Alan Lai Nin GBS, JP (, born 3 June 1951) is a

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

politician and

civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

who served as the Director-General of the Trade and Industry Department from 1996 to 1999, Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption from 1999 to 2002 and the Ombudsman of the Office of the Ombudsman from 2009 until his retirement in 2014. He is now a consultant with the

Independent Police Complaints Council The Independent Police Complaints Council (IPCC) is a civilian body of the Government of Hong Kong, part of the two-tier system in which the Hong Kong Police Force investigates complaints made by the public against its members and the IPCC m ...

. In 2015, Lai was appointed as Commissioner of the Inquiry into the incidents of excess lead found in drinking water.

Awards

*2003:

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of ...

*2009: Justice of the Peace

References

Place of birth missing (living people) Government officials of Hong Kong Hong Kong politicians Living people Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Alumni of St. John's College, University of Hong Kong 1951 births {{HongKong-politician-stub