Florence Hui Hiu-fai is one of the undersecretaries appointed by the Government of Hong Kong

Government of Hong Kong

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, commonly the Hong Kong Government, is led by the Chief Executive as Head of the Government, who is also the head of the Hong Kong SAR...

 in 2008.

Education

Hui holds a Bachelor degree in business administration from the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Chinese University of Hong Kong

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 and an MBA

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

 from Cambridge University. She has pursued executive training programmes at Tsing Hua University and Harvard University

Harvard University

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Career

Hui joined the Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank

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 in 2002 and was promoted in 2007 to her present position as Head of Business Planning and Development. She was the Secretary to the Hong Kong Association of Banks

Hong Kong Association of Banks

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 and served on the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1861. It is a self-funding, non-profit organization whose mission is to safeguard and represent trade, service and industry in Hong Kong...

 Financial Services Committee. She is at present a convenor of the Chamber’s China Committee. She is also a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit

Central Policy Unit

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Undersecretary

In 2008 she was offered the opportunity to become an undersecretary for the Home Affairs Bureau

Home Affairs Bureau

Home Affairs Bureau is one of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government.One of the important roles of the Home Affairs Bureau is to enhance liaison and communication with all sectors of the community including the Legislative Council and the general public.Tsang Tak-sing has been the...

 under the Political Appointments System

Political Appointments System

The Political Appointments System is a scheme introduced in 2008 by the Hong Kong Government to reinforce its ministerial team by superseding the Principal Officials Accountability System and inserting two layers of politically-appointed officials below the secretaries, who are political appointees...

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