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The Government announced today (September 9) that Ms Shirley Lam Shuet-lai, Deputy Director of Marine (Special Duties), will assume the post of Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the European Union on October 5, 2015.
The Secretary for the Civil Service, Mr Clement Cheung, said, "Ms Lam is a seasoned Administrative Officer with rich experience in public administration as well as proven leadership and management skills. I have every confidence that she will serve with professionalism in her new capacity and rise to the challenges ahead."
Brief biographical notes on Ms Lam are set out below:
Ms Shirley Lam Shuet-lai
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Aged 47, Ms Lam joined the Administrative Service in August 1990 and rose to her present rank of Administrative Officer Staff Grade B in April 2011.
The career of Ms Lam has spanned a wide range of bureaux and departments that include the former Transport Branch; the former City and New Territories Administration; the former Regional Services Department; the former Planning, Environment and Lands Branch; the former Transport Bureau; the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau; the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels; and the Food and Health Bureau. She was Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service from October 2010 to May 2013 and has been serving as Deputy Director of Marine (Special Duties) since May 2013.
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