The Chief Secretary for Administration (政務司司長), commonly known as Chief Secretary and abbreviated as CS, is a 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. ... The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Chinese: 香港特別行政區行政長官 pinyin: Xiānggǎng Tèbié Xíngzhèngqū Xíngzhèng Zhangguān) is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China, and represents the Region. ... The Governor of Hong Kong 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, without the words 司長). 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 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

List of Chief Secretaries for Administration

• Anson Chan (1997-2001)
• Donald Tsang (2001-2005)
• Michael Suen (2005-) (Acting)

Anson Chan Fang On Sang GCMG(陳方安生) (born 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 colonial rule. ... Donald Tsang Donald Tsang Yam Kuen GBM JP KBE (Chinese: 曾蔭權, born 1944) has declared to join the Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 2005. ... Michael Suen in 1999 Michael Suen 孫明揚 (born 1944/1945) is currently the Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands and the acting Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong. ...

List of Chief Secretaries before 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)

Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave (夏鼎基爵士) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981. ... Sir David Robert Ford KBE(霍德爵士) (born February 22, 1935), was the fifth Chief Secretary of Hong Kong. ... Anson Chan Fang On Sang GCMG(陳方安生) (born 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 colonial rule. ...

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)
• Geroge Thomas Michael O'Brien (1892-1895)
• James Haldane Stewart-Lockhart (1895-1902)
• Sir Francis Henry May (1902-1910)
• Sir Claud Severn (1911-1925)
• Sir Wilfred Thomas Southorn (1925-1936)
• Norman Lockhart Smith (1936-1941)
• Sir Franklin Charles Gimson (1941, 1945)
• David M. Macdougall (1945-1949)
• John Fearns Nicoll (1949-1952)
• Sir Robert Brown Black (1952-1955)
• Edgeworth Beresford David (1955-1957)
• Claude Bramall Burgess (1958-1963)
• Edmund Brinsley Teesdale (1963-1965)
• Michael David Irving Gass (1965-1970)
• Sir Hugh Selby Norman-Walker (1969-1973)
• Sir Denys Tudor Emil Roberts (1973-1976)

Sir Robert Brown Black (? - 2000) was a British Colonial Governor. ...

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. ... Financial Secretary, often abbreviated as FS, is a position of the Hong Kong Government. ...

External links

• [1] (http://www.info.gov.hk/cso/)
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government (http://www.info.gov.hk/govcht_e.htm)