MHS first Clinical Psychologist??
 
T.K. Kang was born in Malacca in November 1957. He began his primary education in Bandar Hilir English School (BHES) from 1964 to 1969. He then studied in Malacca High School from 1970 to 1976 before pursuing his degree course in Clinical Psychology at University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, England from 1979 to 1981. 
 
He has worked in Hong Kong since 1982 and is currently a Student Counsellor at the University of Hong Kong.
 
The Lighter/Nerdy Side: The Nerdy Psychologist who is a little mad, bad and sad 
 
T.K. Kang is more than just a Clinical Psychologist. For more than 20 years he has been married to his obsession of technology for human empowerment. While working with people with disabilities in his earlier career he developed extensive knowledge and competency in deploying assistive technologies to empower people with visual, hearing and physically impairments. From 1988 to 1997 he modeled the way for computers equipped with modem for remote self-help and tele-work. He organised the yearly business-sponsored ITWeek "People with Disability Conference" 
event for few consecutive years from 1991-1994. This high- profile event increased awareness of many disabled people, the public,business and organizations to view disabilities not as a handicap, but as a challenge instead. His slogan "Disabled but not Handicapped: IT Helps" has inspired a new perspective in rehabilitation even till today. 
 
In 1994 his brainchild, HcUG (HK Computer User Group for People with Disabilities) won the HK Council of Social Service Outstanding Self-Help Group for its accomplishments. HcUG members who are disabled, worked on a number of IT projects for major organisations to promote home-based teleworking by people with disabilities. His innovation in merging technology and rehabiltation has won international recognition in international conference presentations. Coverage in local media has raised awareness of positive use of technology. His interests in computers and Bulletin Board System (BBS)/Internet technologies are self-taught. He left for Australia in 1995 and he continued to help organizations cope for the next revolution V the Internet. 
 
When he joined the University of Hong Kong as student counsellor in 1997 he worked extensively with young people, educators and organizations who were facing the challenges of the new digital revolution. Rather than focusing on negative elements associated with the Internet, he promoted a positive balanced approach to embrace this new level of "playing/working" field. He nurtured young people to channelize their energy and expertise to make differences for
themselves and others. Many IT- related projects were initiated to encourage students to contribute to the community. In HKU the IT students ambassadors actively play a supportive role in providing peer support. The rise of blog culture among young people is a new challenge. He understands well (as a blogger himself) the positive influence of the blog culture and have spoken about the issues in the media.
 
T.K. Kang has also contributed to the work of the Joint Committee on Information Technology for the Social Welfare (JCIT) for 5 years. Till today as part of his university community involvement, he gives valuable advice to help formulate IT development and use of Lotteries fund for IT investment and IT projects in the welfare sector.
 
Since the days of his high-profile disability work in the early 90s he has now taken a low-key approach to work with a new client group. One of his current goals is to nurture a new generation of students who understand the power of Internet to be dynamic and responsible leaders of tomorrow. His current work at the University provides exciting challenges ahead for him V learning from the new generation and helping them grow.