The Secretary for Development of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for planning, land development and public works related development policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolios of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works and Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands.
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Development 發展局局長 | |
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| Development Bureau | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive |
| Inaugural holder | Gordon Siu Secretary for Planning and Lands Carrie Lam Secretary for Development |
| Formation | 21 January 1999 1 July 2007 |
| Salary | HK$4,021,200 per annum[1] |
| Website | DEVB |
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| Traditional Chinese | 發展局局長 | ||||||||
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List of office holders
editPolitical party: Nonpartisan
Surveyor General, 1842–1891
edit| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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Alexander T. Gordon 歌頓 |
1842 | 1845 | Sir Henry Pottinger (1841–1843) Administrator |
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| Sir Henry Pottinger (1843–1844) |
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| Sir John Francis Davis (1844–1848) |
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Charles St George Cleverly 急庇利 |
1845 | 1865 | ||
| Sir George Bonham (1848–1854) |
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| Sir John Bowring (1854–1859) |
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| Sir Hercules Robinson (1859–1865) |
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| 3 | |
Wilberforce Wilson 衛信 |
1865 | 1869 | ||
| Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (1866–1872) |
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| 4 |
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Lewis Henry Moorsom 睦誠 |
1869 | 1873 | ||
| Sir Arthur Kennedy (1872–1877) |
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| 5 |
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John MacNeile Price 裴樂士 |
1873 | 1889 | ||
| Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877–1882) |
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| Sir George Bowen (1883–1885) |
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| Sir William Des Voeux (1887–1891) |
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| 6 | |
Samuel Brown 布朗 |
1889 | 1891 | ||
| Sir William Robinson (1891–1898) |
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Directors of Public Works, 1891–1941
edit| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | |
Francis Alfred Cooper 谷柏 |
10 October 1891 | 1897 | Sir William Robinson (1891–1898) |
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| 2 | |
Robert Daly Ormsby 安庶庇 |
21 October 1897 | 1901 | ||
| Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903) |
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| 3 |  |
William Chatham 漆咸 |
12 October 1901 | 1921 | ||
| Sir Matthew Nathan (1904–1907) |
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| Sir Frederick Lugard (1907–1912) |
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| Sir Francis Henry May (1912–1918) |
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| Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1919–1925) |
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| 4 | |
Thomas Luff Perkins 白健時 |
1 July 1921 | 1923 | ||
| 5 | |
Harold Thomas Creasy 祈禮士 |
30 August 1923 | 1932 | ||
| Sir Cecil Clementi (1925–1930) |
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| Sir William Peel (1930–1935) |
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| 6 | |
Richard McNeil Henderson 軒德蓀 |
12 December 1932 | 1939 | ||
| Sir Andrew Caldecott (1935–1937) |
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| Sir Geoffry Northcote (1937–1941) |
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| 7 | |
Alexander Bruce Purves 包華士 |
28 September 1939 | 25 December 1941 | ||
| Mark Aitchison Young (1941) |
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Directors of Public Works, 1946–1981
edit| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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Harold Stuart Rouse | 7 September 1945 | 1946 | Military administration | |
| 8 | |
Victor Kenneth Kenniff | 15 May 1946 | 1949 | Sir Mark Aitchison Young (1946–1947) |
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| Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957) |
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Edward Audley Boyce | 26 August 1949 | 1950 | ||
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Theodore Louis Bowring 包寧 |
5 December 1950 | 1957 | ||
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Allan Inglis 英格理 |
22 May 1957 | 28 February 1963 | [2] | |
| Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964) |
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Alec Michael John Wright 鄔勵德 |
7 March 1963 | 27 March 1969 | [3][4] | |
| Sir David Trench (1964–1971) |
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James Jeavons Robson 盧秉信 |
28 March 1969 | August 1973 | [4] | |
| Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) |
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David Wylie McDonald 麥德霖 |
February 1974 | 1981 | ||
- Development issues were handled by Secretary for Lands and Works between 1981 and 1989.
Secretaries for Works, 1989–1997
edit| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | |
Kenneth Kwok 郭偉階 |
1 September 1989 | 31 March 1992 | Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |
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| 2 | |
Ronald James Blake 詹伯樂 |
1 April 1992 | May 1995 | ||
| Chris Patten (1992–1997) |
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| 3 | |
Kwong Hon-sang 鄺漢生 |
15 May 1995 | 30 June 1997 | ||
Secretaries for Works, 1997–2002
edit| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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Kwong Hon-sang 鄺漢生 |
1 July 1997 | 6 August 1999 | 1 year, 37 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) |
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| 2 | |
Lee Shing-see 李承仕 |
7 August 1999 | 30 June 2002 | 2 years, 328 days | |||
- Development issues were handled by Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works between 2002 and 2007.
Secretaries for Development, 2007–present
edit| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 |  |
Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor 林鄭月娥 |
1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | Donald Tsang (2005–2012) |
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| 2 | |
Mak Chai-kwong 麥齊光 |
1 July 2012 | 12 July 2012 | 11 days | Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) |
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Paul Chan Mo-po 陳茂波 |
30 July 2012 | 16 January 2017 | 4 years, 170 days | |||
| 4 |  |
Eric Ma Siu-cheung 馬紹祥 |
13 February 2017 | 30 June 2017 | 138 days | |||
| 5 |  |
Michael Wong Wai-lun 黃偉綸 |
1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 | 5 years, 0 days | Carrie Lam (2017–2022) |
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| 6 |
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Bernadette Linn Hon-ho 甯漢豪 |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 148 days | John Lee (2022–present) |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "G.N. 384 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 105: 506. 1 March 1963.
- ^ "G.N. 429 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 105: 574. 8 March 1963.
- ^ a b "G.N. 608 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 111: 676. 3 April 1969.