Luke Brander	Cathie Kueh	K.K. Lau	Martin Wan	Patsy Wong	Bryan Wong	Ma Lee Tak	Ken So	Sophia Lau

Dr. Cathie Kueh
(Former Senior Environmental Protection Officer,
Environmental Protection Department of HKSAR Government)
BA in Biology/Chemistry, MA in Microbiology (Western Michigan University)
PhD in Microbiology (University of Hong Kong)
MSc in Medical Microbiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London)

Fields of interest
Water quality monitoring, management, policy and legislation; environmental microbiology; marine microbiology; toxic chemical pollution

Dr. Kueh conducted early studies of water pollution in Tolo Harbour at the Marine Science Laboratory of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in the 70s. Her work included bacterial contamination of local oyster, mussel and clams, and shellfish purification using the UV depuration system. Between the late 70s and 80s, Dr. Kueh was senior lecturer at the then Hong Kong Polytechnic and carried out research on marine microbiology and water pollution.

In 1988, Dr. Kueh took up the position of microbiologist and principal scientist at the Scientific Services Branch of the then Sydney Water Board. In Sydney, Dr. Kueh was in charge of monitoring coastal beaches and rivers, and conducted pioneer studies of viral and bacterial pollution associated with deep ocean sewage outfalls and inland discharges.

Dr. Kueh joined the Environmental Protection Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government in 1991 working in the areas of water policy, management, legislation and monitoring. For many years, she had been managing and developing Hong Kong's monitoring programme for marine waters, bathing beaches, rivers and streams, as well as trace toxic chemicals and bio-indicators of aquatic health.