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Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, GCMG, CBE, GBM, JP (born 17 January 1940) is the former Chief Secretary in both the British colonial government of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government under the Chinese sovereignty. She was also an elected member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Hong Kong Island between 2007 and 2008.〔Vanessa Gould, ("The Iron Lady with a soft centre" ), ''The Standard'', 13 January 2001〕〔Pares, James. Hoare, Susan. () (2005). A Political And Economic Dictionary Of East Asia. Routledge publishing. ISBN 1-85743-258-4; p. 35〕〔Chan resigned her British citizenship just prior to starting as Chief Secretary for Administration in the Chinese Hong Kong government. The formerly substantive appoints as Dame Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (2002) and Commander of the Order of the British Empire are reduced in rank to honorary appointments allowing use of the post-nominal letters GCMG & CBE but without the appellation of "Dame".〕〔(Anson Chan Core Group profile )〕 ==Early life== Born one of twins in Shanghai, China, Anson Chan was educated at Hong Kong's Sacred Heart Canossian College (formerly known as Italian Convent School and Sacred Heart School) and the University of Hong Kong. She also studied at Tufts University in Massachusetts in the United States. Chan's father, Fang Shin-hau (方心誥), a textile manufacturer, moved the family to Hong Kong in 1948. Her mother Fang Zhaoling was a Chinese painting master. Her grandfather, Fang Zhenwu, was a Kuomintang general who fought against the Japanese invasion. Her uncle, Sir Harry Fang Sin-yang was a well-known orthopaedic surgeon and served as an appointed member of the Legislative Council from 1974 to 1985. When she was only ten, Chan's father died suddenly aged 36, leaving her mother with eight young children: twins Anson and Ninson and six brothers. With the support of Chan's grandmother, her mother not only shouldered the responsibility of raising her children, but also tried to pursue her career as an artist. She took two of her sons to study in England, leaving Chan and her five other siblings in Hong Kong with their grandmother and Uncle Harry. Under her grandmother's strict discipline and high expectations, Chan learned that she had a duty towards the family and the community and was expected to be upright, diligent and righteous. She put herself through university by working as a private tutor and for a year as a clerk at Queen Mary Hospital. In 1959, Chan entered the University of Hong Kong to study English literature.〔 Along with studies, she was keen on amateur dramatics, and it was through this that she met her future husband, Archibald (Archie) Chan Tai-wing. She began work on a social work diploma, but later changed her mind and joined the Hong Kong Civil Service in 1962, one of only two women to join the civil service at that time. The following year, she married Archie, who became a science teacher at St Joseph's College.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anson Chan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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