Research Areas:

• Malaysian Chinese History, politics, Culture, Study on Sim Mow Yu, Singapore politics, China-ASEAN relations, Administrative Reforms in Malaysia and Singapore

Awards/Honours :

· Publishing Grant, Bayi Teocheow Association, Selangor, Malaysia, 1974

· Japan Airlines Scholarship Award, 1976

· George Klein Memorial Scholarship Graduate Award for Special Scholastic Achievement, Department of Political Science, Western Michigan University, 1983

· Asian Foundation Award, 1984

· National Flower Award, by Malaysia Taiping Chinese Cultural Association, 2003. Citation: “Dr Ho Khai Leong has long been devoting his research on culture and history of the Chinese community. This award is given for the recognition of his outstanding works.”

· Reforming Corporate Governance in Southeast Asia: Economics, Politics and Regulations, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005. (Ho Khai Leong, Editor and contributor) was listed as one of the best sellers in academic books by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies Publication Unit in early 2006.

Publications

1. Shared Responsibilities. Unshared Power. The Politics of Policy-making in Singapore. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2003.

2. Mahathir's Administration: Performance and Crisis in Governance, Singapore: Times Books International, 2001. (Co-editor and contributor) Pp. 258.

3. China and Southeast Asia: Global Changes and Regional Challenges, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005 (Co-editor and contributor). Pp. 327.

4. Reforming Corporate Governance in Southeast Asia: Economics, Politics and Regulations, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2005. (Editor and contributor).

5. Rethinking Administrative Reforms in Southeast Asia, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Academic, 2006. (Editor and contributor).

6. Ensuring Interests. Dynamics of China-Taiwan Relations and Southeast Asia, Kuala Lumpur: Institute of China, 2006 (Co-Editor and contributor).

7. ASEAN-Korea Relations: Security, Trade, and Community Building, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2006 (Editor and contributor).

8. Connecting and Distancing: Southeast Asia and China in Perspectives, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009 (Editor)

9. Southeast Asia：Transition and Transformation, Wenzao University Press, 2019. (Co-editor).