York Chow

York Chow Yat-Ngok
周一嶽
Chairman of the Equal Opportunities Commission
In office 1 April 2013 – 31 March 2016
Preceded by	Lam Woon-kwong
Succeeded by	Alfred Chan
Secretary for Food and Health
In office 1 July 2007 – 30 June 2012
Chief Executive	Sir Donald Tsang
Chief Secretary	Henry Tang
Undersecretary	Prof Gabriel Leung
Permanent Secretary	Marion Lai & Sandra Lee
Political Assistant	Paul Chan
Preceded by	Himself (as Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food)
Succeeded by	Ko Wing-man
Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food
In office October 2004 – 30 June 2007
Preceded by	Yeoh Eng-kiong
Succeeded by	Himself (as Secretary for Food and Health)
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 68–69) Hong Kong

Dr. York Chow Yat-Ngok (traditional Chinese: 周一嶽; simplified Chinese: 周一岳; pinyin: Zhōu Yīyuè; born 1947, Hong Kong), GBS, SBS, MBE, JP, was the Secretary for Food and Health of Hong Kong and a member of the Executive Council. He was appointed as Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food in 2004.^[1] The position has since been renamed to Secretary for Food and Health from reshuffling in 2007.

History

Chow is an orthopaedic surgeon by profession. He was appointed Hospital Chief Executive of Queen Mary Hospital in 2001. Chow was appointed a Vice-President of the International Paralympic Committee in 1997.

During his studies in the University of Hong Kong since 1967, he stayed in St. John's College and has served as the male sports captain in the academic years 1968–1969.

Controversies

2011 June protest

On 25 June 2011 a small protest was held by about ten mothers begging on the street for the attention of Chow regarding the mainland Chinese mothers birth tourism issues with hospital capacities.^[2] These are families that have a mainland mother and a Hong Kong father. Chow did sympathise with these couples, but nothing was done after the protest.^[3] The issue later expanded to the Early 2012 Hong Kong protests which was also triggered by Kong Qingdong's comment.

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