The "soul" of Tsing Ma bridge - Lau Ching Kong

Lau Ching Kong was born in September 1942, Guangdong Taishan. He finish his degree in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and received his master degree of bridge construction in Surrey University. He have been called as “king of bridge” in Hong Kong construction industry and he has worked on more than a hundred of engineering designs or constructions in his career. He was the Chief engineer for the Tsing Ma Bridge project in Hong Kong, Director of Civil Engineering Department and consultant engineer of Hong Kong Disneyland project. Currently, he is the president of the Hong Kong Institute of Highway, China Highway Association and a part-time professor at Tsinghua University, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences and other duties.

In 1969, Lau was sent to England in order to do a master degree of bridge construction. After that he is back to Hong Kong. In September 1996, Lau became the Deputy Director of the Hong Kong Highways Department. He was the first to receive a Ph.D. from Tsinghua University in Hong Kong. In May 1997, under the auspices of Dr Lau, the Tsing Ma Bridge project is completed. It is the world's longest dual carriageway railway bridge, which can be used under typhoon climate in large span Suspension Bridge. This bridge building won many domestic and international awards like "British architectural award."1997 and "Top Ten Construction Achievements of the 20th century." in 1999U.S.
In the Tsing Ma bridge project, he is the man in charged. He have to check and manage the whole process of construction and do the quality control. Besides, he do site visit frequently for checking the bridge. If any problem is found, he have to organize and fix it.