York Y N CHOW, SBS, JP

Secretary for Food and Health

Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Aged 61, married with two daughters, Dr CHOW is an orthopaedic surgeon by profession. He was appointed Hospital Chief Executive of Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1992 and Hospital Chief Executive of Queen Mary Hospital in 2001. He was subsequently appointed Cluster Chief Executive of the Hong Kong West Cluster of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority in 2002. He took up the post of Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food in October 2004 and the post of Secretary for Food and Health in July 2007.

Professionally, he served as President of the Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association, Vice-President of the College of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and was elected Council Member of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. He is currently an Honorary Professor in Rehabilitation Science at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and an Honorary Professor of the Medical Faculty of the University of Hong Kong.

Dr CHOW participates actively in voluntary and community work. He served as Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Sports Development Board and the Sports Institute, and as a member of the Rehabilitation Task Force.

He was elected Vice-President of the International Paralympic Committee in 1997-2005 and was Chairman of the Hong Kong Sports Association for the Physically Disabled between 1986 and 2004.