The former Secretary for Security, Lee Siu-kwong, passed away last month. He held a farewell ceremony and funeral at the Hung Hom World Funeral Home yesterday. Chief executive Li Jiachao, two former chief executives including Leung Chun-ying and Carrie Lam, current bureau chiefs, political and business people attended the scene to mourn, and the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, the Ministry of Public Security, and the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee also sent wreaths.
Li Shaoguang believed in Christianity, and a horizontal plaque with the words “Rest In Peace” was hung in the mourning hall. At the farewell ceremony, the priest led the prayer. Li Shaoguang’s son Li Linen walked out of the mourning hall with his father’s photo in his hand. The people in charge of supporting the soul included Chief Secretary Chen Guoji, Executive Council Convenor Ye Liu Shuyi, Liaison Office Police Liaison Department Minister Chen Feng, Security Director Deng Bingqiang, The Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs, Tsang Kwok-wai, and others, transported the coffin to a hearse and then transferred it to the Diamond Hill Crematorium for cremation.
Li Shaoguang joined the then People’s Immigration Department in 1974. In 1995, he was promoted to the Assistant Director of the People’s Immigration Department. After 1997, he was promoted to the Deputy Director of the Immigration Department, and was promoted to the Director a year later. Li Shaoguang was appointed as the Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in 2002, becoming the first Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption from the disciplined services. The following year, he joined the accountability officer team and succeeded the resigned Ye Liu Shuyi as the Secretary of Security.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/multiple political and business circles farewell-Lee Shaoguang passed away yesterday/338015?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
