The Hong Kong order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Government of Hong Kong. Administered by the government's Protocol Division, the hierarchy does not determine the

order of succession An order of succession or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.Chief Executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

, which is instead specified by the

Basic Law of Hong Kong 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 ar ...

. As a

special administrative region of the People's Republic of China The special administrative regions (SAR) of the People's Republic of China are one of the provincial-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China directly under the control of its Central People's Government (State Co ...

, Hong Kong theoretically maintains autonomy on all affairs other than defence and foreign relations. Reflecting that status, the

order of precedence An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance and can be applied to individuals, groups, or organizations. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments, for very formal and state o ...

does not include state and party leaders of the

Central People's Government The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the p ...

. Government officials from

mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

are generally treated as special guests when attending Hong Kong government functions.

Hong Kong SAR order of precedence

Chief Executive A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

(

John Lee John Lee may refer to: Academia * John Lee (astronomer) (1783–1866), president of the Royal Astronomical Society * John Lee (university principal) (1779–1859), University of Edinburgh principal * John Lee (pathologist) (born 1961), English ...

, GBM, SBS, PDSM) # Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal (

Andrew Cheung Andrew Cheung Kui-nung (; born 24 September 1961) is a Hong Kong judge who serves as the 3rd Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal. He previously served as a Permanent Judge of the same court. He was the 4th and longest-serving Chief J ...

, GBM) #Former Chief Executives ##

Tung Chee-hwa Tung Chee-hwa (; born 7 July 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He is currently a vice-chairman of the Chin ...

, GBM ##

Donald Tsang Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen (; born 7 October 1944) is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012. Tsang joined the colonial civil service as an Executive Officer in 1967, occupyi ...

, GBM ##

Leung Chun-ying Leung Chun-ying (; born 12 August 1954), also known as CY Leung, is a Hong Kong politician and chartered surveyor, who has served as vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference since Ma ...

, GBM, GBS, JP ##

Carrie Lam Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor ( Cheng; ; born 13 May 1957) is a retired Hong Kong politician who served as the 4th Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2017 to 2022. She served as Chief Secretary for Administration between 2012 and 2017 and Sec ...

, GBM, GBS, JP #

Chief Secretary for Administration The Chief Secretary for Administration, commonly known as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, is the most senior principal official of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Chief Secretary is head of the Governme ...

(

Eric Chan Eric Chan Kwok-ki (; born 5 April 1959) is a Hong Kong politician who is the incumbent Chief Secretary for Administration since 1 July 2022. He was also the secretary-general of the Committee for Safeguarding National Security (2020–2022). P ...

, GBS, IDSM, JP) # Financial Secretary ( Paul Chan, GBM, GBS, MH, JP) #

Secretary for Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

(

Paul Lam Paul Lam Ting-kwok (; born 1968) is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel who is the current Secretary for Justice. Education Lam was educated at Wah Yan College, Hong Kong. He obtained a Bachelor of Laws (with Second Class Honour Division One) in 1 ...

, SBS, SC, JP) #President of the Legislative Council and Members of the Executive Council: ## President of the Legislative Council (

Andrew Leung Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen (; born 24 February 1951) is a Hong Kong politician who is the current President of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (Legco), representing the Industrial (First) functional constituency. From October 2012 to October ...

, GBM, GBS, JP) ##Convenor of the Executive Council (

Regina Ip Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee (; ' Lau; born 24 August 1950) is a Chinese politician. She is currently the Convenor of the Executive Council (ExCo) and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), as well as the founder and current chair ...

, GBM, GBS, JP) ##Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration (

Warner Cheuk Warner Cheuk Wing-hing (born March 24, 1959) is a Hong Kong administrative officer, former police officer, currently Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, and former Permanent Secretary of the Innovation and Technology Bureau. After his c ...

, GBS) ##Deputy Financial Secretary ( Michael Wong, GBS, JP) ##Deputy Secretary for Justice (

Horace Cheung Horace Cheung Kwok-kwan, JP (, born 30 June 1974) is a Hong Kong solicitor and politician and the former vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), the largest pro-Beijing party in Hong Kong. ...

