Alan Lai
Alan Lai Nin GBS,[1] JP (Chinese: 黎年, born 3 June 1951) is a Hong Kong politician and civil servant who served as the Director-General of the Trade and Industry Department from 1996 to 1999,[2] Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption from 1999 to 2002[2] and the Ombudsman of the Office of the Ombudsman from 2009 until his retirement in 2014. He is now a consultant with the Independent Police Complaints Council.[3]
Alan Lai Nin | |
|---|---|
黎年 | |
| Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption | |
| In office 15 July 1999 – 30 June 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Lily Yam |
| Succeeded by | Ambrose Lee |
| The Ombudsman of Hong Kong | |
| In office 1 April 2009 – 31 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Alice Tai |
| Succeeded by | Connie Lau |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 3, 1951 |
| Alma mater | University of Hong Kong |
Awards
- 2003: Gold Bauhinia Star[4]
- 2009: Justice of the Peace[5]
gollark: Also, you could sort of gain extra senses of some possible value by mapping things like LIDAR output (AR glasses will probably have something like that for object recognition) and the local wireless environment onto the display.
gollark: Oh, and there's the obvious probably-leading-to-terrible-consequences thing of being able to conveniently see the social media profiles of anyone you meet.
gollark: Some uses: if you are going shopping in a real-world shop you could get reviews displayed on the items you look at; it could be a more convenient interface for navigation apps; you could have an instructional video open while learning to do something (which is already doable on a phone, yes, but then you have to either hold or or stand it up somewhere, which is somewhat less convenient), and with some extra design work it could interactively highlight the things you're using; you could implement a real-world adblocker if there's some way to dim/opacify/draw attention away from certain bits of the display.
gollark: There's nothing you can't *technically* do with a phone, but a more convenient interface does a lot.
gollark: There are rather a lot of cool uses for being able to overlay information on reality.
References
- "HKSAR PRECEDENCE LIST" (PDF). Hong Kong: HKSAR Government. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-04. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- "Senior Appointments". Hong Kong: HKSAR Government. October 12, 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- "Admin & Civic Affairs - Ombudsman recruitment exercise opens". Hong Kong: HKSAR Government. 14 December 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- "Recipients of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Honours and Awards Grand Bauhinia Medal (G.B.M.)". Hong Kong: HKSAR Government. 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
- "HKSAR Justices of the Peace (non-gov)". Hong Kong: Webb-site Who's Who. 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lily Yam |
Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption 1999 – 2002 |
Succeeded by Ambrose Lee |
| Preceded by Alice Tai |
The Ombudsman of Hong Kong 2009 – 2014 |
Succeeded by Connie Lau |
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