Anson Chan - For the first ten years or so, you would always questi

For the first ten years or so, you would always question whether the decisions were right or wrong, but you have to learn to put things behind you once a decision is made. You can't be wishy-washy about it

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Anson Chan, Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration, Speech on the eve of her retirement, April 27, 2001

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About the Author

Anson Chan

Born: January 17, 1940
Nationality: Chinese, British
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Biography

Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, GBM, GCMG, CBE, JP is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both the British colonial government and the Hong Kong SAR government under the Chinese sovereignty from 1993 until she retired from the government in 2001, sparking speculations of her growing rift with Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa.

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