Academic Qualifications
| 1967 |
Passed Solicitors Qualifying Exam., England & Wales |
| 1988 |
LL.M., University of Hong Kong |
Admission as Solicitor
| 1968 |
Solicitor, Hong Kong |
| 1975 |
Solicitor, England & Wales |
| 1975 |
Notary Public, Hong Kong |
| 1982 |
Solicitor, Victoria, Australia |
| 1986 |
China-Appointed Attesting Officer |
| 2008 |
Member, Panel of Arbitrators of CIETAC |
Past & Present Appointments and Public Services
- (2006 – 2018) Deputy Director, Hong Kong Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of The People’s Republic of China
- (2005 – Present) Trustee, Hospital Authority Charitable Foundation, Hong Kong
- (2007 – Present) Supervisory Advisor, Hong Kong Federation of Women
- (2008 – Present) Governor, China-United States Exchange Foundation Limited
- (2016 – Present) Governor, Our Hong Kong Foundation Limited
- (Apr 2008 – Sep 2008) Vice-mayor of the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Village, The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
- (Oct 2005 – Dec 2005) Member, Constitutional Development Task Force
- (1997 – 2005) Secretary for Justice, HKSAR
- (1995 – 1997) Hong Kong Affairs Advisor
- (1993 – 1997) Hong Kong Delegate to the 8th National People’s Congress
- (1994 – 1996) International President of International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA)
- (1988 – 1993) Hong Kong Delegate to the 7th Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress
- (1975 – 1980) Secretary General of its Hong Kong Branch (Hong Kong Federation of Women Lawyers)
- Past Member of Social Welfare Advisory Committee, Hong Kong
- Past Member of Independent Police Complaints Council, Hong Kong
- Past Member of Inland Revenue Appeal Board, Hong Kong
- Past Member of Legal Advisor to a number of NGOs
Awards
| 1981 |
Justice of the Peace |
| 2002 |
Grand Bauhinia Medal |
Honourary Degrees
| 2004 |
Honourary Dr. of Law, University of Law & Politics, PRC |
| 2005 |
Honourary Dr. of Law, Warwick University, United Kingdom |
| 2010 |
Honourary Dr. of Law, Hong Kong Shue Yan University |
| 2011 |
Honourary Dr. of Law, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
| 2016 |
Honourary Dr. of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong |
| 2017 |
Honourary Dr. of Letters, Open University of Hong Kong |
Major Emphasis of Practice
China Trade, Public Law, Commercial Law, Notarization & Attestation of documents for use in China
Date of joining the Firm
Previously 1993 - 1997
Rejoined December 2006