, SBS, JP) ##Other members of the Executive Council #Other principal officials: ## Commissioner of Police (Raymond Siu Chak-yee, PDSM) ##

Commissioner, Independent Commission Against Corruption The Commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption heads the body that is responsible for investigating and prosecuting corruption in both the public and private realms in Hong Kong. The ICAC was created in 1974 to deal with the c ...

( Woo Yong-ming, SBS, CSDSM) ##

Director of Audit The chief audit executive (CAE), director of audit, director of internal audit, auditor general, or controller general is a high-level independent corporate executive with overall responsibility for internal audit. Publicly traded corporations typ ...

( Nelson Lam, JP) ##

Director of Immigration The Director of Immigration is the head of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government, which is responsible for immigration issues and controlling entry ports into Hong Kong. Decisions to reject people from entering are made by fron ...

(

Au Ka-wang Au Ka-wang (; born 1967) is the current Director of Immigration of Hong Kong since July 2020. He began service in the Immigration Department in 1988. Career He joined the Immigration Department in November 1988 as an Assistant Immigration ...

, IDSM) ##

Commissioner of Customs and Excise The Commissioner of Customs and Excise () is the head of the Customs and Excise Department, which is responsible for monitoring the movement of goods into and out of Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Sp ...

(

Louise Ho Louise Ho Pui-shan (, born 31 December 1967) is a Hong Kong civil servant and principal official, currently serving as Commissioner of Customs and Excise, the first woman to hold that post. Early years Ho was born on 31 December 1967, and st ...

, CMSM) #Other members of the Court of Final Appeal and Chief Judge of the High Court: ##Permanent Judges of the Court of Final Appeal: ###

Robert Ribeiro Roberto Alexandre Vieira Ribeiro (, born 20 March 1949) is a Hong Kong judge and honorary lecturer in law at the University of Hong Kong. He is currently one of the three permanent judges for the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong, and is th ...

, GBM ###

Joseph Fok Joseph Paul Fok (, born 24 September 1962) is a Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. At 51 years and 28 days, he is the third youngest-ever judge to be appointed to the Court of Final Appeal, behind only Kemal Bokhary and And ...

###

Johnson Lam Johnson Lam Man-hon () is a Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. Biography Early life and education Lam was born in Hong Kong in 1961. He obtained an LL.B. and P.C.LL. from the University of Hong Kong in 1983 and 1984 respe ...

##Non-Permanent Judges of the Court of Final Appeal: ###

Frank Stock Frank Stock, GBS (; born 15 June 1945) is a Non-Permanent Judge of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal. He was until 2014 a Vice President of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal. Early life and education Born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), S ...

GBS, JP ###

Kemal Bokhary Syed Kemal Shah Bokhary ( ur, , ; born 25 October 1947) is a judge in Hong Kong. He was one of three Permanent Judges of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal from its inception in 1997 until he reached the mandatory retirement age of 65 in Oc ...

GBM, JP ###

Patrick Chan Siu-oi Patrick Chan Siu-oi () is a judge in Hong Kong. He currently serves as a Non-Permanent Judge of the Court of Final Appeal having previously been a Permanent Judge of that court. Early life, education and legal career Born in Hong Kong, Chan ...

GBM ###

Robert Tang Robert Tang Kwok-ching, GBM, SBS, JP (; born 7 January 1947) is a retired Hong Kong judge. He previously served as a permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal, and before that, the vice-president of the Court of Appeal in Hong Kong. Follo ...

GBM, SBS, JP ### The Lord Hoffmann GBS ###

Murray Gleeson Anthony Murray Gleeson (born 30 August 1938) is an Australian former judge who served as the 11th Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1998 to 2008. Gleeson was born in Wingham, New South Wales, and studied law at the University of Sydn ...

GBS, AC ### The Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury GBS ### The Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe GBS ### The Lord Collins of Mapesbury ### The Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers ###

William Gummow William Montague Charles Gummow (born 9 October 1942) is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, the highest court in the Australian court hierarchy. He was appointed to the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong on 8 April 2013 as a non-p ...

