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Hing Wong, FAICP

International DIrector
San Ramon, CA

Hing Wong, FAICP, is a former APA California Chapter President. Hing is currently the California Planning Foundation President, the APA California Northern Section International Director, the Asian and Pacific Islander Interest Group Chair, the Planner Emeritus Network Vice President-North, and the APA Florida Broward Section Vice Chair. In some of these positions, Hing raises funds for student scholarship and organizes international planning tours for planners.

Hing worked at the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for over three decades on regional and sub-regional planning issues in the San Francisco Bay Area. Projects included Plan Bay Area/Sustainable Communities Strategy, developing the Regional Housing Need Allocation (RHNA) methodology, analyzing and forecasting data for the ABAG Projections document, and preparing regional reports on housing, land use, and transportation issues.

Hing also teaches graduate planning courses at San José State University on geographic analysis, planning policies, and quantitative methodology. He helps students understand data by analyzing urban research methods and he prepares students to create/participate in neighborhood surveys relating to quality of life issues. Hing received a Bachelor in Geography: Urban/Economics at UC Berkeley and a Master in Urban and Regional Planning at San José State University.

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