Joshua Law Chi-kong (; born 1957) is a Hong Kong government official. He was the

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from July 2017 to April 2020. He graduated from the St Peter's College,

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where he read PPE. He joined the Administrative Service in September 1980. He served in many bureaux and departments, such as

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, the City and New Territories Administration. He also worked at the

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in New York, the Lands and Works Branch, the Works Branch, the Constitutional Affairs Branch, the Civil Service Branch, the Education and Manpower Branch and the

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. He was appointed Director-General of Trade, later renamed Director-General of Trade and Industry, from August 1999 to September 2002, followed by the positions of the permanent representative to the

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from September 2002 to August 2004, and Permanent Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Transport) from August 2004 to July 2007. He rose to his present rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 in September 2005. Law was also Permanent Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs since July 2007. From July 2012, he was appointed Permanent Secretary for Security. In July 2017, he was appointed to

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Carrie Lam Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ( Cheng; ; born 13 May 1957) is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022. She served as Chief Secretary for Administration between 2012 and 2017 and Secr ...

and served until a cabinet reshuffle in April 2020.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Law, Joshua Living people 1957 births Government officials of Hong Kong Hong Kong civil servants Members of the Executive Council of Hong Kong Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star Hong Kong people of Hakka descent People from Huiyang Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford