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<h2 id="list-of-chief-secretaries-of-hong-kong">List of chief secretaries of Hong Kong</h2> <h3>Colonial secretaries, 1843–1941</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Name</th><th colspan="2">Term of office</th><th><a href="/facts/Governor_of_Hong_Kong/5RCQeuKW">Governor</a></th><th>Ref</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/George_Alexander_Malcolm/I1C1w0dC">George Alexander Malcolm</a>麻恭</td><td>26 June 1843</td><td>29 August 1843</td><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Henry_Pottinger/1FCzUs4A">Henry Pottinger</a>(1843–1844)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Frederick_Wright-Bruce/96Hy5jU4">Frederick Wright-Bruce</a>卜魯斯</td><td rowspan="2">9 February 1844</td><td rowspan="2">1846</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/John_Francis_Davis/PAUuHAC8">John Francis Davis</a>(1843–1848)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/William_Caine_(colonial_administrator)/1dXvlGz8">William Caine</a>威廉·堅</td><td rowspan="2">3 September 1846</td><td rowspan="2">12 April 1854</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/George_Bonham/vFhzUWoI">George Bonham</a>(1848–1854)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">4</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/William_Thomas_Mercer/c0sIMPVH">William Thomas Mercer</a>孖沙</td><td rowspan="3">13 April 1854</td><td rowspan="3">14 May 1867</td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/John_Bowring/kdng1m51">John Bowring</a>(1854–1859)</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Hercules_Robinson%2c_1st_Baron_Rosmead/G4XWG6Ql">Hercules Robinson</a>(1859–1865)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Richard_Graves_MacDonnell/7a6ztax0">Richard MacDonnell</a>(1866–1872)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">5</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/John_Gardiner_Austin/aDHMFmvd">John Gardiner Austin</a>柯士甸</td><td rowspan="3">7 May 1868</td><td rowspan="3">4 April 1878</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Arthur_Kennedy_(governor)/XTQeVx7x">Arthur Kennedy</a>(1872–1877)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/John_Pope_Hennessy/YIuv1z3P">John Pope Hennessy</a>(1877–1882)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">6</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/William_Henry_Marsh/WJWk50mF">William Henry Marsh</a>馬師</td><td rowspan="2">3 January 1879</td><td rowspan="2">10 June 1887</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/George_Bowen/FrBqxCWV">George Bowen</a>(1883–1887)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Frederick_Stewart_(colonial_administrator)/jHG6qfbr">Frederick Stewart</a>史釗域</td><td>5 October 1887</td><td>6 October 1889</td><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/William_Des_Voeux/2BEpRvdy">William Des Voeux</a>(1887–1891)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">8</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Francis_Fleming_(colonial_administrator)/b2qheMkA">Francis Fleming</a>菲林明</td><td rowspan="2">17 January 1890</td><td rowspan="2">26 February 1892</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Sir <a href="/facts/William_Robinson_(governor)/ze05PPu4">William Robinson</a>(1891–1898)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/George_Thomas_Michael_O%2527Brien/rc998mk4">G. T. M. O'Brien</a>柯布連</td><td>11 March 1892</td><td>30 April 1894</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">10</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/James_Stewart_Lockhart/Ya3qRJE1">Stewart Lockhart</a>駱克</td><td rowspan="2">26 March 1895</td><td rowspan="2">23 April 1902</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Henry_Arthur_Blake/R9bC4XEo">Henry Arthur Blake</a>(1898–1903)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">11</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3">Sir <a href="/facts/Francis_Henry_May/VqNPjdSl">Francis Henry May</a>梅含理</td><td rowspan="3">14 May 1902</td><td rowspan="3">30 April 1911</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Matthew_Nathan/NX3lAez8">Matthew Nathan</a>(1904–1907)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Sir <a href="/facts/Frederick_Lugard/7qWuJTHW">Frederick Lugard</a>(1907–1912)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Warren_Delabere_Barnes/klkzTnU8">Warren Delabere Barnes</a>班士</td><td>7 June 1911</td><td>28 October 1911</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">13</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3">Sir <a href="/facts/Claud_Severn/gE4C3m4s">Claud Severn</a>施勳</td><td rowspan="3">22 February 1912</td><td rowspan="3">14 November 1925</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Francis_Henry_May/VqNPjdSl">Francis Henry May</a>(1912–1918)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Reginald_Stubbs/feH5nw8x">Reginald Stubbs</a>(1919–1925)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">14</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3">Sir <a href="/facts/Thomas_Southorn/pcdoaNMn">Thomas Southorn</a>修頓</td><td rowspan="3">1 May 1926</td><td rowspan="3">23 March 1936</td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Cecil_Clementi/yhjYMjVX">Cecil Clementi</a>(1925–1930)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/William_Peel_(colonial_administrator)/XlcPNkEs">William Peel</a>(1930–1935)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Andrew_Caldecott/SL2Bkos1">Andrew Caldecott</a>(1935–1937)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">15</td><td rowspan="3"></td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Norman_Lockhart_Smith/HggTxMTX">Norman Lockhart Smith</a>史美</td><td rowspan="3">26 November 1936</td><td rowspan="3">8 December 1941</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Geoffry_Northcote/sKmbTU2B">Geoffry Northcote</a>(1937–1941)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Mark_Aitchison_Young/RMUemkxx">Mark Aitchison Young</a>(1941)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td></td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Franklin_Gimson/6nvdAGW6">Franklin Gimson</a>詹遜</td><td>8 December 1941</td><td>25 December 1941</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Colonial secretaries, 1946–1976</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Name</th><th colspan="2">Term of office</th><th>Duration</th><th><a href="/facts/Governor_of_Hong_Kong/5RCQeuKW">Governor</a></th><th>Ref</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">17</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/David_Mercer_MacDougall/Vmfq09Im">David Mercer MacDougall</a>麥道高</td><td rowspan="2">1 May 1946</td><td rowspan="2">11 May 1949</td><td rowspan="2">2 years, 344 days</td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Mark_Aitchison_Young/RMUemkxx">Mark Aitchison Young</a>(1946–1947)</td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4">Sir <a href="/facts/Alexander_Grantham/bPMQEham">Alexander Grantham</a>(1947–1957)</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/John_Fearns_Nicoll/LQ1VXDTB">John Fearns Nicoll</a>列誥</td><td>25 May 1949</td><td>23 January 1952</td><td>2 years, 243 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td></td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Robert_Brown_Black/koQsAhQo">Robert Brown Black</a>柏立基</td><td>20 February 1952</td><td>30 March 1955</td><td>3 years, 38 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">20</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Edgeworth_Beresford_David/5rkAYbax">Edgeworth Beresford David</a>戴維德</td><td rowspan="2">4 May 1955</td><td rowspan="2">24 January 1958</td><td rowspan="2">2 years, 265 days</td><td rowspan="2"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Sir <a href="/facts/Robert_Brown_Black/koQsAhQo">Robert Brown Black</a>(1958–1964)</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Claude_Bramall_Burgess/DQ0z2gv3">Claude Bramall Burgess</a>白嘉時</td><td>24 January 1958</td><td>10 March 1963</td><td>5 years, 46 days</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">22</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Edmund_Brinsley_Teesdale/Tq6acWXF">Edmund Brinsley Teesdale</a>戴斯德</td><td rowspan="2">11 March 1963</td><td rowspan="2">28 March 1965</td><td rowspan="2">2 years, 18 days</td><td rowspan="2"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Sir <a href="/facts/David_Trench/z4LmbkHp">David Trench</a>(1964–1971)</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td></td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Michael_David_Irving_Gass/ESM0WRxg">Michael Gass</a>祈濟時</td><td>4 September 1965</td><td>22 January 1969</td><td>3 years, 141 days</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">24</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Hugh_Norman-Walker/bnfoCdkI">Hugh Norman-Walker</a>羅樂民</td><td rowspan="2">29 March 1969</td><td rowspan="2">29 September 1973</td><td rowspan="2">4 years, 185 days</td><td rowspan="2"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Murray_MacLehose/yJjQACIM">Murray MacLehose</a>(1971–1982)</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td></td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Denys_Roberts/x6P7NbTa">Denys Roberts</a>羅弼時</td><td>30 September 1973</td><td>26 August 1976</td><td>2 years, 332 days</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Chief secretaries, 1976–1997</h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Name</th><th colspan="2">Term of office</th><th>Duration</th><th><a href="/facts/Governor_of_Hong_Kong/5RCQeuKW">Governor</a></th><th>Ref</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Denys_Roberts/x6P7NbTa">Denys Roberts</a>羅弼時</td><td>27 August 1976</td><td>2 October 1978</td><td>2 years, 37 days</td><td rowspan="3">Sir <a href="/facts/Murray_MacLehose/yJjQACIM">Murray MacLehose</a>(1971–1982)</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td></td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/Jack_Cater/5m9yHJ5s">Jack