Katherine Ng

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Katherine Ng
Political Assistant for the Financial Services and the Treasury
Incumbent
Assumed office 14 August 2008
Secretary	Prof. Ka-keung Chan
Undersecretary	Julia Leung
Personal details
Born	1974 (age 50–51) Singapore
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge University of Law

Katherine Ng Kit Shuen (伍潔鏇), born in 1974, was the Political Assistant to the Secretary for Financial Services & the Treasury of Hong Kong.

Early life and education

Ng was born in Singapore and moved to Hong Kong at the age of 3. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Law from the University of Cambridge, a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the College of Law in London, and a Master of Arts Degree in Law from the University of Cambridge. She qualified as a solicitor in the UK and Hong Kong in 1998 and 1999 respectively.[1]

Career

Ng worked for Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong from 2005 as the Director of its legal department. She has served at Linklaters' offices in London and Hong Kong, and was a Compliance Officer in Donald Tsang's election campaign for the Chief Executive of HKSAR.

Ng was appointed as a political assistant on 22 May 2008 by Donald Tsang. She is appointed under the expanded political appointment system on non-civil service terms for the term ending 30 June 2012.[2]

Personal life

Ng is a Singaporean citizen and Hong Kong permanent citizen. She said she will not renounce her Singaporean citizenship.[3]

References

1. "CE appoints Political Assistants (with photos)". www.info.gov.hk.
2. "Political appointees disclose salaries". Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
3. "The Standard - Hong Kong's First FREE English Newspaper".