Manager School
Resume:
Personal Details
Name: Yok Yee (Yolinda) CHAN
Address: */* ******* *****
Northpark
Manukau 2013
New Zealand
Telephone No. (Residence): (64) 5328576
(Mobile): (64-021-*******
E-Mail : *******.****@*****.***
Education
PhD Candidate
School of Law
University of Auckland
New Zealand
2007 present
Postgraduate Programme for International Economic Law (High
Distinction)
Institut d Etudes Europeennes (Institute of European Studies)
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Free University of Brussels)
Belgium
2005-2006
Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours in Chinese Studies)
Thesis: The Reform of State-Owned Enterprises in China
The University of Adelaide
Australia
1997
Bachelor of Commerce
The University of Adelaide
Australia
1994 1996
Vocational/Professional Training and Qualifications
Certificate
World Bank Trading Institute
E-learning on Trade in Services
30 March-30 June 2006
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Diploma
18th Trade Policy Course, World Trade Organisation (WTO)
17 September 30 November 2001, Geneva, Switzerland
Graduate Certificate
Short Professional Course on Trade Policy and Structural Adjustments
National Centre for Development Studies
The Australian National University
1st 27th March 1999, Canberra, Australia
Certificate
Course on Using the Internet
Harcourt Learning Direct Australiasia
(Formerly known as International Correspondence School)
April 1997 April 2000, Australia
Certificate
Advanced Chinese Language Studies
East China Normal University
December 1995 January 1996, Shanghai, China
Diploma
Business Management and Administration, (Correspondence Course)
Cambridge Tutorial College, 1993, London, UK
Employment History
1) As a PhD candidate in Auckland:
From December 2008 March 2010
Postgraduate Law Casebook Coordinator (Part-Time)
School of Law, The University of Auckland
From June 2008 March 2010
Examination Assistant Supervisor (Part-Time)
School of Law, The University of Auckland
From May 2007 September 2007
Postgraduate Student Advisor (Part-Time)
School of Law, The University of Auckland
2) As an official in Government
From April 2010 Feb 2011(Suspended my PhD studies for eleven months on the request of
Fiji s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Expo Coordinating Committee)
Manager and Team Leader of Fiji s Participation at the 2010 Shanghai
World Expo
Pacific Pavilion, Shanghai, China
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From Oct 2006 April 2007
Senior Economist/Acting Principal Economic Planning Officer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Suva, Fiji
From January 2003 September 2006
Second Secretary (WTO & Trade)
Embassy of the Republic of Fiji to the European Union, Brussels, Belgium
From 16 May 2001 January 2003
Acting Principal Assistant Secretary
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Suva, Fiji
From 03 December 1999 15 May 2001
Acting Senior Economic Planning Officer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, External Trade and Sugar, Suva, Fiji
From 22 January 1998 2 December 1999
Economic Planning Officer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Suva, Fiji
Additional Skills:
1. Fluent in Chinese (speak 3 dialects including Cantonese and Mandarin)
2. Computer literate
3. Business Management Skills (assisted in the running of the family business in
general merchandising for many years)
4. Communication and Public Speaking Skills (Have given lectures to law
students and practicing accountants, presentations at workshops to Members of
Parliaments, Senators, senior government officials, NGOs as well as participated
in many international conferences)
Achievements:
1. Elected by colleagues of the fifteen Pacific Island Countries and the South
Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) as the Best Team Leader of the
Pacific Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo; I also negotiated and
facilitated the successful sale of the Pacific Pavilion at the close of the Expo
2. Winner of the Civil Service of Fiji s Exemplary Employee of the Year, Prime
Minister s Award in 2005 for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External
Trade
3. Awarded EC Fellowship to study the European Postgraduate Program on
International Economic Law in Brussels (2005-2006)
4. Awarded AustAid scholarships to study in Australia (1993 1996, 1997)
5. Awarded Eynesbury College s Certificate of Merit for Excellence in
Language and Communication. (1993, Australia)
6. Fiji Public Service Commission Scholarship for Form Seven (1992)
7. Won trophies and prizes for outstanding performance in Economics,
Accounting and Chinese Studies at Yat-Sen Secondary School.
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Other Affiliations
1. Elected President of the Association of Pacific Rim Universities Doctoral
Students Network (APRU-DSN), July 2010 July 2011
2. Elected Secretary of the Association of APRU-DSN, July 2009 July 2011
3. Member of the Asian Society of International Law since 2007
Publication:
1. The costs and benefits of a free trade area among Forum Island Countries in
Pacific Economic Bulletin, Volume 14, Number 1, 1999. National Centre
for Development Studies, the Australian National University.
