Joseph Wong Wing-ping GBS, JP (Hong Kong language: 王永平; born 25 July 1948) was the Secretary for Education Department, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology and the Secretary for the Civil Service in Hong Kong.
Joseph Wong Wing-ping GBS, JP | |
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王永平 | |
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| Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology | |
| In office 24 January 2006 – 30 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | John Tsang |
| Secretary for the Civil Service | |
| In office 1 August 2000 – 24 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Lam Woon-kwong |
| Succeeded by | Denise Yue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 25, 1948 British Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | The University of Hong Kong University of Oxford |
| Occupation | Professor at the City University of Hong Kong |
Wong completed his secondary school education at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, an eminent all-male Roman Catholic Jesuit school in Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1969. He also attended a one-year postgraduate course at the University of Oxford in 1974 and an eight-week Executive Program at Stanford University in 1989.
Wong is a career civil servant and was previously Hong Kong's permanent representative to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). He has also been a professor at the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[1]
He continues to provide public commentary through opinion pieces in local media, such as South China Morning Post, Hong Kong Economic Journal and EJ Insight.[2]
References
edit- ^ Asia Times. "Asia Times." Hong Kong deputies disappoint Retrieved on 2008-06-21.
- ^ Why Tung, Tsang and Leung all failed in governance, Joseph Wong Wing-ping, EJ Insight, 17 Jun 2015