The former director of the Information Services Department, Zheng Weiyuan, said last month that he had resigned due to "health problems" and officially left the Information Department on the 1st of this month. Less than a month later, the government announced that Zheng Weiyuan would be appointed as the "Belt and Road" commissioner tomorrow (22nd).
Director of the Civil Service Bureau Nie Dequan said that Zheng Weiyuan is a senior administrative officer with outstanding leadership and management skills. He is confident that he can provide the public with professional and efficient services in his new position.
Zheng Weiyuan took office during the anti-revision conflict in August 2019 and succeeded Zhu Manling, who was transferred to the postmaster.
He joined the administrative department in July 1989. In the past, he served as Deputy Secretary-General (Planning and Lands) of the Development Bureau, Director of the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office (Taiwan), and Deputy Secretary-General of the Education Bureau.
He explained in an earlier inquiry that he had a long-term health problem, and according to the doctor’s opinion, he needed to deal with it within this year, and it started to get worse recently. Therefore, although there will be a Legislative Council election in December, he has to resign first. Come," and wait for arrangements by the Civil Service Bureau.
Zheng Weiyuan, the outgoing director of the Information Department, sends an email to his colleagues to say goodbye: new position is to be confirmed
