- Katherine Ng
Katherine Ng Kit Shuen, born in 1974, is the
Political Assistant to the Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury of Hong Kong.Personal history
She was born in
Singapore and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 3. She holds aBachelor of Arts Degree in Law from theUniversity of Cambridge , aPostgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from theCollege of Law inLondon , and a Master of Arts Degree in Law from theUniversity of Cambridge . She qualified as asolicitor in the UK and Hong Kong in 1998 and 1999 respectively. [ [http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200805/22/P200805220190.htm CE appoints Political Assistants (with photos) ] ]She worked for
Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong from 2005 as the Director of its legal department. She has served atLinklaters ' offices in London and Hong Kong, and was a Compliance Officer in Donald Tsang's election campaign for the Chief Executive of HKSAR.Political Assistant
She 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.As a political assistant, she receives HK$163,960 per month, 55% of a bureau director's
salary . [ [http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/administration/080610/html/080610en01002.htm Political appointees disclose salaries ] ]Ng holds a
Singaporean passport and not a Hong Kong SAR passport. She said she will not renounce it. [ [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=67028&sid=19293866&con_type=3 The Standard - Hong Kong's First FREE English Newspaper ] ]References
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