Cater</a>姬達</td><td>3 October 1978</td><td>19 November 1981</td><td>3 years, 48 days</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">3</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Philip_Haddon-Cave/uWee03bK">Philip Haddon-Cave</a>夏鼎基</td><td rowspan="2">20 November 1981</td><td rowspan="2">9 June 1985</td><td rowspan="2">3 years, 202 days</td><td rowspan="2"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/Edward_Youde/IoFa55p7">Edward Youde</a>(1982–1986)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td></td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/David_Akers-Jones/Ivyfyupw">David Akers-Jones</a>鍾逸傑</td><td>10 June 1985</td><td>11 February 1987</td><td>1 year, 247 days</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">5</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2">Sir <a href="/facts/David_Robert_Ford/MrxDGgDN">David Robert Ford</a>霍德</td><td rowspan="2">12 February 1987</td><td rowspan="2">28 November 1993</td><td rowspan="2">6 years, 290 days</td><td>Sir <a href="/facts/David_Clive_Wilson/HJpoSIto">David Wilson</a>(1987–1992)</td><td rowspan="2"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Chris_Patten/LyqKUFDt">Chris Patten</a>(1992–1997)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Anson_Chan/0Aaur7VG">Anson Chan</a>陳方安生</td><td>29 November 1993</td><td>30 June 1997</td><td>3 years, 214 days</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Chief secretaries for administration, 1997–present</h3> <p>Political party: <a href="/facts/Non-partisan_democracy/uMlwjLHq">Nonpartisan</a> </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>No.</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Name</th><th colspan="2">Term of office</th><th>Duration</th><th><a href="/facts/Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong/dunSPDYq">Chief Executive</a></th><th>Term</th><th>Ref</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Anson_Chan_Fang_On-sang/0Aaur7VG">Anson Chan</a>陳方安生</td><td>1 July 1997</td><td>30 April 2001</td><td>3 years, 304 days</td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Tung_Chee-hwa/dnf0oLxv">Tung Chee-hwa</a>(1997–2005)</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/First_term_of_Tung_Chee-hwa_as_Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong/RcDh4Lrt">1</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">2</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Donald_Tsang_Yam-kuen/chtTNvjx">Donald Tsang Yam-kuen</a>曾蔭權</td><td rowspan="2">1 May 2001</td><td rowspan="2">31 May 2005<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></td><td rowspan="2">4 years, 31 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Second_term_of_Tung_Chee-hwa_as_Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong/xdRzRS2X">2</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Rafael_Hui_Si-yan/8TvXvnz9">Rafael Hui Si-yan</a>許仕仁</td><td>30 June 2005</td><td>30 June 2007</td><td>2 years, 0 days</td><td rowspan="3"><a href="/facts/Donald_Tsang/chtTNvjx">Donald Tsang</a>(2005–2012)</td><td><a href="/facts/First_term_of_Donald_Tsang_as_Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong/xoGzctdj">2</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Henry_Tang_Ying-yen/FF2tm86F">Henry Tang Ying-yen</a>唐英年</td><td>1 July 2007</td><td>30 September 2011<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a></td><td>4 years, 91 days</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Second_term_of_Donald_Tsang_as_Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong/qTmudSu7">3</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Stephen_Lam_Sui-lung/lhTldf7D">Stephen Lam Sui-lung</a>林瑞麟</td><td>30 September 2011</td><td>30 June 2012</td><td>275 days</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td></td><td><a href="/facts/Carrie_Lam_Cheng_Yuet-ngor/MRbHbz61">Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor</a>林鄭月娥</td><td>1 July 2012</td><td>16 January 2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a></td><td>4 years, 200 days</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Leung_Chun-ying/HBlwXtuo">Leung Chun-ying</a>(2012–2017)</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/First_term_of_CY_Leung_as_Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong/agI6rtcd">4</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">7</td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Matthew_Cheung_Kin-chung/j6kePylQ">Matthew Cheung Kin-chung</a>張建宗</td><td rowspan="2">16 January 2017</td><td rowspan="2">25 June 2021</td><td rowspan="2">4 years, 161 days</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Carrie_Lam/MRbHbz61">Carrie Lam</a>(2017–2022)</td><td rowspan="2"><a href="/facts/Carrie_Lam_as_Chief_Executive_of_Hong_Kong/oojAa7hA">5</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">8</td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/John_Lee_(government_official)/XN1NIboX">John Lee Ka-chiu</a>李家超</td><td rowspan="1">25 June 2021</td><td rowspan="1">7 April 