Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying GBS JP (Chinese: 任關佩英; née Kwan; born 6 July 1946) is a former top Hong Kong civil servant.
Lily Kwan was born in Hong Kong in 1947, the fourth of six children.
She attended Sacred Heart Canossian College until 1964, and later graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1969 with a BA in English Language and Literature.
She joined the Hong Kong Government as an Administrative Officer upon her graduation in the same year.
[5] Yam graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1969 obtaining a BA degree in English Language and Literature and a master's degree in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1984.