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Professor Emeritus Shue Tuck Wong, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University holds a B.A. (Augustana College), M.A. (Yale University), and Ph.D. (University of Chicago) | Professor Emeritus Shue Tuck Wong, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University holds a B.A. (Augustana College), M.A. (Yale University), and Ph.D. (University of Chicago) | ||
He is originally from Seremban, Malaysia. He has taught in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University since 1967. In 1976 he was seconded by the Canadian International Development Agency to the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok to teach quantitative analysis and human settlements planning in the Division of Human Settlements Development. He stayed at AIT teaching and supervising field research projects as a Canadian seconded faculty member till 1979. He returned to Simon Fraser University in the summer of 1979 and resumed his regular duties as a Professor of Geography. | He is originally from Seremban, Malaysia. He has taught in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University since 1967. | ||
In 1976 he was seconded by the Canadian International Development Agency to the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok to teach quantitative analysis and human settlements planning in the Division of Human Settlements Development. He stayed at AIT teaching and supervising field research projects as a Canadian seconded faculty member till 1979. He returned to Simon Fraser University in the summer of 1979 and resumed his regular duties as a Professor of Geography. | |||
At Simon Fraser University the courses he teaches include economic geography, population geography, political geography, resources development and urban transportation. | At Simon Fraser University the courses he teaches include economic geography, population geography, political geography, resources development and urban transportation. | ||
Professor Wong’s systematic research interests are in water resources management, statistical modeling, urban transportation issues and Third World regional development. His regional focus is China and Southeast Asia. | Professor Wong’s systematic research interests are in water resources management, statistical modeling, urban transportation issues and Third World regional development. His regional focus is China and Southeast Asia. | ||