| 陳方安生大事記 |
| 1940 |
Born in Shanghai |
| 1948 |
Moved with my family to Hong Kong |
| 1950 |
My father passed away, my mother raised her eight children with the full support of her mother-in-law and other family members |
| 1949-57 |
Sacred Heart Canossian College |
| 1957-58 |
St. Paul’s Convent School (Matriculation Class) |
| 1958-59 |
Clerk, Medical Social Worker Office of Queen Mary Hospital |
| 1959-62 |
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English and English Literature from the University of Hong Kong |
| 1962 |
Joined the civil service as an Administrative Officer |
| 1963 |
Married to Chan Tai-wing |
| 1970 |
Assistant Financial Secretary |
| 1972 |
Principal Assistant Financial Secretary |
| 1972 |
Assistant District Commissioner, New Territories |
| 1975 |
Deputy Secretary for the New Territories |
| 1975 |
Principal Assistant Secretary for Social Services |
| 1976 |
Deputy Secretary for Social Services |
| 1979 |
Set up the Association of Female Senior Government Officers to fight for women civil servants’right to ‘equal work
equal pay’ |
| 1979 |
Deputy Director of Social Welfare |
| 1984 |
Director of Social Welfare |
| 1987 |
Secretary for Economic Services |
| 1992 |
Appointed a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) |
| 1993 April |
Secretary for the Civil Service |
| 1993 November |
Chief Secretary |
| 1995 |
《Asiaweek》: Asia’s 21 Most Powerful Women of the year |
| 1996 |
My mother Fang Zhao Ling and I were conferred Honorary Doctoral Degrees by the University of Hong Kong * |
| 1997 |
《Newsweek》 Cover personality: Iron Lady and Conscience of Hong Kong |
| 1997 July |
Became Chief Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
| 1999 March |
Almost time to retire, agreed to remain in post till 6/2002 |
| 1999 |
Awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) |
| 2001 January |
Announced resignation which took effect in 4/2001 |
| 2002 September |
Appointed an Unofficial Justice of the Peace (JP) |
| 2002 November |
Appointed an Honorary Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) |
| 2006 July |
Set up a Core Group to promote democracy and universal suffrage |
| 2007 September |
Announced candidature in the Legislative Council (Hong Kong Island ) by-election |
* Other Honours﹕Honorary Doctoral Degrees from Liverpool University, Tufts University in Massachusetts, the Open University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Sheffied, an Honorary Professorship at Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, and an Honorary Fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.
