Lily yam kwan pui-ying

Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying (任關佩英) GBS JP (born 1947) is a former Hong Kong politician.

Biography

Mrs Yam was born in Hong Kong in 1947 with family roots in Nanhai, Guangdong, the fourth of six children in her family. She attended Sacred Heart Canossian College till 1964 and then graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a BA in English Language and Literature in 1969.

Mrs Yam joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer upon her graduation in the same year. She has served in various departments and bureaux in her civil service career, including, ICAC, the Education and Manpower Branch, Civil Service Branch of the Government Secretariat, the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority, the Central Policy Unit and the Secretariat for the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service.

Before taking up her appointment as the Commissioner for the Independent Commission Against Corruption in April 1997, she was Commissioner for Transport between 1995 and 1997.

Mrs Yam headed the Environment and Food Bureau (which was later merged with the Health and Welfare Bureau to form the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau in 2002) between Janurary 2000 and July 2002 before her retirement.

Education

Mrs Yam graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1969 obtaining a BA in English Language and Literature and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1984.

Miscellaneous

Mrs Lily Yam is famous for being tough on her policies and sticks to them firmly. Especially during the avian flu breakout in 2001 [ [http://www.lifesavescience.org/Zoonoses/NewsFlu.htm NewsFlu [zoonoses ] ] . She has a nickname "鉄蝴蝶" which literally translates to "iron butterfly" in English.

She is also a member of Mrs Anson Chan's core group.

References

* [http://www.ansonchan.hk/index_eng.htm Mrs Anson Chan and her Core Group]