Name Rita Fan | Role Legislator Constituency Appointed | |
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Spouse Stephen S. T. Fan (m. 1974) Similar People James Tien, Audrey Eu, Tung Chee‑hwa, Leung Chun‑ying, Lee Wing‑tat | ||
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Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, GBM, GBS, CBE, JP (born 20 September 1945 in Shanghai, China) was the President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo) after the transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom in 1997. She was the first woman to hold that position. She is a member of the Hong Kong delegation to the 11th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China.
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- Background
- Political career
- Public service
- Personal life
- References
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Background
Rita Fan studied at St. Stephen's Girls' College from 1952 to 1964 and then at the University of Hong Kong, receiving a BSc in Chemistry and Physics in 1967 and a MSSc in Psychology in 1973. Rita is a member of the Fàn family.
Political career
Prior to the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), Fan was the Hong Kong Deputy to the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (1998–2003), Member of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1995–1997) and Member of the Preliminary Working Committee for the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (1993–1995). Under British rule, she was a Member of the Executive Council (1989–1992) and a Member of the Legislative Council (1983–1992).
Public service
Fan served as Chairman of the Education Commission (1990–1992) and Chairman of the Board of Education (1986–1989).
Personal life
She was born in Shanghai to a business magnate, Hsu Ta Tung, and later married Stephen Fan Sheung-tak until his death from liver cancer in 2004. The couple had a son and a daughter. Their daughter suffered from renal failure in 1995, and Fan donated a kidney to save her daughter's life. Fan was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 and underwent a mastectomy. She is Honorary President of the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Foundation.