Margaret Fong Shun-man (; born 8 December 1962), is the Executive Director of the

Hong Kong Trade Development Council The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 for international marketing dedicated to creating opportunities for Hong Kong's businesses. The organisation has 51 offices around the world, including 1 ...

(

HKTDC The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 for international marketing dedicated to creating opportunities for Hong Kong's businesses. The organisation has 51 offices around the world, including 13 ...

) and is responsible for the HKTDC's worldwide operations.

Education

Miss Fong graduated from the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is a public research university in Pokfulam, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese by the London Missionary Society and formally established as the University of ...

with a BA in

English Literature English literature is literature written in the English language from the English-speaking world. The English language has developed over more than 1,400 years. The earliest forms of English, a set of Anglo-Frisian languages, Anglo-Frisian d ...

and then attended

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

Civil service

She joined the civil service in August 1985 and rose to her present rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A in April 2008. Miss Fong has served in a number of bureaux and departments, including: * the former Administrative Service and Information Branch * the former City and New Territories Administration * the former

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* the former Finance Branch * the former Constitutional Affairs Branch Miss Fong has also served in a number of senior positions in recent years, including: * Deputy Director-General, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs, Washington (August 1997 to September 1999) * Deputy Secretary for Transport (later retitled Deputy Secretary for Environment, Transport and Works (Transport)) (October 1999 to June 2004) * Director-General, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs, Washington (August 2004 to July 2006) * Commissioner for Economic & Trande Affairs, US (July 2006 to October 2008) * Commissioner for Tourism (November 2008 to Dec 2009)

References

Government officials of Hong Kong 1962 births Living people Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Alumni of the University of Oxford {{HongKong-bio-stub