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Principal Officials Of Hong Kong
Principal officials (), according to the Basic Law, are government officials who are nominated by the Chief Executive and appointed by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. They include departmental secretaries and secretaries of policy bureaux. Five other officials are also ''principal officials'' because of the importance of their positions (although three of them report to the secretaries and permanent secretaries of policy bureaux). They are required to be citizens of the People's Republic of China who are permanent residents of Hong Kong with no right of abode in any foreign country who have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 15 years. When assuming office, they must, in accordance with law, swear to uphold the Basic Law and swear their allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Since the introduction of the Principal Officials Accountability System on 1 July 2002 (and si ...
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Hong Kong Basic Law
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is a national law of China that serves as the organic law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Comprising nine chapters, 160 articles and three annexes, the Basic Law was composed to implement Sino-British Joint Declaration#Annex I: Chinese basic policies for Hong Kong, Annex I of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration. The Basic Law was enacted under the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, Constitution of China when it was adopted by the National People's Congress on 4 April 1990 and came into effect on 1 July 1997 when Hong Kong was Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, transferred from the United Kingdom to China. It replaced Hong Kong's colonial constitution of the Hong Kong Letters Patent, Letters Patent and the Hong Kong Royal Instructions, Royal Instructions. Drafted on the basis of the Joint Declaration, the Basic Law lays out the basic p ...
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Secretary For The Civil Service
The Secretary for the Civil Service is the head of the Civil Service Bureau in Hong Kong. Unlike other secretaries for bureaux, the Secretary for the Civil Service is filled by an administrative officer from the civil service, who may choose to return to the civil service when his term expires. Before Principal Officials Accountability System Principal Officials Accountability System, commonly referred to as the Ministerial system (), sometimes the Accountability System, was introduced in Hong Kong by chief executive Tung Chee Hwa in July 2002. It is a system whereby all principal ... was introduced in 2002, it was a civil service position. List of office holders Colonial period, 1973–1997 After handover, 1997–present Political party: References External linksPrincipal Officials of the Hong Kong SAR government
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Secretary For Security
The Secretary for Security is the member of the Government of Hong Kong in charge of the Security Bureau, which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters. The post was created in 1973 and since the Principal Officials Accountability System was adopted in 2002, the Secretary for Security has been a member of the Executive Council. Before 1973, the office was known as the Secretary for Defence. Areas of responsibility include: * Police Force * Correctional Services * Immigration Department The Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong is responsible for immigration control of Hong Kong. After the People's Republic of China assumed sovereignty of the territory in July 1997, Hong Kong's immigration system remained l ... * Customs and Excise Department * Fire Services Department * Government Flying Service * Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre List of office holders Political party: Defence Secretary, 1941 Defence Secre ...
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Chris Sun
Chris Sun Yuk-han () is the current Secretary for Labour and Welfare in Hong Kong, appointed on 1 July 2022 as part of John Lee's administration. Biography According to his official government profile, Sun in 1994 joined the Administrative Service, and was appointed as the Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Health) in 2011, the Deputy Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services) in 2017, and the Commissioner for Labour in 2020. Secretary for Labour and Welfare In July 2022, Sun attended a seminar to "learn and promote" the spirit of Xi Jinping's important speech. On 21 October 2022, after Lee had said 140,000 people had left the workforce in the past 2 years, with about two-thirds of them highly skilled, Sun said it didn't necessarily mean they had moved overseas, but did not elaborate. Lee previously rejected the use of the term "emigration wave" when describing the change in population. The emigration wave has been attributed to the governmen ...
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Secretary For Labour And Welfare
The Secretary for Labour and Welfare () of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for labour and social welfare policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for Economic Development and Labour and welfare portion from Secretary for Food and Health. Labour affairs were handled by different ministers before the creation of this position: * Secretary for Social Services before 1983; * Secretary for Education and Manpower between 1983 and 2002; * Secretary for Economic Development and Labour The Secretary for Economic Services ( and later ) was a minister position in the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for economic development in Hong Kong. The position was renamed to the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour () ... between 2002 and 2007. Welfare affairs were included in the portfolio of: * Secretary for Social Services before 1983; * Secretary for Health and Welfare between 1983 and 200 ...
