黃仁龍

English

Wong Yan-lung SC is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel, called to the Bar in Hong Kong in 1987, appointed Senior Counsel in 2002 and now practising from Temple Chambers; the Bar List also records his 1987 call in England. On 26 March 2002 the Chief Justice, Andrew Li, announced under section 31A of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance the appointment of four Senior Counsel including Wong, effective 11 May 2002. The Judiciary biography recorded that he was then 38, practised property law, constitutional law, administrative law and general civil cases, served on the Hong Kong Bar Association’s Bar Council from 1996 to 2002, and chaired one of the Appeal Tribunals (Buildings). On 20 October 2005 the Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, announced that the State Council had approved the resignation of the then Secretary for Justice and appointed Wong as Secretary for Justice with effect from the same day. The release was issued in English and recorded that his predecessor would stay on as a member of the Constitutional Development Task Force in a personal capacity until the end of that year. Neither the Bar List nor the releases record his education; the Bar List shows only his current chambers, and no official record covers his private practice arrangements after leaving office, so both points are left blank rather than inferred.