Mrs Patricia Chu Yeung Pak-yu

Biography

"Mrs Patricia Chu is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, the Consortium of Institutes on Family in the Asian Region and the Asian Academy of Family Therapy. She was the Deputy Director of the Social Welfare Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) before she retired in 2002 after serving 34 years in the civil service. She is renowned in the social welfare profession for her dedication and contribution, in particular, to the development of family work. Since 2003, she has served as a member of the Executive Committee and as Chairman since 2012 of the Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society, dedicating her professional expertise in addressing the psycho-social needs of the cancer patients and their families, while raising funds to provide assistance to needy patients. She had also served as the Chairperson of the Social Workers Registration Board, Equal Opportunities Commission, Associate Director of the University of Hong Kong Family Institute, a member of the Subcommittee on Privacy of the Law Reform Commission, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal Panel as well as co-opted member of the Welfare Subcommittee of the Community Care Fund. Mrs Chu is currently a member of the Family Council of the HKSAR Government and the Convener of the Family Support Committee of the Family Council. She is also a Director of Mother's Choice.

Research Interest

She has received the Bronze Bauhinia Star awarded by the HKSAR Government in 2000 and the Rotary Centennial Service Award of Professional Excellence awarded by the Rotary International District 3450 in 2005 in recognition of her contribution to the social welfare field and the social work profession. . She had also served as an official Justice of Peace from 1997 to 2002."