Henry Fan
SBS, JP
Chairman of the Hospital Authority
Assumed office
1 December 2019
Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong
In office
1 November 2005 – 21 January 2009
Managing Director of CITIC Pacific
In office
10 March 1990 – 8 April 2008
Succeeded byChang Zhenming
Chairman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority
In office
17 March 2007 – 17 March 2009
Preceded byCharles Lee
Succeeded byAnna Wu
Personal details
Born (1948-06-02) 2 June 1948
Shanghai
RelationsFan Qin (ancestor)
Fanny Law (sister)
Alma materUniversity of Hong Kong
Beijing University
Henry Fan Hung Ling
Traditional Chinese范鴻齡
Simplified Chinese范鸿龄

Henry Fan Hung Ling, SBS, JP (Chinese: 范鴻齡; born 2 June 1948 in Shanghai, Republic of China with family roots in Ningbo, Zhejiang) is a businessman and politician who served as the managing director of CITIC Pacific[1] and the vice-chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways.[2] He is now the chairman of Hospital Authority. He was a non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2009. He was previously a barrister practising out of Temple Chambers in Hong Kong.

He is the elder brother of Fanny Law, a former Hong Kong Government official. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong and Peking University.

In September 2022, Fan lobbied for a "significant expansion" of traditional Chinese medicine used in Hong Kong's public healthcare.[3] Days after, the Hospital Authority released a study claiming that traditional Chinese medicine could help long COVID symptoms; however, the study was not conducted in a scientific randomized controlled trial.[4]

In November 2022, Fan tested positive for COVID.[5]

In December 2022, Fan admitted that a scheme to hire overseas doctors was "very unsatisfactory," with only 9 of 65 applications given an offer.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Citic Pacific's Continuing Worries
  2. ↑ "Henry Fan Hung Ling". Archived from the original on 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  3. ↑ "Chinese medicine could help relieve 'long Covid' symptoms: Hong Kong study". South China Morning Post. 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  4. ↑ Standard, The. "Chinese medicine provides hope in long-Covid fight". The Standard. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
  5. ↑ "Hong Kong logs 8,033 new Covid cases - RTHK". news.rthk.hk. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  6. ↑ "Only 65 overseas doctors apply for special scheme to work in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. 2022-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
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