A member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, Fanny Law has also worked in a broad range of senior government roles over more than four decades, including as the territory’s secretary for education and manpower.

Law joined the Hong Kong government in 1975, working in a variety of roles across several departments. She was the deputy secretary for the civil service, deputy director of the housing department, head of the chief executive’s office and commissioner for transport. After rising to director of education, she then became the education department’s secretary, a role she undertook from 2000-2006. She was subsequently commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption from 2006-2007, and chairman of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation from 2014-2018.

A deputy to the National People’s Congress, she has a Gold Bauhinia Medal and is a Justice of the Peace.

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