The central government, appointed Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun to be Hong Kong's new commissioner of Independent Commission against Corruption.

Mrs. Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun, born in 1953, replaces Raymond Wong Hung-chiu as Hong Kong's top anti-corruption official with the nomination of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen.

Donald Tsang said, in a speech delivered on Tuesday, he believes the new commissioner is capable of keeping Hong Kong one of the cleanest places in the world.

Fanny Law Fan Chiu-fun used to serve as Permanent Secretary of the Education and Manpower Bureau of Hong Kong SAR Government since July 2002.

Meanwhile, the Hong Kong SAR government appointed Raymond Wong Hung-chiu to be Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower on Tuesday.

(Xinhua News Agency October 31, 2006)