Ms Ada Chung is a barrister-at-law and a Certified Public  Accountant.  She was appointed as the Registrar of Companies of Hong  Kong in August 2007 and has since been heavily involved in the rewrite  of the Companies Ordinance, the implementation of the new Companies  Ordinance and the introduction of electronic company incorporation and  electronic filing of company information in Hong Kong.

As a representative of the Financial Secretary, Ms Chung is an  ex-officio council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public  Accountants.  She also sits on the Financial Reporting Council.  Before  her appointment as the Registrar, she was a Deputy Law Officer and  headed the Civil Litigation Unit of the Civil Division of the Department  of Justice.