Dominic Wong


Dominic Wong Shing-wah was an official in the Hong Kong Government. Wong retired in 2002 from the Hong Kong Government as Secretary for Housing, after a 40-year career in public service.

Career

In 1962, Wong joined the Hong Kong Government and served in the Certificated Master, Executive Officer and Trade Officer Grades. In 1973, Wong became an Administrative Officer. In 1996, he was promoted to the rank of Director of Bureau.
Wong had served in various policy bureaus and departments. Senior positions held by Wong include: Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service ; Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower ; Postmaster General and Director of Education. He began his position as Secretary for Housing in December 1994 and continued to hold the position after the handover of Hong Kong in July 1997.
During his tenure as Housing Secretary, his long-term strategic planning of housing was praised as forward-looking, and shortened the queuing time for public housing from 5 to 6 years to 3 years. He retired in 2002,

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