AC ###

Robert French Robert Shenton French (born 19 March 1947) is an Australian lawyer and judge who served as the twelfth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 2008 to 2017. He has been the chancellor of the University of Western Australia since 2017. Fren ...

AC ###

Beverley McLachlin Beverley Marian McLachlin (born September 7, 1943) is a Canadian jurist and author who served as the 17th chief justice of Canada from 2000 to 2017. She is the longest-serving chief justice in Canadian history and the first woman to hold the p ...

###

Jonathan Sumption, Lord Sumption Jonathan Philip Chadwick Sumption, Lord Sumption, (born 9 December 1948), is a British author, medieval historian and former senior judge who sat on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom between 2012 and 2018. Sumption was sworn in as a Just ...

## Chief Judge of the High Court (

Jeremy Poon The Honourable Mr Justice Jeremy Poon Shiu-chor () is the Chief Judge of the High Court of Hong Kong and President of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong. Since 2018, he has served as President of the Scout Council of the Scout Association of ...

) #Other members of the Legislative Council # Consuls-General ('' Foreign country diplomats to Hong Kong'') #Religious leaders: ##

Archbishop of Hong Kong The Archbishop of Hong Kong () is the senior bishop, spiritual and moral leader of the Anglican Province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui and the Primate of Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administra ...

Sheng Kung Hui (

Andrew Chan Andrew Chan (; 12 January 1984 – 29 April 2015) was an Australian man who was convicted and executed in Indonesia for drug trafficking as a member of the Bali Nine. In 2005, Chan was arrested at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar. ...

) ##President of the

Hong Kong Buddhist Association Hong Kong Buddhist Association () is a Buddhist umbrella organisation in Hong Kong which was founded in 1945. The association has nearly ten thousands individual members including both monastic and laity, and promotes the propagation of Buddhis ...

(Kuan Yun, MH) ## Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong ( Stephen Chow) ##President of the

Confucian Academy The Confucian Academy is a non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1930 by Dr. Chen Huanzhang ( 陳煥章) to promote Confucianism. It follows Confucius's teachings to provide students with the relevant knowledge. His teachings are based ...

( Tong Yun-kai, SBS) ##Chairman of the Chinese Muslim Cultural and Fraternal Association (

Sat Che-sang The SAT ( ) is a standardized test widely used for college admissions in the United States. Since its debut in 1926, its name and Test score, scoring have changed several times; originally called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, it was later calle ...

, MH) ##Chairman of the Hong Kong Christian Council (Wong Ka-fai) ##Chairman of the

Hong Kong Taoist Association Hong Kong Taoist Association () is a Taoist organisation in Hong Kong. It promotes Taoism in Hong Kong and provides a series of charity services in Hong Kong, including education, medical, child care, youth activities, elderly care. In November 2 ...

( Leung Tak-wah, BBS, MH) #Recipients of the

Grand Bauhinia Medal The Grand Bauhinia Medal () is the highest award under the Hong Kong honours and awards system; it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong Kong. The awardee is entitled to the ...

#Heads of universities ##President of the

City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong (CityU) is a world-class public research university located in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. Currently, CityU is ...

( Kuo Way, JP) ##President and Vice-Chancellor of the

Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) is a publicly funded tertiary liberal arts institution with a Christian education heritage. It was established as Hong Kong Baptist College with the support of American Baptists, who provided both operatin ...

( Alexander Wai, JP) ##President of the

Hong Kong Metropolitan University Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is a university in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. Established as the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong by the Hong Kong government in 1989, HKMU now consists of five schools, namely the School of Arts and So ...

(

, SBS, JP) ##President of the

Hong Kong Shue Yan University Hong Kong Shue Yan University (HKSYU or SYU) is a private liberal-arts university on Braemar Hill, North Point, Hong Kong. Founded in 1971 as Hong Kong Shue Yan College () by Henry Hu and Chung Chi-yung, it was unilaterally recognised as the ...

(''

Henry Hu Henry Hu Hung-lick GBM GBS JP (, born 20 January 1920) is a barrister in Hong Kong, formerly served as the vice-chairman of the Reform Club, Legislative Council member, and vice-chairperson of Urban Council during 1 April 1975 to 31 March ...

