Ingrid Yeung

The Honourable
Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan
JP
楊何蓓茵
Yeung in 2023
Secretary for the Civil Service
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2022
Chief ExecutiveJohn Lee
Preceded byPatrick Nip
Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service
In office
7 August 2020 – 30 June 2022
Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam
Preceded byThomas Chow [zh]
Succeeded byClement Leung [zh]
Permanent Secretary for Education
In office
26 July 2017 – 6 August 2020
Personal details
Born (1965-01-08) January 8, 1965 (age 61)
Children1
EducationUniversity of Hong Kong

Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan (Chinese: 楊何蓓茵, born 8 January 1965) is the current Secretary for the Civil Service in Hong Kong, appointed on 1 July 2022 as part of John Lee Ka-chiu's administration.

Biography

Yeung attended North Point Virtue Primary School and Kindergarten (kindergarten department, enrolled in 1968), then she enrolled in St. Francis' Canossian College, in 1981, she participated in the "1981 Hong Kong Youth Translation Competition" sponsored by the Home Affairs Department and organized by the Peninsula Junior Chamber of Commerce, and won the first place in the student group.

According to her official government profile, she started government work in 1986 as an executive officer. She was the Commissioner for Transport from 2012-2017, the Permanent Secretary for Education from 2017-2020, and the Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service from 2020-2022.

Secretary for the Civil Service

In October 2022, Yeung announced that the Civil Service code of conduct would be updated to remove the "political neutrality" core value. In addition, Yeung also said "Events in recent years and the international situation today shows the importance of patriots administering Hong Kong."

In August 2023, Yeung said that civil servants would need to declare all arrests, and could be transferred to other positions or fired; one union representative asked why this was necessary for those found innocent.

In January 2024, Yeung said that civil servants should be careful of their personal opinions and must speak carefully, both in their personal lives and online.

References

  1. ↑ "楊何蓓茵重語文教育 建良好氛圍推動閱讀". Archived from the original on 2024-08-06. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  2. ↑ 香港政府布政司署 (1 July 1996). 香港政府職員名冊 一九九六年. Hong Kong: Government of Hong Kong. p. 172.
  3. 1 2 3 GovHK (www.gov.hk). "GovHK: Mrs Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan, JP, Secretary for the Civil Service". www.gov.hk. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "美德小學 頒獎典禮". 華僑日報. 4 March 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 "全港青年繙譯賽 兩組得獎者公佈". 華僑日報. 1982-01-29. p. 9. Archived from the original on 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  6. ↑ "青年繙譯比賽 評選結果公布". 華僑日報. 1982-02-27. p. 4. Archived from the original on 2025-04-30. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  7. 1 2 Leung, Hillary (1 November 2022). "Keep 'political neutrality' in civil service code, Hong Kong ex-leader says, but gov't workers must be patriotic". Hong Kong Free Press HKFP. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Hong Kong civil servants will need to declare arrests under new proposal". South China Morning Post. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Hong Kong civil servants warned over sharing private opinions on official policy". South China Morning Post. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.