Edward Yau

Edward Yau Tang-wah, GBS, JP (Chinese: 邱騰華; born 28 April 1960, Hong Kong) is the current Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development of Hong Kong. He was the Secretary for the Environment from 2007 to 2012, and from 2012 to 2017, he was the Director of the Chief Executive's Office of Hong Kong.


Edward Yau Tang-wah

邱騰華
Edward Yau introducing the plastic levy in 2009
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Assumed office
1 July 2017
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam
Preceded byGregory So
Director, Office of the Chief Executive
In office
1 July 2012  30 June 2017
Chief ExecutiveLeung Chun-ying
Preceded byGabriel Leung
Succeeded byEric Chan
Secretary for the Environment
In office
1 July 2007  30 June 2012
Chief ExecutiveSir Donald Tsang
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byWong Kam-sing
Director of the Information Services
In office
2006–2007
Preceded byYvonne Choi
Succeeded byFung Ching Suk-yee
Personal details
Born (1960-04-28) 28 April 1960
British Hong Kong
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
Oxford University
Harvard University
Edward Yau
Traditional Chinese邱騰華
Simplified Chinese邱腾华

Career

Yau joined the Administrative Service in August 1981 and earned more than 30 years of public administration experience. During his years as a civil servant, he was Deputy Director-General of Trade (later renamed Deputy Director-General of Trade and Industry), Director-General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Washington, and Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower, and Director of Information Services.

Yau was the Secretary for the Environment from 2007 to 2012. His responsibilities covered environmental protection, energy, and sustainable development. Nature conservation was also one of his main tasks and with his efforts, he established the Hong Kong Geopark which showcases the unique geological features in northeast Hong Kong. The Park obtained the UNESCO Global Geopark status in 2011.

From 2012 to 2017, he was the Director of the Chief Executive's Office of Hong Kong, and his responsibilities were to assist the Chief Executive in formulating policies and setting policy goals and priorities; and to maintain close contacts with Executive and Legislative Councillors, political parties as well as the public sector to enlist their support for Government work.

In September 2020, after the United States required that goods made in Hong Kong be labelled as "Made in China," Yau filed a complaint to the United States, stating that such a rule was unreasonable.[1]

In January 2021, Yau said that a policy to require SIM card registration, where users of SIM cards would need to link their IDs, was necessary.[2] In response, some sellers of pre-paid SIM cards said that they might lose their business, and that it would not prevent criminal activity, as criminals could use SIM cards from overseas.[3]

In February 2021, Yau said that his bureau was investigating complaints into RTHK and that he had requested RTHK to conduct a thorough review of its programming.[4]

Education

Edward Yau graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1981, and received further education at Oxford University and Harvard University.

References

Political offices
Preceded by
Sarah Liao
as Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
Secretary for the Environment
2007–2012
Succeeded by
Wong Kam-sing
Preceded by
Gabriel Leung
Director of Chief Executive Office
2012–2017
Succeeded by
Eric Chan
Preceded by
Gregory So
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
2017–present
Incumbent
Order of precedence
Previous:
Sophia Chan
Member of the Executive Council
Hong Kong order of precedence
Member of the Executive Council
Succeeded by
Lam Ching-choi
Member of the Executive Council
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