The Chief Secretary for Administration (Traditional Chinese: 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. Chinese people in Hong Kong have adopted many western folkways, but a substantial number of them still adhere to traditional Chinese traditions on various aspects of social living; for instance family solidarity, “courtesy and face” in interpersonal relationship. ... The History of Hong Kong began as a coastal island geographically located in southern China. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... 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. ... Other Hong Kong topics Culture - Economy Education - Geography - History Hong Kong Portal The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Traditional Chinese: , Simplified Chinese: , pinyin: XiānggÇŽng Tèbié XíngzhèngqÅ« Xíngzhèng ZhÇŽngguān; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dak6 bit6 hang4 zing3 keoi1... Flag of the Governor of Hong Kong, 1959–1997 The Governor of Hong Kong (Traditional Chinese: ; abbreviated 港督) 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. ... 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. ...

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. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ...

Before the introduction of Principal Officials Accountability System (POAS) in 2002, it was a civil service position. As at 2005, the position has only been filled by former civil servants who retired from the civil service. Principal Officials Accountability System (Traditional Chinese: 主要官員問責制, often abbreviated to POAS, commonly known as 高官問責制 or 問責制) was introduced by Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa in July 2002, the beginning of his second term, as part of his government reform programme. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Hong Kong civil service is managed by 11 policy bureaux in the Government Secretariat, and 67 departments and agencies, mostly staffed by civil servants. ...

List of Secretaries

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)
• Dr. 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 (1912-1925)
• Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southorn (1925-1936)
• Norman Lockhart Smith (1936-1941)
• Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (1941)
• 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)

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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)

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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 (Chinese: ) (born January 17, 1940) was head of Hong Kongs civil service before and after the territorys handover to the Peoples Republic of China from British colonial rule. ... Sir Donald Tsang Yam Kuen[1], GBM, KBE, JP (Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: , born October 7, 1944) has been the Chief Executive of Hong Kong since 2005. ... 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. ...

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

• Official website
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government