The Chief Secretary for Administration (政務司司長), commonly known as Chief Secretary and abbreviated as CS, is the second highest position of Hong Kong Government. The CS assists the Chief Executive (Governor before the transfer of sovereignty) in supervising the policy bureaux as directed by the CE and plays a key role in ensuring harmonisation in policy formulation and implementation. This is particularly important in areas which cut across policy bureaux. On July 1, 1997, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial control. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Chinese: 香港特別行政區行政長官 pinyin (forMandarin Chinese pronounciation): XiānggÇŽng Tèbié XíngzhèngqÅ« Xíngzhèng Zhangguān) is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China, and... The Governor of Hong Kong (香港總督) was a British official who ruled Hong Kong during the colonial period between 1841 and 1997 and was ex officio Commander-in-Chief and Vice-Admiral of Hong Kong. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The Chief Secretary also covers specific priority areas of the Chief Executive's policy agenda, and is responsible for forging a closer and more effective working relationship with the Legislative Council and for drawing up the Government's legislative programme.

The Chief Secretary for Administration also exercises statutory functions vested in him by law, such as those concerning the handling of appeals and certain public bodies.

Before the transfer of sovereignty in 1997, the title was simply called "Chief Secretary" (布政司) Before 1976, the title was called "Colonial Secretary" (輔政司). This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

List of Chief Secretaries for Administration after 1997

• Anson Chan (1997-2001)
• Donald Tsang (2001-2005)
• Rafael Hui (2005-)

Anson Chan Anson Chan Fang On Sang GBM GCMG CBE JP (陳方安生) (born January 17, 1940) is formerly a prominent and long-standing head of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)s civil service before and after the territorys handover to the Peoples Republic of China from British... Jump to: navigation, search Donald Tsang Yam Kuen GBM JP KBE (Chinese: 曾蔭權, born 1944) is currently the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and former career civil servant. ... Rafael Hui Si Yan, GBS, JP (Chinese: 許仕仁, born 1948) is Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong and a former career civil servant. ...

List of Chief Secretaries between 1976 and 1997

• Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts (1976-1978)
• Sir Jack Cater (1978-1981)
• Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave (1981-1985)
• Sir David Akers-Jones (1985-1987)
• Sir David Robert Ford (1987-1993)
• Anson Chan (1993-1997)

Dato Seri Paduka Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts, KCMG., SPMB was Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1973 to 1976 and as Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1976 to 1978. ... Sir Jack Cater, KBE, JP (姬達爵士) was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1981. ... Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave (夏鼎基爵士 , July 6, 1925 - September 28, 1999) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981. ... Sir David Akers-Jones, KBE, CMG, GBM, JP (鍾逸傑爵士, 1928 - ) was the Chief Secretary (布政司) of Hong Kong from 1985 - 1987. ... Sir David Robert Ford KBE, LVO(霍德爵士) (born February 22, 1935), was the fifth and the last non-local Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. ... Anson Chan Anson Chan Fang On Sang GBM GCMG CBE JP (陳方安生) (born January 17, 1940) is formerly a prominent and long-standing head of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR)s civil service before and after the territorys handover to the Peoples Republic of China from British...

List of Colonial Secretaries before 1976

• John Robert Morrison (1843-1844)
• Sir Frederick William Adolphus Bruce (1844-1854)
• William Caine (1854-1859)
• William Thomas Mercer (1859-1868)
• John Cardiner Austin (1868-1879)
• William Henry Marsh (1879-1887)
• Frederick Stewart (1887-1890)
• Francis Fleming (1890-1892)
• George Thomas Michael O'Brien (1892-1895)
• Sir James Haldane Stewart-Lockhart (1895-1902)
• Sir Francis Henry May (1902-1910)
• Sir Claud Severn (1911-1925)
• Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn (1925-1936)
• Norman Lockhart Smith (1936-1941)
• Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (1941, 1945)
• David Mercer Macdougall (1945-1949)
• John Fearns Nicoll (1949-1952)
• Sir Robert Brown Black (1952-1955)
• Edgeworth Beresford David (1955-1958)
• Claude Bramall Burgess (1958-1963)
• Edmund Brinsley Teesdale (1963-1965)
• Dr. Michael David Irving Gass (1965-1970)
• Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker (1969-1973)
• Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts (1973-1976)

Sir James Haldane Stewart-Lockhart, (Scottish: 洛克, 1858 - 1937) British colonial official in Hong Kong and China for more than 40 years. ... Sir Francis Henry May (1860 - 1922) was a British colonial administrator. ... Claude Severn (Chinese Translated Name 施勳) was a British colonial administrator. ... Wilfred Thomas Southorn (Chinese Translated Name 修頓) was a British colonial administrator. ... Norman Lockhart Smith (Chinese Translated Name 斯密夫) was a British colonial administrator who became Acting Administrator of Hong Kong on various occasions. ... Franklin Charles Gimson, KBE. (1890 - 1975）was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from December 8, 1941 - December 25, 1941. ... Sir Robert Brown Black (Chinese: 柏立基, 1906 - October 29, 1999) was a British colonial governor. ... Edgeworth Beresford David (Chinese: 戴維, 1908 - 1965) was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1955 - 1957. ... Claude Bramall Burgess(Chinese: 白嘉時), CMG, OBE, MA was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1958 - 1963 Categories: British people stubs | Hong Kong people stubs | Chief Secretaries of Hong Kong ... Edmund Brinsley Teesdale, MC (1915 - 1997) was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1963 - 1965 ... Dr. Michael David Irving Gass, KCMG (1916 - 1983) was the Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1965 - 1969. ... Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker,KCMG, OBE (Chinese: 羅樂民, 1916 - 1985) was a officer in the British Colonial Office. ... Dato Seri Paduka Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts, KCMG., SPMB was Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1973 to 1976 and as Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1976 to 1978. ...

See also

• Hong Kong Government
• Government departments and agencies in Hong Kong
• Secretary for Justice
• Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)
• Secretary for Education and Manpower
• Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food

On July 1, 1997, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) resumed its exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong, ending more than 150 years of British colonial control. ... Departments and agencies are controlled by the Hong Kong Government. ... Secretary for Justice (律政司司長) is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. ... Financial Secretary, often abbreviated as FS, is a position of the Hong Kong Government. ... The Secretary for Education and Manpower is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, and heads the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB). ... The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, and heads the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB). ...

External links

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• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government