Preceded by Wong Yan-lung Name Rimsky Yuen Succeeded by Russell Coleman SC | Preceded by Philip Dykes SC Preceded by Wong Yan-Lung | |
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Born 1964 ( 1964 ) Alma mater University of Hong Kong
City University of Hong Kong Education City University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong | ||
Hong kong mainland relations hk secretary of justice rimsky yuen
Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung GBM, SC, JP (Chinese: 袁國強; born 1964) is a lawyer and the third and current Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong. He took office on 1 July 2012.
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- Hong kong mainland relations hk secretary of justice rimsky yuen
- Keynote Luncheon Rimsky Yuen
- Education and early career
- Public service
- References
Keynote Luncheon - Rimsky Yuen
Education and early career
Yuen studied law as an undergraduate at the University of Hong Kong and as a master's student at the City University of Hong Kong. He was called to the Hong Kong Bar in 1987. In 1995, he became qualified as a solicitor and advocate in Singapore. He held a temporary position as deputy registrar of the High Court of Hong Kong from 2002 to 2003; afterwards, he was appointed as a Senior Counsel. He later became chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association.
Public service
In 2008, Yuen accepted a position as a member of the Guangdong committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in a widely criticised decision; a number of legislators in the pan-democratic camp, including Democratic Party chairman Albert Ho and Civic Party member Audrey Eu, called on Yuen to step down. Ronny Tong, who had declined a similar offer of appointment to the Guangdong CPPCC during his tenure as Bar Association head, also expressed his disappointment in Yuen and expressed his concerns over the potential for conflict of interest. In contrast, legislator Kwong Chi-kin of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions supported Yuen's appointment, stating that it would promote cooperation with mainland authorities; pro-Beijing newspaper Wen Wei Po also came out with an editorial denying that any conflict of interest arose by Yuen's appointment.
Yuen was appointed Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong on 1 July 2012 under Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.
In his undergraduate law studies, Yuen was a classmate of his contemporary Director of Public Prosecutions, Keith Yeung, and also of Kevin Lau, the former chief editor of the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao who suffered a vicious knife attack in February 2014, a combination of facts that led to Yuen delegating authority to handle that case to Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Wesley Wong.
On 21 June 2017, chief executive-elect Carrie Lam confirmed that Yuen would remain as Secretary for Justice as part of her newly formed cabinet.