Nicholas Ng Wing-fui, GBS,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

, JP (; born 20 November 1946) is a former Hong Kong government official and former chairman of the Public Service Commission.

Biography

Ng 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 ...

in 1970 with a

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(BSocSc) and joined the Hong Kong government in June 1970. He served briefly as an Assignment Officer and then as an executive officer II before transferring to the Administrative Service in August 1971. He was Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service from November 1985 to February 1987, Deputy Secretary for Trade and Industry from February to July 1987, deputy director of the

Information Services Department The Information Services Department (ISD) is the Hong Kong Government's public relations office, publisher, advertiser, and news agency, serving as the link between the government and the media. It was also commonly called Government Informat ...

from July 1987 to March 1989, Secretary-General of the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service from May 1989 to May 1991 and Director of Administration from June 1991 to January 1994. He rose to be Director of Bureau in January 1994 when he was appointed Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, which office he held until August 1997 when he was appointed Secretary for Transport, a role he held until April 2002. He retired from the government in July 2003. In 2005, he was appointed chairman of the Public Service Commission, where he stayed until his retirement in April 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Nicholas 1946 births Living people Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Government officials of Hong Kong Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Commanders of the Order of the British Empire