Eric Ma Siu-cheung, GBS, JP (; born 1963) is a Hong Kong engineer and government official. He served as

Secretary for Development The Secretary for Development of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for planning, land development and public works related development policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolios ...

of the Hong Kong SAR government for less than four months in 2017.

Biography

Ma graduated from the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the fi ...

with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and later obtained a master's degree of Engineering Science in Transportation from

Monash University Monash University () is a public research university based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Named for prominent World War I general Sir John Monash, it was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. The university has a ...

, Australia. He became an engineer and held senior positions in major consulting firms and participated in major development projects in Hong Kong. He is a fellow of several professional bodies including the

Hong Kong Institution of Engineers The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE, ) is a professional body of engineers in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1947 as the ''Engineering Society of Hong Kong'' and was incorporated by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as ''The Hong Kong ...

, the

Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (formerly the Institution of Highways and Transportation) is a UK-based learned society (with worldwide membership) concerned specifically with the planning, design, construction, maintenan ...

(CIHT), and the

Institution of Structural Engineers The Institution of Structural Engineers is a professional body for structural engineering based in the United Kingdom. The Institution has over 30,000 members operating in over 100 countries. The Institution provides professional accreditation ...

. He also served as chairman of the Hong Kong branch of the CIHT. Ma joined Maunsell Consultants Asia Ltd in 2001, becoming Managing Director in 2007. He was tasked by

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with its overseas business expansion in Asia, in which Ma became the Executive Vice President for Civil and Infrastructure Business in the Asia-Pacific Region. On 6 January 2014, he was appointed Under Secretary of Development under

Paul Chan Mo-po Paul Chan Mo-po (; born 18 March 1955) is the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong and former Secretary for Development of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He was a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Accountancy functional co ...

. He succeeded Chan to be Acting Secretary for Development on 16 January 2017 when Chan took over as

Financial Secretary of Hong Kong The Financial Secretary () is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters (“Department of Finance” per Article 60 of the Basic Law). The position is among the three most sen ...

. Ma was officially appointed on 13 February 2017. On 26 April 2017, it was reported that Ma negligently left a tablet containing confidential government documents regarding future land use policies unattended in his vehicle which was later broken into.

References

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