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Joseph Wong

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Joseph Wong Wing-ping
GBS, JP
王永平
Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
In office
24 January 2006 – 30 June 2007
Preceded byJohn Tsang
Secretary for the Civil Service
In office
1 August 2000 – 24 January 2006
Preceded byLam Woon-kwong
Succeeded byDenise Yue
Personal details
Born (1948-07-25) July 25, 1948 (age 76)
British Hong Kong
Alma materThe University of Hong Kong
University of Oxford
OccupationProfessor at the City University of Hong Kong

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.

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

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  1. ^ Asia Times. "Asia Times." Hong Kong deputies disappoint Retrieved on 2008-06-21.
  2. ^ Why Tung, Tsang and Leung all failed in governance, Joseph Wong Wing-ping, EJ Insight, 17 Jun 2015
Political offices
Preceded by Secretary for Education and Manpower
1995 – 2000
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary for the Civil Service
2000 – 2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
2006 – 2007
Succeeded byas Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Wong Kin-pan
District Council Chairmen
Hong Kong order of precedence
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star
Succeeded by
John Estmond Strickland
Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star