Inner circle
Chief executive-elect Leung Chun-ying yesterday announced the members of the Executive Council, a group of 14 advisers charged with assisting him in policymaking. The council, which meets once a week, must be consulted on important policy decisions and bills to be introduced to the Legislative Council, but Leung is not under any obligation to accept conclusions they present.
Chief Executive
Leung Chun-ying 57
Lam Woon-kwong 61
Currently chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission. Stepped down from his position as director of the Chief Executive?s Office in 2005
Cheng Yiu-tong 63
Honorary president of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions and deputy to the National People?s Congress
Laura Cha Shih May-lung 62
Currently a deputy to the NPC and chairman of the Advisory Committee on Corruption of the Independent Commission Against Corruption
Anna Wu Hung-yuk 60
Former Legco member and chairwoman of the Equal Opportunities Commission. Currently chairwoman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority
Arthur Li Kwok-cheung 67
Deputy chairman of the Bank of East Asia and member of the Chinese People?s Political Consultative Conference. Former secretary for education and manpower and member of the Executive Council from 2002 to 2007
Andrew Liao Cheung-sing 62
Senior counsel and member of the CPPCC, as well as a council member of the China Law Society. Was widely tipped to be secretary of justice before Leung announced his cabinet this week
Chow Chung-kong 61
Chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Was chief executive of the MTR Corporation from 2003 to last year
Cheung Hok-ming 60
Member of the CPPCC, a Legco member, and vice-chairman of the Heung Yee Kuk. Also a member of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong
Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun 59
Deputy to the NPC and former permanent secretary for education and manpower (2002-06) and commissioner of the ICAC (2006-07), but resigned from the government in 2007 following accusations she had interfered with academic freedom at the Hong Kong Institute of Education
Barry Cheung Chun-yuen 54
Chairman of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange and the Urban Renewal Authority. Prominent supporter of Leung during his election campaign
Cheung Chi-kong 53 Executive director of the One Country, Two Systems Research Institute
Franklin Lam Fan-keung 51
Senior portfolio manager at UBS Global Asset Management from 2006 to last year
Bernard Chan 47
Deputy to the NPC and chairman of the Council for Sustainable Development, as well as vice-chairman of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Starry Lee Wai-king 38
Legco member and Kowloon City District Council member, as well as vice-chairperson of the DAB
