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Revelations immediately surfaced about a cross-leasing scam in which Mak allegedly fraudulently claimed housing allowance for five years from 1985, while a civil servant. The incident led to his arrest by the ICAC and his resignation on 12 July 2012, twelve days into his appointment. On 17 October,
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projects. In 1994, he was promoted to chief engineer, and by 1997, he began serving as government engineer. In 2000, he became principal government engineer, which put him in charge of development projects in eastern
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Mak was formally charged, jointly with assistant highways director Tsang King-man, with conspiring to defraud the government, to the personal benefit of HK$ 445,000. He was acquitted by the
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He began his government career in 1973. In 1976 he was an assistant engineer involved in many
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By 2002, Mak was director of highways in Hong Kong. In 2006, he became the Permanent
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Mak returned from retirement in July 2012 when he was appointed
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Ex-development secretary Mak Chai-kwong charged with fraud
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Ir Mak Chai-kwong, GBS, JP, Secretary for Development
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Index

The Honourable
GBS
JP
Secretary for Development
Carrie Lam
Paul Chan
Hong Kong
GBS
JP
Chinese
civil engineer
civil servant
Secretary for Development
C.Y. Leung
St. Joan of Arc Secondary School
University of Hong Kong
civil engineering
Institution of Civil Engineers
Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
Hong Kong Institution of Highways and Transportation
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
China Hong Kong Railway Institution
KCR
New Territories
Tseung Kwan O
Sha Tin
Ma On Shan
Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works
Development Bureau
Secretary for Development

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