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Alice Mak (politician)
Alice Mak Mei-kuen (; born 1 November 1971) is a Hong Kong politician, currently serving as Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs. She was formerly a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for the Election Committee, representing the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions. She graduated from Department of English of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She has been a member of the Kwai Tsing District Council since 1993, and represented the Wai Ying constituency until 2019. Political career Mak was handpicked by Wong Kwok-hing to run in the 2012 Hong Kong legislative election. She came in 8th place after Civic Party's Kwok Ka-ki received the most votes, and was elected to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong with 7.07% electorate support. Mak also participated in the 2016 legislative election, coming in 6th place after popular localist Eddie Chu topped the race with the most votes. She kept her seat on the Legislative Council after receiving 49,680 votes, which represent ...
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Secretary For Home And Youth Affairs
The Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs is the head of the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for local issues, and the provision of community and youth services. List of office holders Registrars General, 1845–1912 Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1913–1941 Secretaries for Chinese Affairs, 1946–1969 Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1969–1985 ; Home affairs were handled by Secretaries for District Administration between 1985 and 1989. Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1989–1997 Secretaries for Home Affairs, 1997-2022 Political party: Secretaries for Home and Youth Affairs, since 2022 Political party: References Notes External linksGovernment of HKSAR
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Lo Chung-mau
Lo Chung-mau (, born 1961) is a specialist in liver transplant, currently the Secretary of Health of the Government of Hong Kong. Before joining the government, he was Hospital Chief Executive at The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Chair of Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery at The University of Hong Kong and Director of Liver Transplantation Centre at Queen Mary Hospital. Secretary of Health COVID-19 Lo said, in February 2022, that living with COVID would be "going to hell together". In May 2022, he said that living with COVID would result in "we will all die together." In July 2022, Lo confirmed that Hong Kong would continue to adhere to China's zero-Covid policy. He also rejected calls for quarantine-free travel and rejected living with COVID-19. Lo also said it would be unreasonable to have a fully-open border with mainland China or the rest of the world. Lo also said that other countries' COVID-19 policies could not be used for Hong Kong, stating "Many governm ...
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Secretary For Health
The Secretary for Health () is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the Health Bureau. The current office holder is Lo Chung-mau. The position was created on 1 July 2022, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government. It replaced the previous Secretary for Food and Health, and the portfolio with foods transferred to the Secretary for Environment and Ecology. Before that, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food () was created as a ministerial position who headed the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (HWFB). It was replaced by Secretary for Food and Health on 1 July 2007, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government. It replaced the previous Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, and the portfolio with welfare transferred to the Secretary for Labour and Welfare. The SH is a politically appoint ...
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Tse Chin-wan
The abbreviation TSE can refer to: Education *Toulouse School Of Economics, in Toulouse, France *Turku School of Economics, in Turku, Finland * TSE (examination), Test of Spoken English Health *Testicular self-examination *Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy * Turbo spin echo, a sequence of magnetic resonance imaging Media Computer gaming *'' The Spirit Engine'', a side-scrolling role-playing game * The Subspace Emissary, a mode in ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' Music *''The Sweet Escape'', a Gwen Stefani album released in 2006 ** "The Sweet Escape" (song) **The Sweet Escape Tour, in support of the album *''This Strange Engine'', a Marillion album released in 1997, or the title track Publications *''IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering'' Web Organizations *An old IATA airport code for Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, now NQZ *Superior Electoral Court ( pt, Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, TSE), the highest electoral court in Brazil *Supreme Electoral Court (disamb ...
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Secretary For Environment And Ecology
The Secretary for Environment and Ecology () of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for environment protection policy in Hong Kong. The position was created most recently in 2007 as the Secretary for the Environment to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works. On 1 July 2022, the position renamed with the absorption of the food and environmental hygiene portfolio from the Secretary for Food and Health. The position was renamed various times to include different portfolios, including Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (), who heads the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, responsible for public works projects, transport related issues and environmental protection. List of office holders Political party: Secretaries for the Environment, 1973–1981 Secretaries for Lands and Works, 1981–1989 Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1989–1997 Secretaries fo ...
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Secretary For Education (Hong Kong)
The Secretary for Education is a principal official in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the Education Bureau (EDB). The current office holder is Christine Choi. History The position of Secretary for Education and Manpower was set up in 1983 when the old Education Department was restructured into the Education and Manpower Branch and Education Department, and the old position of Director of Education was split into SEM and Director of Education accordingly, with the latter reporting to the former. Since the Principal Officials Accountability System (POAS) was introduced in 2002, the SEM, as all other secretary positions, is an ''ex officio'' member of the Executive Council (ExCo). The position is a political appointment, and its term expires when the Chief Executive leaves office. Before the introduction of the POAS in July 2002, the SEM, as well as all other secretary-level positions, was a civil service position. The office holder was not a member of the ExCo. Before ...
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