Secretary for Home Affairs
Encyclopedia
The Secretary for Home Affairs is the head of the Home Affairs Bureau
of the Government of Hong Kong
, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community, leisure, and cultural services.
Home Affairs Bureau
Home Affairs Bureau is one of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government.One of the important roles of the Home Affairs Bureau is to enhance liaison and communication with all sectors of the community including the Legislative Council and the general public.Tsang Tak-sing has been the...
of the Government of Hong Kong
Government of Hong Kong
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, commonly the Hong Kong Government, is led by the Chief Executive as Head of the Government, who is also the head of the Hong Kong SAR...
, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community, leisure, and cultural services.
List of office holders
- Donald LuddingtonDonald LuddingtonSir Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington, KBE, CMG, CVO was a British colonial government official and civil servant who served firstly in the Hong Kong Government and became District Commissioner, New Territories and the Secretary for Home Affairs successively, during which he had also served as an...
1971-1973 - Jack CaterJack CaterSir Jack Cater, KBE, JP was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1981. Cater was the third Chief Secretary under the Governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose, later Lord MacLehose of Beoch...
1973 - Denis Bray (civil servant) 1973-1977, 1980-1985
- Li Fook Kow 1977-1980
- Peter TsaoPeter TsaoPeter Tsao Kwang-yung, CBE was a career civil servant of Hong Kong. Tsao was Secretary for Administrative Services and Information and Secretary for Home Affairs of colonial Hong Kong Government from 1985 to 1991...
1990-1991 - Michael SuenMichael SuenMichael Suen Ming-yeung GBS CBE JP is currently the Secretary for Education of Hong Kong.-Education:Suen attended Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, a male-only Jesuit school in Hong Kong.-Career:...
1991-1997 - David Lan (former Hong Kong Home Affairs Secretary) 1997-2000
- Lam Woon-kwongLam Woon-kwongLam Woon-kwong]], JP, Equal Opportunities Commission Chairperson, was, from July 1, 2002 to January 6, 2005, the Director of the Chief Executive's Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region...
2000-2002 - Patrick HoPatrick HoDr Patrick Ho Chi-ping JP is an ophthalmologist, and Hong Kong's former Secretary for Home Affairs. From 1988-2000, he was Professor of Surgery at the Chinese University of Hong Kong....
2002-2007 - Tsang Tak-singTsang Tak-singTsang Tak Sing, JP is the Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong. Formerly an adviser to the Central Policy Unit, he assumed office on 1 July 2007, replacing Patrick Ho. He is the younger brother of Jasper Tsang, who was the legislative councillor and former chairman of the Democratic Alliance...
July 1 2007 onwards