Elizabeth Wong | |
Birth Place: | Shanghai, Republic of China |
Nationality: | New Zealand |
Residence: | Sydney |
Alma Mater: | University of Hong Kong (B.A. in English Literature) |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Council |
Term Start: | 17 September 1995 |
Term End: | 30 June 1997 |
Majority: | 45.75% |
Constituency: | Public, Social and Personal Services |
Office1: | Secretary of the Hygiene and Welfare Bureau |
Term1: | 1990–1994 |
Predecessor1: | Chow Tak-hei |
Successor1: | Fok Law Siu-ching |
Office2: | Director of the Social Welfare Department |
Term2: | 1987–1990 |
Predecessor2: | Anson Chan |
Successor2: | Michael David Cartland |
Occupation: | Retired official, former teacher at St. Paul's Co-educational College |
Elizabeth "Libby" Wong Chien Chi-lien (; Chien) is a former civil servant and politician from Hong Kong, born in Shanghai, China.[1] Wong is an alumna of Diocesan Girls' Junior School and Diocesan Girls' School.[2] She holds New Zealand citizenship, and is currently residing in Sydney. She is now a popular fiction writer. Her novels in English and Chinese are Rainbow City and its sequel Flower Mountain.[3] Elizabeth's husband is third generation Chinese New Zealanders, Elizabeth settled in Australia some years ago.
Wong served in the Hong Kong Government as the Director of Social Welfare from March 1987 to February 1990, and Secretary for Health and Welfare from February 1990 to 1994. She was a member of the Legislative Council from 1995 to 1997. In 1997, she quit politics to write.