Henry Fan | |
Honorific Suffix: | SBS, JP |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1948 |
Birth Place: | Shanghai |
Relations: | Fan Qin (ancestor) Fanny Law (sister) |
Alma Mater: | University of Hong Kong Beijing University |
Office: | Chairman of the Hospital Authority |
Term Start: | 1 December 2019 |
Office1: | Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong |
Term Start1: | 1 November 2005 |
Term End1: | 21 January 2009 |
Office2: | Managing Director of CITIC Pacific |
Term Start2: | 10 March 1990 |
Term End2: | 8 April 2008 |
Successor2: | Chang Zhenming |
Office3: | Chairman of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority |
Term Start3: | 17 March 2007 |
Term End3: | 17 March 2009 |
Predecessor3: | Charles Lee |
Successor3: | Anna Wu |
Henry Fan Hung Ling, SBS, JP (; 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]