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Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai

The Honourable
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai
GBM, GBS, CBE, JP
范徐麗泰
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Deputy of Hong Kong to the NPC
In office
9th National People's Congress
10th National People's Congress
11th National People's Congress
Assumed office
8 December 1997
President of the Legislative Council
In office
25 January 1997 – 30 September 2008
Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa
Sir Donald Tsang
Preceded by Andrew Wong
Succeeded by Jasper Tsang
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
26 September 1983 – 7 October 1992
Appointed by Sir Edward Youde
Constituency Appointed
In office
24 May 1998 – 12 September 2004
Constituency Election Committee
In office
12 September 2004 – 7 September 2008
Succeeded by Cyd Ho
Constituency Hong Kong Island
Unofficial Member of the Executive Council
In office
1988–1992
Appointed by Sir David Wilson
Personal details
Born (1945-09-20) 20 September 1945 (age 71)
Shanghai, Republic of China
Nationality Chinese
Political party Liberal Party (Until 1998)
Independent (Since 1998)
Spouse(s) Stephen S.T. Fan (m. 1974–2004; his death); 2 children
Relations Hsu Ta Tung (father)
Residence Hong Kong
Alma mater St. Stephen's Girls' College
University of Hong Kong (B.Sc/M.Sc)
Signature
Website Official website
Honorary Degree 2003: LL.D (CUPL)
2005: D.SSc (CityU)
2009: D.SSc (HKU)
Distinctions 1986: Justice of the Peace
1988: OBE
1992: CBE
1998: GBS
2007: GBM
Honorary Degree 2003: LL.D (CUPL)
2005: D.SSc (CityU)
2009: D.SSc (HKU)
Distinctions 1986: Justice of the Peace
1988: OBE
1992: CBE
1998: GBS
2007: GBM
Rita Fan
Traditional Chinese 范徐麗泰
Simplified Chinese 范徐丽泰

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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