The Chief of the Information Department of Government Information Bureau (GCS), Mr Louie Wong Lok I, has been sworn in as Deputy Director of the Bureau.

According to the Chief Executive Order on 27 January 2014, Mr Wong is appointed Deputy Director of GCS from 1 March 2014 until 28 February 2015.

Mr Wong took the oath in the Bureau this afternoon, witnessed by the Director of the GCS, Mr Victor Chan Chi Ping, and the Chief of the Administration and Finance Division, Mr Wong Man Fu.

Mr Wong graduated with a Bachelor of Law degree in International Journalism and Mass Communication at Jinan University. He also holds two master degrees -- Master of Law in International Relations from Jinan University and Master of Arts in Computer-aided Translation (CAT) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

He joined GCS on 2 December 1996 as Senior Information Officer and assigned as the Chief of the Research and Publications Division from 16 February 2000 to 15 February 2011. He was promoted to the Chief of the Information Department from 16 February 2011, was Acting Deputy Director for a full year until today’s swearing in.