Rita Fan

Rita Fan
Rita Fan
Traditional Chinese	范尚德
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Rita Fan
Rita Fan
Traditional Chinese	范徐麗泰
Simplified Chinese	范徐丽泰
Hanyu Pinyin
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fàn Xú Lìtài
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Fan6 Cheui4 Lai6 Tai3

The Honourable
Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai
范徐麗泰
GBM, GBS, CBE, JP
The Honourable; Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai; 范徐麗泰; GBM, GBS, CBE, JP
Deputy of Hong Kong to the NPC
	In office; 9th National People's Congress; 10th National People's Congress; 11th National People's Congress
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 December 1997
President of the Legislative Council
	In office; 25 January 1997 – 30 September 2008
Chief Executive	Tung Chee Hwa; Sir Donald Tsang
Preceded by	Andrew Wong
Succeeded by	Jasper Tsang
Member of the Legislative Council
	In office; 26 September 1983 – 7 October 1992
Appointed by	Sir Edward Youde
Constituency	Appointed
	In office; 24 May 1998 – 12 September 2004
Constituency	Election Committee
	In office; 12 September 2004 – 7 September 2008
Succeeded by	Cyd Ho
Constituency	Hong Kong Island
Unofficial Member of the Executive Council
	In office; 1989–1992
Appointed by	Sir David Wilson
Personal details
Born	20 September 1945 (age 78); Shanghai, Republic of China
Political party	Liberal Party (Until 1998); Independent (Since 1998)
Spouse	Stephen S. T. Fan (m.1974–2004)
Relations	Hsu Ta Tung (father)
Children	Fan Ling-wah; Fan Chun-wah
Residence	Hong Kong
Alma mater	St. Stephen's Girls' College; University of Hong Kong (BSc., MSc in Psychology)
Honorary Degree	2003: LL.D (CUPL); 2005: D.SSc (CityU); 2009: D.SSc (HKU)
Distinctions	1986: Justice of the Peace; 1988: Order of the British Empire; 1992: Commander of the British Empire; 1998: Gold Bauhinia Star; 2007: Grand Bauhinia Medal
Website	http://www.npcfan.hk

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Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai GBM GBS CBE JP (born 20 September 1945 in Shanghai, China) was the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) after the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom in 1997. She was the first woman to hold that position.

Fan is a member of the Hong Kong delegation to the Eleventh National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.

Background

Fan studied at St. Stephen's Girls' College from 1952 to 1964 and then at the University of Hong Kong, receiving a BSc in Chemistry and Physics in 1967 and a MSSc in Psychology in 1973.^[1]

Political career

Fan is known for her long career in the public sector:

President of the Council since 1997 including the Second Legislative Council (2000–2004), First Legislative Council (1998–2000) and the Provisional Legislative Council (1997–1998)
Hong Kong Deputy to the Tenth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Association for Celebration of Reunification of Hong Kong with China Charitable Trust Fund
Supervising Adviser of the Hong Kong Federation of Women

Prior to the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Fan was the Hong Kong Deputy to the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (1998–2003), Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1995–1997) and Member of the Preliminary Working Committee for the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1993–1995).

Under British rule, she was a Member of the Executive Council (1989–1992) and a Member of the Legislative Council (1983–1992).

Public service

Fan served as Chairman of the Education Commission (1990–1992) and Chairman of the Board of Education (1986–1989).

Family and personal life

Rita Fan was born in Shanghai to paper and banking magnate Hsu Ta Tung. She was named after Rita Hayworth.

She was married to Stephen Fan Sheung-tak

until his death from liver cancer in 2004 and has a son and a daughter from the marriage. Their daughter suffered from renal failure in 1995, and Fan donated a kidney to save her daughter's life.

Fan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 and underwent a mastectomy. She is Honorary President of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation.^[2]

References

^ "Members : Hon Mrs Rita FAN". Legislative Council Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2008. ^{[dead link]}
^ Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation

External links

Template:Zh-tw 范徐麗泰網頁 (Webpage of Rita Fan)
Transclusion error: {{En}} is only for use in File namespace. Use {{lang-en}} or {{in lang|en}} instead. Official website of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Citation for Honorary Doctor of Social Science

Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Preceded by Andrew Wong as President of the Legislative Council	President of the Provisional Legislative Council 1997–1998	Succeeded by Herself as President of the Legislative Council
Preceded by Herself as President of the Provisional Legislative Council	President of the Legislative Council 1998–2008	Succeeded by Jasper Tsang
New seat	Member of Legislative Council Representative for Hong Kong Island constituency 2004–2008 Served alongside: Martin Lee, Yeung Sum, Choy So-yuk, Audrey Eu, Ma Lik, Anson Chan	Succeeded by Cyd Ho
Order of precedence
Preceded by Tung Chee Hwa Recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal	Hong Kong order of precedence Recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal	Succeeded by Rafael Hui Recipient of the Grand Bauhinia Medal

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[RitaFanLegCo-1] "Members : Hon Mrs Rita FAN". Legislative Council Commission. Retrieved 24 September 2008. ^{[dead link]}

[2] Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation

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