Fanny Law

Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun
羅范椒芬
Non-Official Member of
Executive Council of Hong Kong
In office
1 July 2012 – 30 June 2022
Appointed byLeung Chun-ying
Carrie Lam
Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption
In office
31 October 2006 – 30 June 2007
Preceded byRaymond Wong
Succeeded byTimothy Tong
Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower
In office
1 July 2002 – 31 October 2006
Succeeded byRaymond Wong
Secretary for Education and Manpower
In office
3 July 2000 – 30 June 2002
Preceded byJoseph Wong
Succeeded byArthur Li
Personal details
Born
Fan Chiu-fun

(1953-02-24) 24 February 1953 (age 71)[1]
Hong Kong
Political partyNPP
SpouseLaw In-hong
RelationsHenry Fan (brother)
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong (BSc)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (MEd)
Harvard Kennedy School (MPA)
Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun
Traditional Chinese羅范椒芬
Simplified Chinese罗范椒芬
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLuó Fàn Jiāofēn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLòh Faahn Jīufān
JyutpingLo4 Faan6 Ziu1 Fan1

Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun GBM GBS JP[2] (Chinese: 羅范椒芬; née Fan; born 24 February 1953[1]) is a former non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. She was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.[3]

Law held the posts of Secretary for Education and Manpower (until 2002), and Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower (until 2006). In late 2006, she was appointed Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption. She resigned from the post following a government inquiry into interference with academic freedom at the Hong Kong Institute of Education while she was Permanent Secretary.[4] However the Court of First Instance held that Law did not violate the institute's right to academic freedom when she contacted academics directly.[5] The judicial review was allowed on 13 March 2009 but this did not affect the commission's findings with regard to their terms of reference.

  1. ^ a b http://cablenews.i-cable.com/reference/people/ref-people-gov-0088.html [dead link]
  2. ^ "Executive Council of Hong Kong SAR". Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Appendix to the 2017 Honours List" (PDF). Hong Kong SAR Government. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
  4. ^ Scarlet Chiang (21 June 2007). "Li cleared of wrongdoing by HKIEd commission". The Standard. Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2008.
  5. ^ SJ v Commission of Inquiry, Re Hong Kong Institute of Education, HCAL 108/2007