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Szeto Wai, CBE, JP (Chinese: 司徒惠; 10 April 1913 – 24 July 1991) was a Hong Kong engineer and architect. He was responsible for the design and construction of many buildings of the Chinese University of Hong Kong when he was the university architect from 1963 to 1978, and became known as the "constructor of the CUHK". He was also an unofficial member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council.

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rdfs:label	Szeto Wai (en) 司徒惠 (zh)
rdfs:comment	Szeto Wai, CBE, JP (Chinese: 司徒惠; 10 April 1913 – 24 July 1991) was a Hong Kong engineer and architect. He was responsible for the design and construction of many buildings of the Chinese University of Hong Kong when he was the university architect from 1963 to 1978, and became known as the "constructor of the CUHK". He was also an unofficial member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council. (en) 司徒惠，CBE，JP（英語：Szeto Wai，1913年4月10日－1991年7月24日），香港工程師和建築師，1963年至1978年擔任香港中文大學建築師，1964年至1974年及1970年至1976年分別嘗任立法局和行政局非官守議員。司徒惠在1948年來港前，曾於1938年至1945年在英國深造和工作，以及在1945年至1948年受國民政府邀請參與重慶和粵北的水利工程。他在香港設計了不少建築物，當中包括香港房屋協會旗下的明華大廈、觀龍樓和樂民新村、以及香港大學等，後期他又主持了廣州花園酒店的設計工作。在香港中文大學建築師任內，司徒惠一手擘劃中文大學新校址的佈局和設計，校內不少早期的重要建築物如、大學行政樓、大學科學館及新翼、大學圖書館、聯合書院整個校園、新亞書院人文館和其他建築等，都是出自他的手筆。由他設計的「君子塔」和「淑女塔」水塔、惠園、以及由他贈送中大校方的朱銘雕塑「門」等，更是中大校園內的地標之一。除了建築工作，司徒惠也嘗任行政立法兩局非官守議員，並在1967年至1974年任交通諮詢委員會主席。為表彰他對香港工程和建築界、在社會公職、以至是對籌劃中大校園等各方面的表現，他屢獲英廷授勳，也分別在1975年和1978年獲港大和中大頒授榮譽博士學位。 (zh)
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name	Szeto Wai (en)
birth place	Republic of China (1912–1949) Kwantung
death place	Paris, France (en)
death date	1991-07-24 (xsd:date)
birth place	Republic of China (1912–1949) Kwantung
birth date	1913-04-10 (xsd:date)
dcterms:subject	Engineers from Guangdong 1913 births Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong People from Kaiping 1991 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Hong Kong architects Hong Kong civil servants Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong Chinese architects Hong Kong painters Hong Kong engineers Painters from Guangdong Politicians from Guangdong
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	David Trench Republic of China (1912–1949) Engineers from Guangdong Order of the British Empire 1913 births Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong Legislative Council of Hong Kong People from Kaiping 1991 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Hong Kong architects Hong Kong civil servants Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong Chinese architects Hong Kong painters Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong engineers St. John's University, Shanghai St. Paul's College, Hong Kong Kwantung Painters from Guangdong Justice of Peace Executive Council of Hong Kong Politicians from Guangdong Murray MacLehose Unofficial member
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alma mater	St. John's University, Shanghai St. Paul's College, Hong Kong
birth date	1913-04-10 (xsd:date)
children	4 (xsd:integer)
death date	1991-07-24 (xsd:date)
honorific suffix	Order of the British Empire Justice of Peace
native name lang	zh-hk (en)
occupation	Engineer and architect (en)
office	Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong (en) Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (en)
term end	1976 (xsd:integer) 1974-06-19 (xsd:date)
term start	1964-08-19 (xsd:date) 1972-07-01 (xsd:date)

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