Dr. Ng is a highly respected scholar in Buddhist studies and a prolific writer who has published twenty books on Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, philosophy of the Kyoto School and Western philosophy. He is among the extremely rare scholars in Buddhist studies internationally, who read literatures in Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese, English and German all at the same time, and yet deal with Buddhist religious issues with a strong background of philosophical analysis. His substantial contribution in this area has gained recognition in and outside of Hong Kong.