Au Ka-wang

Au Ka-wang IDSM (Chinese: 區嘉宏; born 1967) is the current Director of Immigration of Hong Kong since July 2020. He began service in the Immigration Department in 1988.

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Au.
The Honourable

Au Ka-wang

IDSM
區嘉宏
Director of Immigration
Assumed office
2 July 2020
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam
Secretary for SecurityJohn Lee
Preceded byErick Tsang
Personal details
Born1967 (age 53–54)
 British Hong Kong
Au Ka-wang
Traditional Chinese區嘉宏
Simplified Chinese區嘉宏

Career

He joined the Immigration Department in November 1988 as an Assistant Immigration Officer. In 1992, he was promoted to Immigration Officer. In 2003, he was promoted to Senior Immigration Officer. He was then promoted to Chief Immigration Officer in 2009, to Assistant Principal Immigration Officer in 2014 and to Principal Immigration Officer in 2015. He was elevated to Assistant Director of Immigration in 2018 and Deputy Director of Immigration in 2019.[1] He has been the acting Director of Immigration since 23 April 2020 when Director Erick Tsang became Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs,[2] until the State Council officially appointed him as Director on 2 July 2020.[3]

References
  1. "GovHK: Mr Au Ka-wang, IDSM, Director of Immigration". Hong Kong SAR Government. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  2. "Carrie Lam's top aide to head Hong Kong committee for security law". South China Morning Post. 2020-07-02. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  3. "Au Ka-wang elevated to head immigration". The Standard. 2 Jul 2020. Retrieved 15 Dec 2020.
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