Fanny Law
Fanny LAW Fan Chiu-fun (born 24 February 1953, Hong Kong), GBS, JP, was a high-ranking civil servant in Hong Kong. She held the posts of Secretary for Education and Manpower (until 2002), Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower (until 2006). In late 2006, she was appointed Commissioner of the ICAC of Hong Kong.
Fanny Law resigned from the post following a government inquiry into interference with academic freedom at the Hong Kong Institute of Education while she was Permanent Secretary. However, in SJ v Commission of Inquiry, Re Hong Kong Institute of Education (HCAL 108/2007), the Court of First Instance held that Law did not violate the institute's right to academic freedom. The judicial review was allowed on 13 March 2009.
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