Fanny Law

Who is Fanny Law?

Fanny LAW Fan Chiu-fun, GBS, JP, was a high-ranking civil servant in Hong Kong. She held the posts of Secretary for Education and Manpower, Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower. 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, the Court of First Instance held that Law did not violate the institute's right to academic freedom when she contacted academics directly. The judicial review was allowed on 13 March 2009 but this did not affect the Commissions findings with regard to their terms of reference.