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Encyclopedia > Financial Secretary of 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. ...


List of Financial Secretaries after 1997

The Honourable (Sir) Donald Tsang Yam-kuen GBM JP (KBE) (曾蔭權) is the Chief Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR government who has been dubbed bow-tied Tsang because of his fashion style. ... Antony Leung Kam-chung GBS JP (梁錦松, Pinyin: Liáng Jǐnsōng, born 1952 in Hong Kong) was the former Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). ... 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 before 1997

  • S. Caine (1937-1940)
  • H.R. Butters (1940-1941)
  • Sir Charles Geoffrey Shield Follows (1946-1951)
  • Arthur Grenfell Clarke (1951-1961)
  • Allan Inglis (1961-1963)
  • Kenneth Strathmore Kinghorn (1963-1966)
  • Sir John James Cowperthwaite (1966-1971)
  • Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave (1971-1981)
  • Sir John Henry Bremridge (1981-1986)
  • Sir Piers Jacobs (1986-1991)
  • Sir Hamish Macleod (1991-1995)
  • Sir Donald Tsang (1995-1997)

Sir John Henry Bremridge was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1981 to 1986. ... Sir Hamish Macleod(麥高樂爵士) was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1991 to 1995. ... The Honourable (Sir) Donald Tsang Yam-kuen GBM JP (KBE) (曾蔭權) is the Chief Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR government who has been dubbed bow-tied Tsang because of his fashion style. ...

List of Colonial Treasurer before 1937

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

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