Charles Kuen Kao arriving at Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin in 2011. Photo: Edward Wong
Charles Kuen Kao arriving at Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin in 2011. Photo: Edward Wong
Obituaries

Hong Kong mourns passing of Nobel Prize winner and father of fibre optics, Charles Kao, 84

Physicist had battled Alzheimer’s disease for years and sought to raise public awareness of the illness

Charles Kuen Kao arriving at Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin in 2011. Photo: Edward Wong
Charles Kuen Kao arriving at Hong Kong Science Park in Sha Tin in 2011. Photo: Edward Wong