Frank Ho-Asjoe was born in 1933 and raised in Hong Kong, where he studied at Wah Yan College during 1946–51. After completing his secondary education, he entered the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Canada. Initially enrolled in the School of Medicine, he later switched to the Faculty of Architecture, a decision influenced by formative visits to major North American cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, which sparked his vision for 'changing the cities of the East’. Ho-Asjoe earned his bachelor's degree in 1958 and subsequently worked in Canada for a year, before relocating to the United Kingdom to undertake the postgraduate course at the Department of Tropical Architecture at the Architectural Association in 1959–60. Soon after, he became an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (ARIBA) in 1960, and a Member of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (MRAIC) in 1961. Upon his return to Hong Kong, Ho-Asjoe commenced his career in civil service as an Architect within the Public Works Department in 1962. Among his early contributions was his role as Project Architect for the Lantao Open Prison (also known as the Tong Fuk Short Term Open Prison), which was completed in 1966. In addition to his government duties, he served as a consultant for the expansion scheme of the Kowloon Tong Garden City Association Club in 1970. By the 1970s, Ho-Asjoe had advanced to the position of Chief Architect within the Architectural Division of the Public Works Department of the Hong Kong Government. Frank Ho-Asjoe passed away in 2019 at the age of 86.

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