Ms Iris Tam Siu-ying, JP

Ms Tam was appointed Executive Director (Planning & Development) of the Urban Renewal Authority in September 2006.  She started her town planning career in the government and left the civil service after seven years in 1990.  She then set up a planning consultant firm and was actively involved in both private and public sector planning projects and studies in Hong Kong and in Mainland China for sixteen years.  She was the President of the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (1995-97) and serves as Chairperson and Member of various Statutory and Advisory Tribunals/ Committees, including the Committee on Social Development and Quality of Life of the Commission on Strategic Development.

Date of Appointment : 1 September 2006