James Henry Lau Jr. or Lau Yee Cheung (; born 24 April 1950) is a Hong Kong government official. He was

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from 2017 to 2020. Lau graduated from the

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with a Bachelor of Mathematics (Computer Science and Statistics) Honours Degree and a Master of Mathematics Degree in Computer Science. He joined the Hong Kong government as an Administrative Officer (AO) in 1979 and was promoted through the ranks to AO Staff Grade C. He resigned in 1993 to join the

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(HKMA). Between 1993 and 2004 he was the Head and Executive Director of various divisions of the HKMA. In 2004, Lau was seconded to the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation as Chief Executive Officer until he retired in 2012. In 2013, he was appointed Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury. From 2017 to 2020, he served as

in the administration of

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. He was removed in a

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, on 22 April 2020.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lau, James Henry 1949 births Living people Government officials of Hong Kong Hong Kong civil servants University of Waterloo alumni