Eva Cheng

Eva Cheng
鄭汝樺
Eva Cheng at the Diocesan Girls' School (DGS) 150th Anniversary Gala Dinner (2010)
Secretary for Transport and Housing
In office
1 July 2007 – 30 June 2012
Chief ExecutiveSir Donald Tsang
Chief SecretaryHenry Tang
UndersecretaryYau Shing-mu
Permanent SecretaryFrancis Ho & D. W. Pescod
Preceded bySarah Liao (as Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works)
Michael Suen (as Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands)
Succeeded byAnthony Cheung
Personal details
Born (1960-05-31) 31 May 1960 (age 64)
Alma materDiocesan Girls' School
University of Hong Kong (B.A.)
Eva Cheng
Traditional Chinese鄭汝樺
Simplified Chinese郑汝桦
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhèng Rǔhuà
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingzeng6 jyu5 waa4

Eva Cheng, GBS (Chinese: 鄭汝樺; born 31 May 1960, Hong Kong) was the Secretary for Transport and Housing and the chairman of the Hong Kong Housing Authority[1] in the Hong Kong Government.

She joined as a civil servant in the Administrative Service in 1983.

Cheng has served in various bureaux and departments in the government, including Deputy Head of the Central Policy Unit (1996–1998), Deputy Director of Administration (1997), Deputy Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting (later renamed Deputy Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology) (1998–2003), Commissioner for Tourism (2003–2006), and Permanent Secretary for Economic Development and Labour (Economic Development) (2006–2007).