2022<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a></td><td rowspan="1">287 days</td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="1">9</td><td rowspan="1"></td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Eric_Chan/WyvcQd4E">Eric Chan Kwok-ki</a>陳國基</td><td rowspan="1">1 July 2022</td><td rowspan="1">Incumbent</td><td rowspan="1">2 years and 333 days</td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/John_Lee_(government_official)/XN1NIboX">John Lee</a>(2022–present)</td><td rowspan="1"><a href="/facts/Lee_government/CFAly602">6</a></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="residence">Residence</h2> <p>The Chief Secretary resides at an official residence at 15 Barker Road, The Peak, Hong Kong, which is also known as Victoria House and Victoria Flats. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Hong Kong portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Hong_Kong_Government/AyXflbNn">Hong Kong Government</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Government_departments_and_agencies_in_Hong_Kong/1KzYaHF8">Government departments and agencies in Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Secretary_for_Justice_(Hong_Kong)/u7qPqol5">Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Financial_Secretary_(Hong_Kong)/E5Mu2qyj">Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Secretary_for_Education_and_Manpower/B7z5EQJ6">Secretary for Education and Manpower</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Secretary_for_Health%2c_Welfare_and_Food/a7hAmNNP">Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Hong_Kong/J2z4QLu0">Lieutenant Governor of Hong Kong</a> - second in command from 1843 to 1870s</li></ul> General <ul><li>Choa, Gerald H. (2000). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=nzWs6_BUBPoC&pg=PA274">"Appendix II: Colonial Secretaries of Hong Kong, 1843–1912"</a>. <i>The Life and Times of Sir Kai Ho Kai: A Prominent Figure in Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong</i> (2nd ed.). Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. p. 274. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-962-201-873-0. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/44267286">44267286</a>.</li></ul> Specific <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/home/home.htm">Official website</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.info.gov.hk/govcht_e.htm">Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Chief Secretary's Office, Hong Kong Government <a href="http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/role/role.htm" target="_blank">http://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/role/role.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Civil Service Bureau - Search Glossary of Terms Commonly Used in Government Departments". www.csb.gov.hk. 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The London Gazette. 1 December 1854. p. 3909. <a href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21635/page/3909" target="_blank">https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21635/page/3909</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"No. 23353". The London Gazette. 18 February 1868. p. 772. <a href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23353/page/772" target="_blank">https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/23353/page/772</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"No. 27423". The London Gazette. 8 April 1902. p. 2334. <a href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27423/page/2334" target="_blank">https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27423/page/2334</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Clementi, Cecil (1912). "General Observations" (PDF). Hong Kong Annual Report (1911). p. 24. 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Hong Kong Government Gazette. 101: 1360. 29 May 1959. <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"G.N. 469 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary. 105: 629. 13 March 1963. <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"G.N. 469 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary. 105: 629. 13 March 1963. <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"G.N. 733 of 1965". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 107: 1012. 26 March 1965. <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"G.N. 2159 of 1965". Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary. 107. 4 September 1965. <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"G.N. 146 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 111: 168. 24 January 1969. <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"G.N. (E.) 10 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette Extraordinary. 111: 9. 29 March 1969. <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>"G.N. 2559 of 1973". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 115: 3839. 3 October 1973. <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>"Colonial Secretary (Change of Title) Notice 1976 L.N. 226 of 1976". Regulation of Hong Kong 1976: B1109. 