Michael Wong Wai-lun, JP (; born 1962) is a Hong Kong government official who has been Deputy Financial Secretary since 2022.

Early life

Wong received a Bachelor of Social Sciences Degree from the

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and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the

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(External Programme).

Career

He joined the Administrative Service in August 1985. He served in many bureaux and departments, including the City and New Territories Administration, the

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, the

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, the

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, the former Trade and Industry Branch, the Business and Services Promotion Unit, the Economic Services Bureau, the Security Bureau and the former

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. He was promoted to the Deputy Secretary for Education in July 2007 and the Director of Information Services in 2009. he rose to the rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade A in April 2011. He became the Director of Marine in 2014 and Permanent Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands) in 2015. He was appointed to the

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in July 2017 of

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's administration. In October 2022, after John Lee's policy address, Wong was asked about criticism that the government was playing with numbers and introducing a new index to give the appearance of lower public housing wait times, and Wong dismissed such criticism.

Personal life

Wong married May Chan Wing-shiu, also a civil servant, in 2008. As of January 2022, Chan was one of the deputy secretaries for Financial Services & the Treasury. In November 2022, Wong tested positive for COVID-19.

References

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