01-13T23:40:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raypoon.hk\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2025-09-25T21:54:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:54:46","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/bio\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2512\" height=\"2512\" src=\"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/wp-content\/uploads\/site-images\/photo-Ray-Poon-portrait-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2091\" 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class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"biography\">Ray Poon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links has-normal-icon-size has-icon-color is-style-logos-only is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-e2259d88 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li style=\"color:var(--ast-global-color-0)\" class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-mail has-ast-global-color-0-color wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"mailto:raypoon@pathofdemocracy.hk\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path 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He currently serves as Assistant Director at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shkdi.cuhk.edu.hk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shanghai-Hong Kong Development Institute<\/a>, a joint initiative of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Fudan University. He is also Research Director at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/podresearch.hk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PoD Research Institute<\/a>\u00a0and Deputy Secretary-General at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gbatta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Think Tank Alliance<\/a>. His work bridges academia and policy, fostering cross-sector collaboration between universities and think tanks to translate research into impactful, real-world applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dedicated to cultivating future leaders in governance, Ray is the Executive Director of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pathofdemocracy.hk\/hkapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong Academy of Politics and Public Policy<\/a>\u00a0and formerly served as Convenor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yrc.hkfyg.org.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youth IDEAS<\/a>. He actively brings diverse community voices into the policy arena, striving to chart new directions for Hong Kong\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a community practitioner, Ray is committed to broadening public access to academic knowledge. He is Governor at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutionnetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EduTion Network<\/a>, Executive Director of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hkiacf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong (International) Aerospace Charitable Foundation<\/a>, and Advisor to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hkjsfaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong Joint School Foreign Affairs Association<\/a>. He designs and leads interdisciplinary public education initiatives that promote policy sciences and global literacy across all segments of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With a passion for youth empowerment, Ray currently serves on the Steering Committee of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youthspace.yot.org.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yan Oi Tong Youth Space<\/a>\u00a0and as Vice President of the Youth Committee of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iact.org.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">International Association of Chinese Traders<\/a>. He has previously contributed to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yesyouth.yot.org.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YES Youth Academy Committee of Yan Oi Tong<\/a>, the Youth Service Advisory Committee of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hkfyg.org.hk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups<\/a>, and served as President of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hk200\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong 200 Association<\/a>. Ray believes that young people who pour their heart and passion into serving Hong Kong will brush colour into the city\u2019s future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> He holds a BBA in Economics from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hkust.edu.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/a>\u00a0and an MSc in International Political Economy from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London School of Economics and Political Science<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u6f58\u5b78\u667a \u6f58\u5b78\u667a\u5c08\u6ce8\u65bc\u5340\u57df\u7d93\u6fdf\u767c\u5c55\u53ca\u5167\u5730\u8207\u9999\u6e2f\u95dc\u4fc2\u7684\u653f\u7b56\u7814\u7a76\uff0c\u73fe\u70ba\u5fa9\u65e6\u5927\u5b78\u2014\u9999\u6e2f\u4e2d\u6587\u5927\u5b78\u6eec\u6e2f\u767c\u5c55\u806f\u5408\u7814\u7a76\u6240\u52a9\u7406\u6240 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"normal-width-container","site-content-style":"boxed","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-592","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":74,"href":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2695,"href":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592\/revisions\/2695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raypoon.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}