Rita Lau

{{Short description|Hong Kong civil servant}} {{family name hatnote|1=[[Lau (surname)|Lau]] (''née'' [[Ng (name)|Ng]])|2=Rita Lau|3=(Lau)-Ng Wai-lan|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Use British English|date=February 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder |name=Rita Lau |honorific_suffix={{post-nominals|country=HKG|GBS|JP}} |native_name = {{nobold|劉吳惠蘭}} |native_name_lang = zh-hk |image=File:Rita Lau.jpg |birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1953|5|8}} |birth_place=[[British Hong Kong]] |party=None |alma_mater=[[University of Hong Kong]] |office=[[Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development]] |term_start=12 July 2008 |term_end=12 April 2011 |predecessor=[[Frederick Ma]] |successor=[[Gregory So]] |1blankname=Chief Executive |1namedata=[[Donald Tsang]] }} {{Infobox Chinese |t=劉吳惠蘭 |s=刘吴惠兰 |j=lau4 ng4 wai6 laan4 |p=Liú Wú Huèilán |first=t }} '''Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan''' {{post-nominals|country=HKG|GBS|JP}} (born 8 May 1953) is a [[Hong Kong]] former civil servant. She was appointed [[Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development]] in July 2008 after her predecessor [[Frederick Ma]] resigned for health reasons.<ref name=Rita/> Coincidentally, ill-health also forced her resignation from this position on 8 April 2011, following an operation to remove a colon tumour.<ref>[http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201104/08/P201104080230.htm CE's Statement, 8 April 2011]. Retrieved on 8 April 2011.</ref>

== Civil Service ==

Mrs Lau joined as Hong Kong Civil Service in 1976. She has served in various [[Government agency|bureaux]] and [[Ministry (government department)|departments]] in the government. She was Deputy Secretary for [[Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau|Information Technology and Broadcasting]] (1998), Director of [[Urban Services Department|Urban Services]] (1999), Director of [[Food and Environmental Hygiene Department|Food and Environmental Hygiene]] (2000), Permanent Secretary for the [[Environment, Transport and Works Bureau|Environment, Transport and Works]] ([[Environment (biophysical)|Environment]] and Transport) (July 2002–January 2004)<ref>{{cite web|title=Rita Lau takes up new post|url=http://archive.news.gov.hk/isd/ebulletin/en/category/administration/040429/html/040429en01004.htm|website=Admin & Civic Affairs|publisher=Hong Kong's Information Services Department|accessdate=9 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> and Permanent Secretary for [[Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau|Housing, Planning and Lands]] ([[Planning]] and Lands) (May 2004–July 2007), and Permanent Secretary for [[Commerce and Economic Development Bureau|Commerce and Economic Development]] (Communications and Technology) (July 2007–July 2008).<ref name=Rita>{{cite web|title=Rita Lau appointed commerce bureau chief|url=http://archive.news.gov.hk/isd/ebulletin/en/category/administration/080712/html/080712en01002.htm|website=Admin & Civic Affairs|publisher=Hong Kong's Information Services Department|accessdate=9 May 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Appointments of Permanent Secretaries (with photos)|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200706/25/P200706250201.htm|website=Admin & Civic Affairs|publisher=Hong Kong's Information Services Department|accessdate=9 May 2017}}</ref> She trained at [[Tsinghua University]] in Beijing between January and April, 2004.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

She has been Chairman of the [[Public Service Commission (Hong Kong)|Public Service Commission]] since May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=HKSAR Precedence List|url=http://www.protocol.gov.hk/images/eng/precedence/prelist.pdf|website=Protocol Division Government Secretariat|accessdate=10 May 2017|pages=18|date=May 2017|archive-date=22 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622171213/http://www.protocol.gov.hk/images/eng/precedence/prelist.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References == *Precedence information sourced from the Government's May 2017 HKSAR Precedence List. {{reflist}}

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100905152948/http://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/po/sced.htm Mrs Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan, JP, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development]

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before= [[Frederick Ma]]}} {{s-ttl|title= [[Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development]]|years=2008–2011}} {{s-aft|after = [[Gregory So]]}} {{s-gov}} {{s-bef|before= Francis Ho Suen-wai}} {{s-ttl|title= Permanent Secretary for [[Commerce and Economic Development Bureau|Commerce and Economic Development]] Communications & Technology|years=2007–2008}} {{s-aft|after = [[:zh:栢志高|zh:Duncan Pescod]]}} {{s-bef|before= [[Carrie Lam]]}} {{s-ttl|title= Permanent Secretary for [[Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau|Housing, Planning & Lands]] Planning & Lands|years=2004–2007}} {{s-aft|after = Raymond Young Lap-moon}} {{s-new|rows=2}} {{s-ttl|title= Permanent Secretary for the [[Environment, Transport and Works Bureau|Environment, Transport & Works]] Environment & Transport|years=2002–2004|rows=2}} {{s-aft|after = [[:zh:郭家強|zh:Keith Kwok Ka-keung]] ''Environment''}} {{s-aft|after=Joshua Law Chi-kong ''Transport''}} {{s-prec}} {{s-bef|before = The Hon. Madam Justice Wong ''[[High Court (Hong Kong)#List of Current Judges|Judges]] of the [[Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)|Court of First Instance of the High Court]]''}} {{s-ttl|title = [[Hong Kong order of precedence]] ''Chairman of the [[Hong Kong Civil Service#Public Service Commission|Public Service Commission]]''}} {{s-aft|after = Ms Connie Lau Yin-hing ''[[Office of the Ombudsman (Hong Kong)|Ombudsman]]''}} {{s-end}}

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