Augustine Ong
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Tan Sri Augustine Ong Soon Hock is a Malaysian scientist, academic, and board member. He is internationally recognized in the field of lipid chemistry.[http://oxbridgemalaysia.com/members/agmmins2003.htm Minutes of the 41st Annual General Meeting of the Oxford and Cambridge Society of Malaysia, June 27 2003, The Green, Royal Selangor Golf Club] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050618083902/http://oxbridgemalaysia.com/members/agmmins2003.htm|date=June 18, 2005}}
Education
Hock graduated from the University of Malaya (BSc Hons, MSc) and King's College London (PhD in Organic Chemistry). {{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} He is a student of St. Francis Institution, in Malacca.{{Vague|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
Career
He was the Fulbright-Hays Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1966 to 1967. He spent a sabbatical year in the University of Oxford as the Visiting Professor at the Dyson Perrins Laboratory, 1976 to 1977.
Ong was serving as Dean, School of Chemical Sciences, and Universiti Sains Malaysia before joining the private sector where he was the former Director-General of the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM) from 1987 to 1989 and former Director in Science and Technology, Malaysian Palm Oil Promotion Council (MPOPC) from 1990 to 1996.
Hock has been the Chairman of the International Society for Fat Research (ISF) since 1997 and the President of the Malaysian Oil Scientists' and Technologists' Association, Senior Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry London and Fellow of the Third World Academy of Sciences.
He has been active in research and development since 1959, with experience in the chemistry and technology of palm oil. He has 14 patents in the technology of palm oil to his credit and published more than 380 articles.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
He was the founding editor-in-chief of Elaeis: International Journal of Oil Palm Research and Development and is still a member of the Editorial Board.
He played a significant role in the programme to counter the Anti-Palm Oil Campaign from 1987 to 1989. He has been invited to serve as a member of Research Advisory Panels on Cocoa, Forestry, Rubber and Petroleum as well as a member of International Advisory Council in Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman.{{cite web|title=UTAR International Advisory Council|url=https://utar.edu.my/International-Advisory-Council.php|website=Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahamn (UTAR)|date=20 December 2020}} He is Founder President of the Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) since 1986. He is also President of the Confederation of Scientific and Technology Associations in Malaysia (COSTAM) and Malaysian Oil Scientists and Technologists' Association (MOSTA). He serves on the Board of several corporate organizations including University of Malaya, Malaysian-American Commission on Educational Exchange (MACEE), Country Heights Holdings Berhad. He had served as Director, HSBC (Malaysia) since its incorporation till 2004.
Honour
=Honour of Malaysia=
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- 50px Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (J.S.M.) (1984){{cite web
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- 50px Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (P.S.M.) — Tan Sri (1992)
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Category:Alumni of King's College London
Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty
Category:Palm oil production in Malaysia
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Category:Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia
Category:Companions of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia