Kevin Yeung

Kevin Yeung
楊潤雄
Yeung in 2023
Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism
Assumed office
1 July 2022
Chief ExecutiveJohn Lee
Chief SecretaryEric Chan
Secretary for Education
In office
1 July 2017 – 30 June 2022
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam
Preceded byEddie Ng
Succeeded byChristine Choi
Under Secretary for Education
In office
1 July 2012 – 30 June 2017
Chief ExecutiveLeung Chun-ying
Preceded byKenneth Chan
Succeeded byChristine Choi
Personal details
Born (1963-01-26) January 26, 1963 (age 61)
Hong Kong
Alma materWah Yan College, Kowloon
University of Hong Kong
RMIT University
Kevin Yeung
Traditional Chinese楊潤雄
Simplified Chinese杨润雄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Rùnxióng
Yue: Cantonese
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Kevin Yeung Yun-hung (Chinese: 楊潤雄; born 26 January 1963) is a Hong Kong government official. He is the current Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, serving since 2022.

He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Sciences and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia. He worked as an accountant in the private sector for seven years before joining the Hong Kong government in 1992 as an administrative officer.[1]

He served in various bureaux and departments, including more than four years as assistant to Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing. In 2010, he transferred to the Food and Health Bureau, and later served in the Home Affairs Bureau, the Kowloon City District Office, and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Sydney. He was promoted to Administrative Officer Staff Grade C in 2004. In November 2012, he was appointed Under Secretary for Education.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Under Secretaries and Political Assistants appointed".