Nellie Fong

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Nellie Fong Wong Kut-man ( Chinese 方 黃吉雯 ; born February 7, 1949 in British Hong Kong ) is a Hong Kong politician, health activist and auditor. She was a member of the Legislative Council from 1988 to 1991 and an unofficial member of the Executive Council from 1997 to 2002 .

life and career

Youth, Education and Professional Careers

Nellie Fong was born and raised in Hong Kong . After attending Belilios Public School , she began studying accounting in the United Kingdom in 1968 . In 1973 she returned to Hong Kong and worked as an accountant. She became a partner of Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1981 and was Chair of PricewaterhouseCoopers China Operations from 2002 to July 2007 .

Fong is currently a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales , the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the UK Chartered Institute of Taxation .

Political career

Fong was from 1983 to 1989 a member of the Urban Council and a District Board , and from 1988 to 1991 a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong . In 1988 she was appointed justice of the peace . In 1992 she became one of the first Hong Kong Affairs Advisors to advise the Chinese government. In addition, Fong was a member of the preparatory committee for the return of Hong Kong to China from 1993 to 1997 and was the chairman of its economic department.

Fong founded the Better Hong Kong Foundation in 1995 and chaired the foundation's governing committee from 1995 to 2001. In January 1997, she was appointed a member of the Executive Board by the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee-hwa , a position that lasted until June 2002. In 1999, she became assistant to the State Assets Control and Management Commission of the State Council of the People's Republic of China , helping to register several companies abroad. In 2003 and 2008, respectively, Fong became a member of the National Committee of the 10th and 11th Political Consultative Conference of the Chinese People .

Other engagement

In 1996, Fong founded the Lifeline Express charity , which runs an “eye train” through remote locations in China to offer cataract patients free surgical interventions. To this end, she founded the Chinese Foundation for Lifeline Express in mainland China in 2002 and is today (as of 2013) its deputy chairman.

In addition, Fong established a network of Microsurgical Eye Training Centers in the least developed provinces of China that trained doctors in laboratories as well as through telemedicine and the Internet platform lxlearn.com (no longer available).

Awards

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Composition of Committees. (pdf) Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants , January 25, 2000, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  3. ^ Christine Loh: Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong . Hong Kong University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-988-8028-94-8 , pp. 366 (English, google.com ).
  4. ^ Ian McCabe, Pat Ford: Chinese officials tell business leaders that Hong Kong's economic role to expand post-1997. In: Business Wire . January 19, 1996, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Hong Kong Government Year Book . January 22, 2002, Appendix 1 Chapter 2: Constitution and Administration - The Executive Council (English, gov.hk ).
  6. ↑ 李荣融 会见 香港 方 氏 基金 主席 方 黄吉雯 女士. Public Property Control and Management Commission , August 13, 2008, accessed February 13, 2020 (Chinese).
  7. ^ Committee Profile. National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference , accessed February 13, 2020 .
  8. ^ The Story. (No longer available online.) In: lxenglish.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013 ; accessed on February 15, 2020 (English).
  9. ^ Chinese Foundation for Lifeline Express Chairmen and Council Members. (No longer available online.) In: lxenglish.com. Archived from the original on June 19, 2013 ; accessed on February 15, 2020 (English).
  10. ↑ DSC Lam and CCY Tham: Ophthalmology in Hong Kong . In: British Journal of Ophthalmology . February 2003 (English, nih.gov [accessed February 13, 2020]).
  11. ↑ 1999 Honors List. In: HKSAR Government Press Release. July 1, 1999, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  12. ^ Chinese Individual Charity Award. Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China, accessed December 3, 2008 .
  13. ↑ Jing, Mao: 中国 十大 系列 英才. CCTV , accessed February 7, 2007 (Chinese).
  14. ↑ Shandong Charity Federation: 2008 Outstanding Individual Award on Charity. Department of Civil Affairs , December 8, 2008, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Train, Equip, and Support: Improving Microscopic Eye Surgery. Clinton Global Initiative, accessed February 13, 2020 .
  16. ^ For Hong Kong's Nellie Fong, Charity Begins Aboard A Train. In: Forbes . Retrieved February 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Fong, Nellie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 方 黃吉雯 (Chinese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hong Kong politician, health activist and accountant
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH British Hong Kong