12 Facts About Edward Yau

Edward Yau Tang-wah, GBS, JP is a Hong Kong politician.

Edward Yau was the Secretary for the Environment from 2007 to 2012, and from 2012 to 2017, he was the Director of the Chief Executive's Office of Hong Kong.

Edward Yau served as Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development from 2017 to 2022.

Edward Yau was the Secretary for the Environment from 2007 to 2012.

Edward Yau's responsibilities covered environmental protection, energy, and sustainable development.

In 2020, after RTHK journalist Yvonne Tong asked WHO assistant director-general Bruce Aylward about the status of Taiwan, Edward Yau claimed that the show had violated the "One China" principle.

In September 2020, after the United States required that goods made in Hong Kong be labelled as "Made in China," Edward Yau filed a complaint to the United States, stating that such a rule was unreasonable.

In January 2021, Edward Yau said that a policy to require SIM card registration, where users of SIM cards would need to link their IDs, was necessary.

In February 2021, Edward Yau said that his bureau was investigating complaints into RTHK and that he had requested RTHK to conduct a thorough review of its programming.

In July 2021, Edward Yau dismissed claims that the National Security Law would affect the city's creative freedom.

Edward Yau claimed that the law would not compromise freedom of speech.

Edward Yau graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1981, and received further education at Oxford University and Harvard University.