25 August 1976. <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>"Colonial Secretary (Change of Title) Notice 1976 L.N. 226 of 1976". Regulation of Hong Kong 1976: B1109. 25 August 1976. <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"G.N. 2536 of 1978". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 120: 2887. 6 October 1978. <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>"G.N. 2536 of 1978". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 120: 2887. 6 October 1978. <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>"G.N. 3410 of 1981". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 123: 4156. <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>"G.N. 3410 of 1981". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 123: 4156. <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>"G.N. 1875 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 127: 2626. 14 June 1985. <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>"G.N. 1875 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 127: 2626. 14 June 1985. <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>"G.N. 440 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 129: 667. 13 February 1987. <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>"G.N. 440 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 129: 667. 13 February 1987. <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>"G.N. 440 of 1993". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 134: 6073. 3 December 1993. <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>"G.N. 440 of 1993". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 134: 6073. 3 December 1993. <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>Resigned on 25 May 2005, with effect from 1 June 2005, Michael Suen served as acting Chief Secretary between 25 May and 30 June 2005. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Suen" target="_blank">/wiki/Michael_Suen</a> <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:35"><p>Resigned on 28 September 2011, with effect from 30 September 2011, Michael Suen served as acting Chief Secretary between 28 and 30 September 2011. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Suen" target="_blank">/wiki/Michael_Suen</a> <a href="#fnref:35" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:36"><p>Resigned on 12 January 2017, with effect from 16 January 2017, Matthew Cheung served as acting Chief Secretary from 13 to 16 January 2017. <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Cheung" target="_blank">/wiki/Matthew_Cheung</a> <a href="#fnref:36" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:37"><p>"New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos)". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 25 March 2024. <a href="https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201206/28/P201206280236.htm" target="_blank">https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201206/28/P201206280236.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:37" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:38"><p>"CE receives CS' resignation". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 25 March 2024. <a href="https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/12/P2017011200559.htm" target="_blank">https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201701/12/P2017011200559.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:38" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:39"><p>"New team of Principal Officials appointed (with photos)". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 25 March 2024. <a href="https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201706/21/P2017062100346.htm" target="_blank">https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201706/21/P2017062100346.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:39" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:40"><p>Resigned on 6 April 2022, with effect from 7 April 2022; Position vacant until 1 July 2022. <a href="#fnref:40" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:41"><p>"Government announces appointment and removal of Principal Officials (with photos)". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 25 March 2024. <a href="https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202106/25/P2021062500412.htm" target="_blank">https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202106/25/P2021062500412.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:41" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:42"><p>"Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos)". www.info.gov.hk. Retrieved 25 March 2024. <a href="https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202206/19/P2022061900202.htm?fontSize=1" target="_blank">https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202206/19/P2022061900202.htm?fontSize=1</a> <a href="#fnref:42" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>