Dominic Wong Shing-wah, GBS, OBE, JP (; 13 April 1942 – May 2012) was an official in the

Hong Kong Government The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly known as the Hong Kong Government or HKSAR Government, refers to the Executive (government), executive authorities of Hong Kong Special administrative regions of China, ...

. Wong retired in 2002 from the

as Secretary for Housing, after a 40-year career in public service.

Career

In 1962, Wong joined the

and served in the Certificated Master, Executive Officer and Trade Officer Grades. In 1973, Wong became an Administrative Officer. In 1996, he was promoted to the rank of Director of Bureau. Wong had served in various policy bureaus and departments. Senior positions held by Wong include: Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service (January 1984 – January 1988); Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower (January 1988 – September 1989); Postmaster General (September 1989 – May 1992) and Director of Education (July 1992 – December 1994). He began his position as Secretary for Housing in December 1994 and continued to hold the position after the

handover of Hong Kong Sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to the China, People's Republic of China (PRC) at midnight on 1 July 1997. This event ended 156 years of British rule in the British Hong Kong, former colony. Hong Kong was establ ...

in July 1997. During his tenure as Housing Secretary, his long-term strategic planning of housing was praised as forward-looking, and shortened the queuing time for public housing from 5 to 6 years to 3 years. He retired in 2002,and died of disease in early May 2012 after being diagnosed with

laryngeal cancer Laryngeal cancers are mostly squamous-cell carcinomas, reflecting their origin from the epithelium of the larynx. Cancer can develop in any part of the larynx. The prognosis is affected by the location of the tumour. For the purposes of staging, ...

Awards

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of ...

(2000) * Honorary President of the

Society for the Promotion of Hospice Care A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Societi ...

and Honorary President of the International Institute of Management

References

1942 births 2012 deaths Government officials of Hong Kong Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Officers of the Order of the British Empire Date of death unknown HK LegCo Members 1985–1988 {{HK-politician-stub