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Encyclopedia > Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)

Financial Secretary, often abbreviated as FS, is a position of the Hong Kong Government. The FS assists the Chief Executive (Governor before the transfer of sovereignty) in supervising the policy bureaux as directed by the CE, mostly finance and economy-related, and plays a key role in ensuring harmonisation in policy formulation and implementation. The FS is also responsible for delivering the annual budget at the Legislative Council. 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. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Legislative Council Building The Legislative Council of Hong Kong (立法會, abbreviated LegCo) is the legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


Before 1940, the position was titled Colonial Tresurer. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...


List of Financial Secretaries after 1997

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. ... This page has been protected from editing to deal with vandalism. ... The Honourable Henry Tang Ying Yen GBS JP (Chinese 唐英年) (born 1953) is the Financial Secretary & Acting Chief Executive of Hong Kong SAR. He is an avowed free-market capitalist who believes in minimal government economic meddling. ...

List of Financial Secretaries between 1937 and 1997

Sir John James Cowperthwaite (郭伯偉爵士) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1966 to 1971. ... Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave (夏鼎基爵士 , 1925 - September 28, 1999) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1971 to 1981. ... Sir John Henry Bremridge was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1986. ... Sir Piers Jacobs (翟克誠爵士 ?? - September 23, 1999), KBE, JP was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1986 to 1991. ... Sir Nathaniel William Hamish Macleod(麥高樂爵士) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1995. ... 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. ...

List of Colonial Treasurer before 1937

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  • Alfred Lister (? -1890)
  • N. G. Mitchell-Innes (1890-1895)
  • A. M. Thomson (acting) (1895-1897)
  • T. Sercombe Smith (1897-1898)
  • A. M. Thomson (1899-1918)
  • C. McI. Messer (1918-1931)
  • E. Taylors (1931-1937)

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