- Member of HKPM Board
Mr Daryl Ng is Deputy Chairman of Sino Group, one of the leading property developers in Hong Kong and Yeo Hiap Seng Limited (SGX: Y03), a leading Asian food and beverages brand with over 120 years of history.
Mr Ng champions sustainability, and is a steadfast advocate of sustainable development of the community. He has been driving and actively participating in youth development, community services, green initiatives, innovation, heritage conservation, as well as arts and cultural projects to build a better community. He has set up the Hong Kong-ASEAN Foundation, Hong Kong Innovation Foundation and Hong Kong Community Foundation to support the long-term development of Hong Kong.
In 2008, the Ng Family set up the Hong Kong Heritage Conservation Foundation 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, was opened in 2012.
Mr Ng strongly believes in engaging the community. As a member of the Tai O community, Tai O Heritage Hotel builds close connection with the neighbourhood and contributes to the sustainable development of the local community. It is operated as a not-for-profit social enterprise with surplus used for maintaining the property. 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. Notable example includes the Award of Merit at the 2013 Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation organised by the UNESCO, becoming the first UNESCO-awarded hotel in Hong Kong.
His other cultural heritage projects include the restoration of the Great Wall and Yanxi Gong (Palace of Prolonging Happiness) in Beijing, The Fullerton Heritage in Singapore and The Fullerton Hotel Sydney in Australia.
Mr Ng’s major public services include:
- 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
- Advisory Council on the Environment, Member
- Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation, Member of the Board
- Our Hong Kong Foundation, Adviser
- Hong Kong Chronicles Institute, Council Member
- Estate Agents Authority of HKSAR, Member
- Employers’ Federation of Hong Kong, Council Member
- Mind Hong Kong, Member of the Board
- The Community Chest of Hong Kong, Director
- 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
- National Heritage Board of Singapore, Member
- Singapore Management University International Advisory Council, Member
Mr Ng holds a BA degree in Economics and an MSc in Real Estate Development from Columbia University. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Savannah College of Art and Design. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as well as the Hong Kong Metropolitan University.
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 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.
