Sarah Liao

Dr. Sarah Liao GBS, MBE, JP
Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
In office 1 July 2002 – 30 June 2007
Personal details
Born	December 25, 1951 (1951-12-25) (age 59)[1]
Spouse(s)	Gordon Siu
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong

Dr. Sarah Liao Sau-tung, GBS, MBE, JP, FRSC (Chinese: 廖秀冬博士) was former Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and a member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong 2002. She was appointed to her post on 1 August 2002.

Biography

Education

Sarah Liao graduated from the Diocesan Girls' School and earned her bachelor's degree (chemistry and botany), master's degree (inorganic chemistry) and doctorate (environmental/occupational health) from the University of Hong Kong. She was also awarded a master's degree (analytical chemistry) by the University of Birmingham.

Liao is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and an Honorary Professor in Civil Engineering at the University of Hong Kong.

During her university years, Liao joined St. John's College as a residential member from 1970 and has served as the female sports captain from 1971-1972.

Professional career

Liao was the Managing Director of Greater China, CH2M Hill until 2002, when she was named Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works in August 2002 as part of or Tung Chee Hwa's Principal Officials Accountability System.^[2] On her appointment to the government post, there were concerns about her close links to the tobacco industry.^[3]

See also

• List of graduates of University of Hong Kong

References

1. ^ "香港行政會議成員列表" (in Chinese). Wikimedia. 21st October 2010. http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-tw/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E6%9C%83%E8%AD%B0%E6%88%90%E5%93%A1%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8. Retrieved 7 March 2011. 
2. ^ Cannix Yau & Michael Ng (25 June 2002). "Tung to critics: this may best team". The Standard. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=17946&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020625&sear_year=2002. Retrieved 2008-07-19. 
3. ^ Staff reporters ( 21 June 2002). "Tung delays naming new team". The Standard. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=&art_id=17854&sid=&con_type=1&d_str=20020621&sear_year=2002. 

External links

• Biography on Hong Kong Government's website
• HKU staff profile

Political offices
Preceded by Lily Yam as Secretary for the Environment and Food	Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works 2002 - 2007	Succeeded by Edward Yau as Secretary for the Environment
Preceded by Nicholas Ng as Secretary for Transport		Succeeded by Eva Cheng as Secretary for Transport and Housing
Preceded by Lee Shing-see as Secretary for Works		Succeeded by Carrie Lam as Secretary for Development

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