Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang appointed the first batch of eight Under Secretaries to bolster the strength and capacity of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's (HKSARG) team under the political appointment system on May 20.
At the rank of Deputy Directors of Bureau, the new under secretaries are drawn from the finance, legal and medical professions, as well as academia and the media. One of them is an Administrative Officer.
“The appointments mark a key milestone in Hong Kong’s development of its political appointment system,” Mr. Tsang said.
Impressed by the commitment and passion of the new appointees to serve Hong Kong, Mr. Tsang was confident that they would work closely as a team with the bureau secretaries and the highly professional civil servants in implementing his policy blueprint and agenda.
The process for appointing additional political appointees is still under way. The government will make further announcements on the remaining posts of Under Secretaries and Political Assistants in due course.
The under secretaries are appointed under the political appointment system on non-civil service terms for the period ending June 30, 2012. The eight appointees are:
- Under Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development: Gregory So Kam-leung
- Under Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs: Raymond Tam Chi-yuen
- Under Secretary for Education: Kenneth Chen Wei-on
- Under Secretary for the Environment: Dr. Kitty Poon Kit
- Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury: Julia Leung Fung-yee
- Under Secretary for Food and Health: Professor Gabriel Matthew Leung
- Under Secretary for Home Affairs: Florence Hui Hiu-fai
- Under Secretary for Transport and Housing: Yau Shing-mu.
On May 22, Mr. Tsang appointed the first batch of nine Political Assistants of the HKSARG.
The Chief Executive praised the new appointees for their passion and commitment. He said he was confident that they would be able to assist the Secretaries and Under Secretaries of Bureaux and work closely with the highly professional civil service to better serve Hong Kong.
The Political Assistants are appointed under the expanded political appointment system on non-civil service terms for the term ending June 30, 2012. The Government will make further announcements on the remaining positions of Under Secretaries and Political Assistants in due course.
The nine appointees are:
- Political Assistant to the Financial Secretary Frankie Yip Kan-chuen;
- Political Assistant to the Secretary for Development Raymond Cheung Man-to;
- Political Assistant to the Secretary for Education Jeremy Young Chit-on;
- Political Assistant to the Secretary for the Environment Linda Choy Siu-min;
- Political Assistant to the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Katherine Ng Kit-shuen;
- Political Assistant to the Secretary for Food and Health Paul Chan Chi-yuen;
- Political Assistant to the Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui Ying-wai;
- Political Assistant to the Secretary for Labour and Welfare Zandra Mok Yee-tuen; and
- Political Assistant to the Secretary for Security Victor Lo Yik-kee.
The biographical notes of the political assistants can be found on the Web site [www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200805/22/P200805220190.htm]
Biographical notes on the newly appointed under secretaries can be found on the Web site [www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200805/20/P200805200121.htm].
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