Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai
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The Honourable Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai GBM, GBS, CBE, JP |
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| 范徐麗泰 | |||||
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| Deputy of Hong Kong to the NPC | |||||
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In office 9th National People's Congress 10th National People's Congress 11th National People's Congress |
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Assumed office 8 December 1997 |
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| President of the Legislative Council | |||||
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In office 25 January 1997 – 30 September 2008 |
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| Chief Executive |
Tung Chee Hwa Sir Donald Tsang |
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| Preceded by | Andrew Wong | ||||
| Succeeded by | Jasper Tsang | ||||
| Member of the Legislative Council | |||||
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In office 26 September 1983 – 7 October 1992 |
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| Appointed by | Sir Edward Youde | ||||
| Constituency | Appointed | ||||
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In office 24 May 1998 – 12 September 2004 |
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| Constituency | Election Committee | ||||
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In office 12 September 2004 – 7 September 2008 |
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| Succeeded by | Cyd Ho | ||||
| Constituency | Hong Kong Island | ||||
| Unofficial Member of the Executive Council | |||||
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In office 1988–1992 |
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| Appointed by | Sir David Wilson | ||||
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20 September 1945 Shanghai, Republic of China |
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| Nationality | Chinese | ||||
| Political party |
Liberal Party (Until 1998) Independent (Since 1998) |
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| Spouse(s) | Stephen S.T. Fan (m. 1974–2004; his death); 2 children | ||||
| Relations | Hsu Ta Tung (father) | ||||
| Residence | Hong Kong | ||||
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St. Stephen's Girls' College University of Hong Kong (B.Sc/M.Sc) |
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| Website | Official website | ||||
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| Honorary Degree | 2003: LL.D (CUPL) 2005: D.SSc (CityU) 2009: D.SSc (HKU) |
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| Distinctions | 1986: Justice of the Peace 1988: OBE 1992: CBE 1998: GBS 2007: GBM |
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| Traditional Chinese | 范徐麗泰 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 范徐丽泰 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Fàn Xú Lìtài |
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| Yale Romanization | Faahn Chèuih Laih Taai |
| Jyutping | Fan6 Cheui4 Lai6 Tai3 |
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP (born 20 September 1945 in Shanghai, China) was the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) after the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom in 1997. She was the first woman to hold that position. She is a member of the Hong Kong delegation to the 11th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.
Rita Fan studied at St. Stephen's Girls' College from 1952 to 1964 and then at the University of Hong Kong, receiving a BSc in Chemistry and Physics in 1967 and a MSSc in Psychology in 1973.
Prior to the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Fan was the Hong Kong Deputy to the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (1998–2003), Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1995–1997) and Member of the Preliminary Working Committee for the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1993–1995). Under British rule, she was a Member of the Executive Council (1989–1992) and a Member of the Legislative Council (1983–1992).
Fan served as Chairman of the Education Commission (1990–1992) and Chairman of the Board of Education (1986–1989).
She was born in Shanghai to a business magnate, Hsu Ta Tung, and later married Stephen Fan Sheung-tak until his death from liver cancer in 2004. The couple had a son and a daughter. Their daughter suffered from renal failure in 1995, and Fan donated a kidney to save her daughter's life. Fan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 and underwent a mastectomy. She is Honorary President of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation.
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