And 'speak truth unto power'? What does this mean? It means… - Anson Chan

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And 'speak truth unto power'? What does this mean? It means giving your best advice to superiors based on the best information available and objective analysis even when you know it may not be music to their ears.

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Anson Chan Fang On Sang (陳方安生) (born January 17, 1940) is formerly a prominent and long-standing head of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)'s civil service before and after the territory's handover to the People's Republic of China from British colonial rule. She is the first woman and the first Chinese to hold the second-highest governmental position in Hong Kong.

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Native Name: 陳方安生

Alternative Names: Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang • Chen Fang Ansheng • Fang Ansheng • Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On Sang • Dame Anson Chan

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