Leisure Interests:
1. Travelling
2. Reading
3. Playing badminton and table tennis
Referees:
1. Name: Prof. Jane Kelsey
Position: Professor of Law
School of Law
The University of Auckland
Address: Law School
9 Eden Crescent, Auckland
Telephone: (64) 9 373 7599
Email: *.******@********.**.**
2. Name: H.E. Ratu S. T. Cavuilati
Position: Roving Ambassador/former Ambassador of the Fiji Mission to the
European Union
Address: Level 9, Suvavou House
Suva
Telephone: (679) 309 631
Fax: (679) 301 741
Email: **********@******.***.**
3. Name: Zhang Yongfen
Position: Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics
Address: The School of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
East China Normal University
Shanghai 200062, CHINA
Telephone: (86-21-622***** or (86-134-****-**** (mobile)
Email: ***********@*****.****.***.** or ************@*******.***
Major Meetings and Conferences Attended
1. 11th ARRU-Doctoral Students Conference, 12-16 July 2010, Universitas Indonesia,
Jakarta, Indonesia.
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2. 10th APRU-Doctoral Students Conference, 6-10 July 2009, University of Kyoto, Kyoto,
Japan.
3. 11th Pacific Islands Political Studies Association Conference, 3-4 December 2009,
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
4. 17th ANZSIL Annual Conference, 2-4 July 2009, Wellington, New Zealand.
5. The Pacific Wave Conference: Weathering the Economic Storm, 3-4 June 2009,
Auckland, New Zealand.
6. Forum Trade Officials Meeting (FTOM) and Forum Trade Ministers Meeting
(FTMM), 21-22 July 2008, Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
7. Capacity Building Workshop on Services Liberalisation for Forum Island Countries, 9-
11 June 2008, Nadi, Fiji.
8. 1st Informal Official Meeting on PACER-Plus, 26-28 May 2008, Auckland, New
Zealand.
9. Postgraduate Workshop and the 15th Australia and New Zealand Society of
International Law (ANZSIL) Annual Conference, 27 30 June 2007, Canberra,
Australia.
10. Participated in various negotiating sessions, formally and informally, bilaterally and
multilaterally, under the auspices of the Doha Development Agenda (DDA), 2001-
2006, Geneva, Switzerland.
11. Attended the informal Head of Delegation (HOD) meetings, agriculture and services
committee meetings, prior to the July 2004 General Council Meeting in which the
July Package was adopted.
12. Attended as an official delegate in various ACP Senior Officials and Ministerial Trade
Committee meetings, 2003-2006, Brussels, Belgium.
13. Official delegate, 6th WTO Ministerial Conference, 13-18 December 2005, Hong Kong,
China.
14. Official delegate, 5th WTO Ministerial Conference, 10-14 September 2003, Cancun,
Mexico.
15. 33rd Pacific Islands Forum Meetings, 15-17 August 2002, Suva, Fiji.
16. 3rd Summit of ACP Heads of State and Government, 18 July 2002, Nadi, Fiji.
17. Official delegate, the Hon. Prime Minister s official visit to the People s Republic of
China, 27 May 1 June 2002.
18. Fifth FAO Roundtable Meeting for Pacific Island Countries on WTO Agreements, 8-12
April 2002, Portland Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand.
19. Official delegate, the Honorable Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade s
official visit to New Zealand, 10 15 March 2002.
20. Forum Islands Trade Officials Meeting; Forum Trade Officials Meeting; Forum Trade
Ministers Meeting; and 1st Pacific-ACP Trade Ministers Meeting, 21-30 June 2001,
Apia, Samoa.
21. Fourth FAO Roundtable Meeting for Pacific Island Countries on Uruguay Round
Agreement on Agriculture, 2 6 April 2001, Portland Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand.
22. Pacific Regional Trade Agreement (PARTA, later known as PICTA) Working Party
Meeting, 26 27 February 2001, Tanoa International Hotel, Nadi, Fiji.
18. Third Follow-up Round Table Meeting on Uruguay Round Agreement on
Agriculture: Present and Future Implications for Agriculture and Fisheries
in the Region, 3rd 7th April, 2000, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Auckland,
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New Zealand.
19. Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Trade and Economic Officials Meeting, 16-17 July
1998, Suva, Fiji.
20. Forum Economic Ministers Meeting (FEMM), 7 8 July 1998, Nadi, Fiji.
21. Chinese Studies Association of Australia s Fifth Conference, 16-18 July 1997, the
University of Adelaide, South Australia.
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