Katherine Ng
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Katherine Ng | |
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Political Assistant for the Financial Services and the Treasury | |
Assumed office 14 August 2008 | |
Secretary | Prof. Ka-keung Chan |
Undersecretary | Julia Leung |
Personal details | |
Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Singapore |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge University of Law |
Katherine Ng Kit Shuen (伍潔鏇), born in 1974, was the Political Assistant to the Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury of Hong Kong.
Early life and education
[edit]Ng was born in Singapore and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 3. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law from the University of Cambridge, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law in London, and a Master of Arts Degree in Law from the University of Cambridge. She qualified as a solicitor in the UK and Hong Kong in 1998 and 1999 respectively.[1]
Career
[edit]Ng worked for Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong from 2005 as the Director of its legal department. She has served at Linklaters' offices in London and Hong Kong, and was a Compliance Officer in Donald Tsang's election campaign for the Chief Executive of HKSAR.
Ng was appointed as a political assistant on 22 May 2008 by Donald Tsang. She is appointed under the expanded political appointment system on non-civil service terms for the term ending 30 June 2012.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Ng is a Singaporean citizen and Hong Kong permanent citizen. She said she will not renounce her Singaporean citizenship.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "CE appoints Political Assistants (with photos)". www.info.gov.hk.
- ^ "Political appointees disclose salaries". Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
- ^ "The Standard - Hong Kong's First FREE English Newspaper".