Henry Fan Hung Ling, SBS, JP (; born 2 June 1948 in

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with family roots in

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) was the

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and the

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. He is now the chairman of

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. He was a non-official member of the

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from 2007 to 2009. He was previously a barrister practising out of

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in Hong Kong. He is the elder

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Fanny Law Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun (; ' Fan; born 24 February 1953) is a former non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong. She was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017. Law held the posts of Se ...

, a former

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. He graduated from the

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and

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. In September 2022, Fan lobbied for a "significant expansion" of traditional Chinese medicine used in Hong Kong's public healthcare. Days after, the Hospital Authority released a study claiming that traditional Chinese medicine could help long COVID symptoms; however, the study was not conducted in a scientific randomized controlled trial. In November 2022, Fan tested positive for COVID. In December 2022, Fan admitted that a scheme to hire overseas doctors was "very unsatisfactory," with only 9 of 65 applications given an offer.

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The Honourable Henry FAN Hung-ling, SBS, JP
1948 births Living people Alumni of the University of Hong Kong Cathay Pacific CITIC Group people Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Hong Kong businesspeople Peking University alumni Businesspeople from Shanghai Chinese bankers Politicians from Shanghai Recipients of the Silver Bauhinia Star Hospital Authority Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026 {{PRChina-business-bio-stub