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Rosanna Wong

Dame Rosanna Wong Yick-ming
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Governor Chris Patten bestowed the damehood on behalf of the Queen upon Rosanna Wong in the Government House on 19 April 1997.
Convenor of the Executive Council
In office
1995–1997
Preceded by Lydia Dunn (as Senior Unofficial Member)
Succeeded by Chung Sze-yuen
Chairperson of the Housing Authority
In office
1993 – 30 September 2000
Preceded by Sir David Akers-Jones
Succeeded by Dr Cheng Hon-kwan
Unofficial member of the Executive Council
In office
1 September 1988 – 31 July 1991
In office
1992–2002
Member of the Legislative Council
In office
30 October 1985 – 31 July 1991
Personal details
Born (1952-08-15) 15 August 1952 (age 64)
Hong Kong
Occupation Social administrator, Legislative and Executive Councillor, Chairwoman of the Housing Authority and the Education Commission
Religion Christianity
Rosanna Wong
Traditional Chinese 王䓪鳴
Major Experience
  • West Kowloon Supervisor, HKFYG
    (1975–1977)
  • Executive Secretary (Operations), HKFYG
    (1979–1980)
  • Executive Director, HKFYG
    (1980–)
  • Executive committee member, Hong Kong Council of Social Service
    (1981–2005)
  • Member, Subventions and Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee
    (1984–1988)
  • Unofficial Member, Legislative Council
    (30 October 1985 – 31 August 1991)
  • Honorary Advisor, Social Welfare Department
    (1987–1988)
  • Member, Law Reform Commission
    (1987–1990)
  • Member, Broadcasting Authority
    (1987–1990)
  • Unofficial Member, Executive Council
    (1 September 1988 – 31 October 1991)
  • Chairperson, Social Welfare Advisory Committee
    (1988–1991)
  • Chairperson, Commission on Youth
    (1990–1991)
  • Unofficial Member, Executive Council
    (1992–1995)
  • Chairperson, Hong Kong Housing Authority
    (1993–2000)
  • Chairperson, Independent Police Complaints Council
    (1993)
  • Member, Court of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
    (1994 -)
  • Covenor of the Executive Council
    (1995–1997)
  • non-executive director, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
    (November 1996 -)
  • Chairperson, ICAC Complaints Committee
    (1997–1998)
  • Unofficial Member, Executive Council
    (1997–2002)
  • President of the Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association
    (1997 -)
  • President of the English Speaking Union, Hong Kong
    (1999 -)
  • Director, Board of the Dragon Foundation
    (2000 -)
  • Chairperson, World Vision Hong Kong
    (2000 -)
  • Chairperson, Education Commission
    (2001–2007)
  • non-executive director, Cheung Kong Holdings
    (January 2001 -)
  • Hong Kong member of the CPPCC National Committee
    (2003 -)

Dr Dame Rosanna Wong Yick-ming, DBE, JP (born 15 August 1952), (Chinese: 王䓪鳴 also known by her married name Mrs Rosanna Tam Wong Yick-ming in her former marriage from 1979 lasting until 1992, and primarily known as Dr Rosanna Wong in public occasions after 1997, is a Hong Kong social work administrator and politician who has served as the Executive Director of the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups since 1980.

Before the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong, she was appointed as unofficial member of the Legislative Council from 1985 to 1991 and of the Executive Council from 1988 to 1991. She briefly retired from politics in 1991 but was successful to return as unofficial Executive Councillor for a second time in 1992, and was also appointed chairperson of the Hong Kong Housing Authority in the following year. Wong was trusted by the last British colonial Governor of Hong Kong, Chris Patten (later Lord), who chose her to replace Baroness Dunn as the Convenor of the Executive Council (equivalent to the Senior Unofficial Member of the Executive Council) in 1995, thus rising as an influential figure in the final years of the colonial government. In 1997, she was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and became the second Chinese woman, after Baroness Dunn, to be made a Dame in history.


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