On the picture Special Representative Shirley Lam – Picture by Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Brussels.
New Special Representative for Hong Kong Economic and Trade Affairs to the EU
The PRC’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has a new Special Representative at its Economic and Trade Office to the EU. Ms Shirley Lam returned to Brussels on 5 October 2015 to assume the aforementioned post.
This is Special Representative Lam’s second posting to Brussels, where she served from August 2004 to March 2009 as Deputy Representative. The career of Ms Lam has spanned a wide range of bureaux and departments that include the former Transport Branch, the former City and New Territories Administration, the former Regional Services Department, the former Planning, Environment and Lands Branch, the former Transport Bureau, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels, and the Food and Health Bureau.
She was Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service from October 2010 to May 2013 and has been serving as Deputy Director of Marine (Special Duties) since May 2013.
Hong Kong’s office also deals with bilateral and trade relations to Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Ireland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, and Turkey.
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