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Michael Suen Secretary for Education Incumbent Assumed office
1 July 2007Chief Executive Sir Donald Tsang Chief Secretary Henry Tang Undersecretary Kenneth Chen Permanent Secretary Cherry Tse Political Assistant Jeremy Young Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands In office
1 July 2002 – 30 June 2007Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa
Sir Donald TsangChief Secretary Sir Donald Tsang
Rafael HuiPermanent Secretary Thomas Chan & Rita Lau Secretary for Constitutional Affairs In office
4 August 1997 – 30 June 2002Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa Chief Secretary Anson Chan
Sir Donald TsangPreceded by Nicholas Ng Succeeded by Stephen Lam Secretary for Home Affairs In office
7 November 1991 – 3 August 1997Governor David Wilson
Chris PattenSecretary for Constitutional Affairs In office
1 March 1989 – 2 October 1991Governor David Wilson Succeeded by Michael Sze Personal details Born 1944
Chongqing, ChinaMichael Suen Ming-yeung GBS CBE JP (traditional Chinese: 孫明揚; simplified Chinese: 孙明扬; pinyin: Sūn Míngyáng, born 1944) is currently the Secretary for Education of Hong Kong.
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Education
Suen attended Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, a male-only Jesuit school in Hong Kong.[1]
Career
He joined the colonial Hong Kong Government in 1966 as an Administrative Officer and was promoted to the rank of Director of Bureau in January 1991.[2] During the early years of his career, he served in the former New Territories Administration, Resettlement Department and Environment Branch.[2]
He was appointed Secretary for Constitutional Affairs in March 1989 and Secretary for Home Affairs in November 1991.[2] He continued his post as Secretary for Home Affairs on July 8, 1997 and took up the appointment as Secretary for Constitutional Affairs on August 4, 1997. Suen took up the post of Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands on 1 July, 2002.[2]
Upon the resignation of Donald Tsang on May 25, 2005, he assumed the post as the acting Chief Secretary for Administration, until Rafael Hui was appointed. In July 2007, he took over the position of Secretary for Education after Arthur Li retired.[3]
Around 2007 he was known for pushing trilingual education with English, Cantonese and Putonghua to boost Hong Kong's competitiveness.[4]
Health
In 27 April 2011, he announced that he was suffering from renal failure.[5]
Controversy
2007 protest at home
For years as a housing chief, Suen denied to meet with housing rights activists. This bottled-up to year 2007, when about 30 activists including Longhair Leung Kwok-hung finally camped out at Suen's house in Happy Valley to protest.[6] Public housing citizens were suffering from excessive rent increase, and the activists tried to voice the concern. The protest turned violent outside his home, with five policemen and one protester injured. Leung was also arrested.[6]
Illegal extension case
In 1994 Suen purchased a new home, the low-rise Shuk Yuen building in Green Lane Happy Valley. He then illegally extended the size of his home to make it bigger. As the former Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands, his own staff even warned him about the illegal extension.[7][8] They sent him a letter in April 2006 to remove the extension, and he ignored it.[7] In 2011, five years after the notice, he finally agree to reduce the structure.[8][7] Both the pan-democrat and pro-Beijing camps have criticised him. Some have hinted that he should resign.[9]
See also
References
- ^ "華仁仔再出擊 師兄拔刀相助". Paper.wenweipo.com. 2011-01-27. http://paper.wenweipo.com/2011/01/27/HK1101270023.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ a b c d "Mr Michael Suen Ming-yeung, GBS, JP, Secretary for Education". GovHK. http://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/po/sed.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ Winnie Chong (July 13, 2007). "Grants chief opposes creation of body to settle disputes". The Standard. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=48926&sid=14464900&con_type=1. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- ^ "Language plan gets mixed reviews". The Standard. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=56794&sid=16258931&con_type=1&d_str=20071113&sear_year=2007. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ Transcript of Secretary for Education
- ^ a b "`Long Hair' among Suen home protesters held". The Standard. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=11&art_id=46132&sid=13933998&con_type=1&d_str=20070606&sear_year=2007. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ a b c "OK, I'll pull them down now". The Standard. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=11&art_id=111400&sid=32493578&con_type=1&d_str=20110525&fc=2. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ a b "承辦商準備拆卸孫明揚寓所僭建物". Rthk.org.hk. http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20110525/news_20110525_55_757685.htm. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ^ "'Sorry' Suen tries to mend fences". The Standard. http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=111445&sid=32503572&con_type=3&d_str=20110526&sear_year=2011. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
Political offices New creation Secretary for Constitutional Affairs
1989 – 1991Succeeded by
Michael SzePreceded by
Peter TsaoSecretary for Home Affairs
1991 – 1997Succeeded by
David LanPreceded by
Nicholas NgSecretary for Constitutional Affairs
1997 – 2002Succeeded by
Stephen LamPreceded by
Dominic Wong
as Secretary for HousingSecretary for Housing, Planning and Lands
2002 – 2007Succeeded by
Eva Cheng
as Secretary for Transport and HousingPreceded by
John Tsang
as Secretary for Planning and LandsSucceeded by
Carrie Lam
as Secretary for DevelopmentPreceded by
Donald TsangChief Secretary for Administration
Acting
25 May 2005 – 30 June 2005Succeeded by
Rafael HuiPreceded by
Arthur Li
as Secretary for Education and ManpowerSecretary for Education
2007 – presentIncumbent Order of precedence Previous:
Ronald Arculli
Convenor of the Executive CouncilHong Kong order of precedence
Secretary for EducationSucceeded by
Cheng Yiu Tong
Non-official member of the Executive CouncilMembers of the Executive Council of Hong Kong President: Chief Executive Donald Tsang *Official members Henry Tang · John Tsang · Wong Yan Lung · Michael Suen · Stephen Lam · Ambrose Lee · York Chow · Denise Yue · Tsang Tak-sing · Matthew Cheung · K C Chan · Carrie Lam · Edward Yau · Eva Cheng · Rita Lau
Non-official members Ronald Arculli · Laura Cha · Cheng Yiu Tong · Anthony Cheung · Marvin Cheung · Charles Lee · Leong Che Hung · Lau Kong Wah · Lawrence Lau · Lau Wong-fat · Leung Chun Ying ^ · Anna Wu · Marjorie Yang · V-nee Yeh
- The Chief Executive serves as the President of the ExCo, but is not a member of the ExCo.
^ Leung Chun Ying is the convenor of non-official members.
Education Bureau (Hong Kong) Secretary for Education: Michael SuenUniversity Grants Committee (Hong Kong) • Student Financial Assistance Agency
Categories:- Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Hong Kong politicians
- Government officials of Hong Kong
- People from Chongqing
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
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