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Revision as of 20:07, 9 July 2012
Yeoh Eng Kiong 楊永強 | |
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| Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | |
| Preceded by | Himself, as Secretary for Health and Welfare |
| Succeeded by | York Chow Template:Contains Chinese text |
| Preceded by | Lily Yam, as Secretary for Environment and Food |
Dr. Yeoh Eng Kiong, GBS, JP (simplified Chinese: 杨永强; traditional Chinese: 楊永強; pinyin: Yáng Yǒngqiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ Éng-kiông, born 1946 in Ipoh, Malaysia) was the Secretary for Health and Welfare between 1999 and 2002, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food and a member of the Executive Council between 2002 to 2004 in the Hong Kong Government.
Yeoh's father was the late Yeoh Chin Hin, a Malaysian businessman who was a founder and director of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad.
Career
Yeoh studied medicine at the University of Hong Kong where he was elected President of the Student Union in 1969 and graduated in 1971. He specialised in gastroenterology. In 1979, he became a consultant physician at Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
After a 19-year career at Hong Kong government hospitals, with recognised work in AIDS research, Yeoh became the first Chief Executive of the newly formed Hong Kong Hospital Authority in 1990. In January 1999, He was appointed to the post of Secretary for Health and Welfare (a civil servant position). In 2002, he was appointed as the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food under the new political appointee system.
Yeoh is currently a professor at The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
SARS
Yeoh was heavily criticised by the media subsequently for his handling of the SARS outbreak. On 14 March 2003, despite the rising number of SARS cases in Hong Kong, Yeoh insisted there were no signs of a widespread outbreak[1] - contradicting direct statements from hospital staff.
He was forced to resign on 8 July 2004 to take political responsibility over the SARS outbreak. Yeoh was succeeded by Dr. York Chow.
Awards
In 2005, Yeoh was awarded a Gold Bauhinia Star and an Honorary Fellowship by the University of Hong Kong.
References
- ^ Cannix Yau (15 March 2003). "I am no God:Yeoh". The Standard. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
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