Dr Simon T M Ng is Principal Head of General Education and Research at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.  

Simon holds an LLB from the City University of Hong Kong, an MPhil in Government and Public Administration, and a PhD in Laws from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he received the CUHK Young Scholars Thesis Award in 2017.   

Prior to joining the Academy, Simon served at The University of Hong Kong for more than 23 years, concluding his service at the end of 2023.  With three decades of experience across higher education, continuing and professional education, and transnational education, he has served as a teacher, researcher, programme leader, and academic head. An interdisciplinary legal scholar, Dr Ng’s research and publications span constitutional jurisprudence, rights, legal culture, and disability studies. He has published over 13 journal papers and book chapters, three sets of textbooks, and numerous newspaper articles, and involved in research projects funded by the Research Grants Council and teaching development projects by the University of Hong Kong, and the University of London.  He is often invited to speak in seminars and training sessions locally and internationally. 

Simon is an Honorary Research Associate with the Faculty of Education (since 2020) and a Visiting Fellow with the Centre for Comparative and Public Law (since 2024) at the University of Hong Kong. He is a founding Executive Editor (Book Reviews) of the International Journal of Disability and Social Justice (since 2021), and from 2014 to 2016 served as an international trainer for the Harvard Law School Project on Disability at the Harvard Shanghai Center.  A passionate advocate for disability equality and inclusion, Simon advances this work through scholarship, education, community engagement, social services, and the arts.  

Simon is actively engaged in community service. He co founded an international secondary school and served on its board for more than seven years. He works closely with disability communities, including serving as an appointed member of the governing and advisory bodies of charitable organisations, and contributes to the governance of inclusive arts and community cultural development organisations. He is also an amateur sketcher and painter.