Who’s who of Hong Kong’s top officials awarded Grand Bauhinia prize on Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s final day

Twelve staunch supporters of outgoing Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying have been awarded Hong Kong’s top civic honour on the last day of his five-year tenure.

Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po and Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung were among the seven top political allies of Leung to be granted the Grand Bauhinia Medal, according to this year’s honours list gazetted on Friday.

Cheung is chair of the honours committee, but took no part in the decision of his own award, according to the government’s Protocol Division.

Other recipients of the top honour included Executive Council members Laura Cha Shih May-lung, Professor Arthur Li Kwok-cheung, and Ip Kwok-him of Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), and Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, head of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks.