| Joseph Wong | |
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| Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology | |
| In office 24 January 2006 – 30 June 2007 |
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| Preceded by | John Tsang |
| Secretary for the Civil Service | |
| In office 1 August 2000 – 24 January 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Lam Woon-kwong |
| Succeeded by | Denise Yue |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 (age 63–64) Hong Kong |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Professor at the City University of Hong Kong |
Joseph Wong Wing Ping GBS JP (Chinese: 王永平; pinyin: Wáng Yǒngpíng, born 1948) was the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology and the Secretary for the Civil Service in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.
Wong completed his secondary school education at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, a very eminent all male Roman Catholic Jesuit school in Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1969. He also attended a one-year post-graduate course at the University of Oxford in 1974 and an eight-week Executive Program at Stanford University in 1989.
Wong is a career civil servant and was previously Hong Kong's permanent representative to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). He has also been a professor at the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.[1]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Leung Man-kin |
Secretary for Education and Manpower 1995 – 2000 |
Succeeded by Fanny Law |
| Preceded by Lam Woon-kwong |
Secretary for the Civil Service 2000 – 2006 |
Succeeded by Denise Yue |
| Preceded by John Tsang |
Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology 2006 – 2007 |
Succeeded by Frederick Ma as Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development |
| Order of precedence | ||
| Preceded by Fong Ping District Council Chairmen |
Hong Kong order of precedence Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |
Succeeded by Peter Woo Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star |