Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong IDSM

Hong Kong honours system

The existing Hong Kong honours system was created after transfer of government of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China as a special administrative region in 1997...

 JP

Justice of the Peace

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is Secretary for Security

Secretary for Security

The Secretary for Security is the member of the Hong Kong Government in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters....

 of the Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 and a member of the Executive Council

Executive Council of Hong Kong

The Executive Council of Hong Kong is a core policy-making organ in the executive branch of the government of Hong Kong.. The Chief Executive of Hong Kong serves as its President.The Executive Council normally meets once a week...

. He was appointed to his post on 4 August 2003, replacing Regina Ip

Regina Ip

Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee, GBS JP is a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong , as well as the co-founder and current chairwoman of the New People's Party and Savantas Policy Institute....

Background

Ambrose Lee graduated in Social Sciences

Social sciences

Social science is the field of study concerned with society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences usually exclusive of the administrative or managerial sciences...

 from the University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong

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. He has also studied at Tsinghua

Tsinghua University

Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...

, Oxford and Harvard

Harvard University

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 universities.

He joined the civil service

Hong Kong Civil Service

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 in 1974 as an immigration officer, rising to become Assistant Director of Immigation in 1995 and Deputy Director of Immigration two years later. He served as Director of Immigration

Director of Immigration

The Director of Immigration is the head of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government, which is responsible for immigration issues and controlling entry ports into Hong Kong.-List of Directors of Immigration:* J. Moore...

 between 1998 and 2002. He was appointed as the Commissioner

Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption

The Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption is responsible to monitor corruption and moral standards for public and private realm in Hong Kong...

 of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in July 2002.