New appointments unveiled for policy bureaus
The government announced the appointment of two undersecretaries and five political assistants to its policy bureaus on Wednesday.
The government announced the appointment of two undersecretaries and five political assistants to its policy bureaus on Wednesday.
Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee, former head of the University of Hong Kong nursing school, will become undersecretary for food and health.
Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, currently the principal assistant secretary for food and health, was appointed undersecretary for education.
Chan, 54, began her career as a nursing student at Queen Mary Hospital in the 1970s, before moving into the academic field. She is now research director of HKU’s nursing school.
Chan, an expert in health protection measures such as tobacco controls, will be deputy to Dr Ko Wing-man, head of the Food and Health Bureau.
Yeung, 49, was administrative assistant to Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing for more than four years before moving to the Food and Health Bureau in 2010. He is the first administrative officer to leave the civil service and become a political appointee in Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying’s administration.
The five new political assistants include veteran journalist and public relations consultant Carmen Cheung Sau-lai, who was appointed assistant to Chief Secretary Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor.