Other Board Members

Dr Raymond Cheng

DipCrimJust PgC(Corruption Studies) MBA MS(Criminal Justice Admin)
AdvDip(Comp) CAGS PhD Engineering Management
FSS FHKQMA FHKIoD SrMIIE SrMSME
MHKPAA MHKLA PLog(Canada)

Managing Director
Director for E-Commerce and Strategic Information Services

Dr Cheng is the Managing Director of the company. He leads the company's e-commerce and strategic information services division as well as the OEM product research team. With knowledge and extensive experience in e-commerce, supply chain management, Internet crime, loss prevention analysis, statistics and modelling, he guides the team to turn ideas into products and services, secure trading platforms, and practical business solutions for clients. He defines strategic priorities, business foci and technical directions for the group.

Social and political affiliations

Apart from business, Dr Cheng participated in various kinds of social and economic research projects since 1990. In Spring 1995 he joined the Hong Kong Liberal Party and conducted political research projects, mostly focussing upon the future ideological structure of the Hong Kong as well as the livelihood of the people. He also carried out projects with particular emphasis on the development of the economy of Hong Kong and on the socioeconomic effects of transport development.

In addition to socioeconomic research, he had served as researcher for a number of local legislative councillors before the handover of Hong Kong. He also served as business re-engineering consultant to a number of local and overseas corporations.

Knowledge-based research

On the academic side, Dr Cheng served as a research associate at the Hong Kong Lingnan College, Department of Computer Studies. His project at the college concerns that of Hong Kong's New Territories Northwest transportation and economic development - a project investigating Hong Kong's future transportation and economy growth.

Dr Cheng is also fond of ancient Chinese medicine, culture, its origin and history. His research started since 1995 and is now known as TCMBasics.com. The project is highly recommended by many practitioners and has become one of the standard references for students studying the subject.

Vocational training and development

Dr Cheng sees continuing education and training as the prime factor of a company's success. As a consequence, he sponsored and also taught for the company's incubation programme. The aim of the programme is to look for candidates with good potential in the MIS/IT field through technical and engineering training while offering them internships to work at the company's research and development centre in Dongguan Liaobu.

The project is endorsed by the Publicity and Education Office of the Liao Bu Township Government, Guangdong Province, China, and is supported by the Rotary Club of Peninsula Sunrise. The course intake in 2000 February was 60 and the programme now becomes part of the company's training and research division, Wyith Institute of Technology.

Public and community services

Dr Cheng is an active participant in public services. From 1997 to 2000, he was a member of the board of directors to the government-funded Hong Kong Museum of Site, MOST. MOST operates an installation and visual arts museum in Kat Hing Village, New Territories as well as managing the Shanghai Street Artspace Exhibition Hall in Kowloon. He is a sponsor and director of the Arts Development Consortium
of Hong Kong, a not-for-profit online art group.

He finds time to occasionally sponsor projects for religious bodies and local visual art groups.

Professional affiliations

Dr Cheng is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society UK,
Fellow Member of the Hong Kong Quality Management Association, as well as the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.

Dr Cheng is a Senior Member of both the Institute of Industrial Engineers and of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers USA. He is a Member of the Hong Kong Public Administration Association, Professional Member of the Hong Kong Logistics Association and is a Professional Logistician registered with the Canadian Professional Logistics Institute.

Dr Cheng is a Professional Member of the British Computer Society and of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers USA. He is also a licensed radio amateur in Hong Kong.