Profile of Hong Kong gov't official: Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor

    HONG KONG, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was appointed Saturday by China's Central People's Government as secretary for development of the third-term Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, on the nomination of HKSAR Chief Executive Donald Tsang.

    The following is Lam's brief biography:

    Aged 50, Lam joined the Administrative Service in August 1980, and rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2006.

    Lam has served in various bureaux and departments including the former Housing Branch, the former Office of Unofficial Members of Executive and Legislative Councils, the former Medical and Health Department, the former City and New Territories Administration, the former Security Branch, the former Survey Office, the former Securities Review Committee, the former Monetary Affairs Branch, the former Lands and Works Branch, the former Health and Welfare Branch, the Department of Health and the former Finance Branch (subsequently renamed Finance Bureau).

    She was Director of Social Welfare from August 2000 to October 2003, Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands) from November 2003 to May 2004, Director-General, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London from September 2004 to March 2006. She has been Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs since March 2006.

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