Wong Yan-lung

Wong Yan-lung SC, JP
2nd Secretary for Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2005
Preceded by	Elsie Leung
Personal details
Born	1963
Nationality	Hong Kong
Spouse(s)	Esther Chan (陳筱茵)
Children	Three daughters
Residence	Hong Kong
Alma mater	University of Cambridge (BA, MA)
Profession	Barrister, Deputy High Court Judge
Religion	Christian

Wong Yan-lung
Traditional Chinese	黃仁龍
Simplified Chinese	黄仁龙
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Rénlóng Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Wong4 Jan4 Lung4

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wong.

Wong Yan-lung, SC, JP (born 1963) is the current Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong since 20 October 2005.

Early years

Wong grew up in a small flat in Tai Wong Street East (大王東街) in Wan Chai. He sold ice cream with his father for a monthly income of HK$300-HK$400. Wong graduated from secondary school at Queen's College in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. His top marks meant that he secured scholarships every year while studying at the College.

In the 1980s, the family "upgraded" to Wah Fu Estate in Aberdeen. However, his father continued selling ice cream until Wong returned from studying in England. He graduated from Magdalene College, Cambridge while on a Prince Philip Scholarship, with a Bachelor of Arts (Law) and Master of Arts (Law) degree, the latter being conferred without needing further study.

Politics and government of Hong Kong
Basic Law Chief Executive: Donald Tsang Government   Chief Secretary: Stephen Lam   Financial Secretary: John Tsang   Secretary for Justice: Wong Yan-lung   Executive Council     Convenor: Ronald Arculli   Bureaus, depts, etc.   Political Appointments   Accountability System Legislative Council   President: Jasper Tsang   Geographical constituency   Functional constituency   Elections   Political parties    Pan-democracy camp    Pro-Beijing camp Judiciary   Court of Final Appeal     Chief Justice: Geoffrey Ma   High Court Districts   District Councils Human rights Foreign relations Universal suffrage
Other Hong Kong topics
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Family

Wong has three daughters with his wife, Esther Chan. He met his wife while doing charity work between 1991 and 1996, and married in 1996. He received several hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars as a wedding gift from his wife's wealthy family, which he, in turn, gave to organisations for the homeless.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Before his appointment, he was a barrister in private practice. In 1987, he was called to both the Bar of England & Wales and the Bar of Hong Kong. He was appointed a Senior Counsel in 2002.

He sat as a Deputy High Court Judge of the Court of First Instance in July and August 2003, and was a Council member of the Hong Kong Bar Association from 1989 to 1990, from 1997 to 2002 and from 2003 to 2005. He was also Chairman of the Special Committee on Legal Education of the Association from 2003 to 2005.

Wong has served as Chairman of the Buildings Appeal Tribunal, of the Criminal and Law Enforcement Injuries Compensation Boards, and of the Non-local Higher and Professional Education Appeal Board. He has also served as Vice-Chairman of the CEDAR Fund and Member of the Steering Committee and Volunteer of the Hong Kong Christian Concern for the Homeless.

See also

• Judiciary of Hong Kong
• Legal system of Hong Kong

External links

• Wong Yan-lung named new Secretary for Justice
• Skyline Monthly, "Wong Yan-lung: Black horse of Hong Kong political circles"
• Official website

Legal offices
Preceded by Elsie Leung	Secretary for Justice 2005 – present	Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by John Tsang Financial Secretary	Hong Kong order of precedence Secretary for Justice	Succeeded by Jasper Tsang President of the Legislative Council