'') ##President of the

Lingnan University Lingnan University (LN/LU), formerly called Lingnan College, is a public liberal arts university in Hong Kong. It aims to provide students with an education in the liberal arts tradition and has joined the Global Liberal Arts Alliance since ...

(

Leonard Cheng Professor Leonard Cheng Kwok-Hon, BBS, JP ( zh, 鄭國漢; born November 1952) is the current president of the Lingnan University of Hong Kong. Before that he was appointed Dean of the School of Business and Management of the Hong Kong Univers ...

, BBS, JP) ##Vice-Chancellor and President of the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university and ...

(

Rocky Tuan Rocky Tuan Sung-chi () is a Hong Kong medical researcher and bioengineer, currently the vice-chancellor and president of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he served as distinguished visiting professor and director of the Institute for T ...

) ##President of the

Education University of Hong Kong The Education University of Hong KongUniversity title ...

( Stephen Cheung, SBS, JP) ##President of the

Hang Seng University of Hong Kong The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) is a self-financing university in Hong Kong located in Siu Lek Yuen, Sha Tin, New Territories. It was founded as Hang Seng Management College in 2010 by the Hang Seng School of Commerce and w ...

( Simon Ho) ##President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Jin-Guang Teng, JP) ##President of the

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is a public research university in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, New Territories, Hong Kong. Founded in 1991 by the British Hong Kong Government, it was the territory's third institution ...

( Wei Shyy, JP) ##Vice-Chancellor and President the

University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong (HKU) (Chinese: 香港大學) is a public research university in Hong Kong. Founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese, it is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. HKU was also the f ...

(

Xiang Zhang Zhang Xiang (; born December 1963 in Nanjing) is a Chinese-American academic administrator, material scientist, optical engineer and physicist. He is the current Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), where he als ...

, JP) #Other members of the High Court: ##Justices of Appeal of the Court of Appeal ##Judges of the

Court of First Instance A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accorda ...

#Public commissioners: ##Chairman of the Public Service Commission (

Rita Lau Rita Lau Ng Wai-lan (born 8 May 1953) is a Hong Kong former civil servant. She was appointed Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development in July 2008 after her predecessor Frederick Ma resigned due to health reasons. Coincidentally, ill-hea ...

, GBS, JP) ## The Ombudsman (

Winnie Chiu Winnie or Winny may refer to: People * Winnie (name), various persons with the given name * David Winnie (born 1966), Scottish former association football player and manager Entertainment *Winnie-the-Pooh, a fictional teddy bear created by A. A. ...

, PDSM) # Consuls-in-Charge/Honorary Consuls ('' Foreign country diplomats to Hong Kong'') #Permanent Secretaries, Under Secretaries and Officials of Directorate Grade 6 Rank and above #Judges of the District Court: ##Chief District Judge (Justin Ko) ##Principal Family Court Judge (

Chan Chan-kok Chan may refer to: Places *Chan (commune), Cambodia *Chan Lake, by Chan Lake Territorial Park in Northwest Territories, Canada People *Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames (including 陳, 曾, 詹, 戰, and 田) *Chan Caldwel ...

) ##Other District Judges # District Council Chairmen #Recipients of the

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest Bauhinia Star rank in the honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system of the Order of the British Empire after the transfer of sovereignty to People's Republic of ...

Justices of the Peace A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower or ''puisne'' court, elected or appointed by means of a commission ( letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the sa ...

#Members of District Councils ##District Council Vice Chairmen ##Other District Council Members

Hong Kong order of precedence until 1997

Office holders on 1 June 1997 in brackets:CR 5/511/97(98)Pt 4
Legislative Council of Hong Kong #

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

(

Chris Patten Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, (; born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. He was made a life pe ...

) # Chief Justice (

Noel Power Sir Noel Plunkett Power, (Traditional Chinese: 鮑偉華爵士, 4 December 1929 – 19 November 2009) was a senior judge in Hong Kong and Brunei Darussalam. He had been a barrister-at-law in his home-country Australia when he joined the judici ...

(Acting)) # Chief Secretary (

Anson Chan Anson Maria Elizabeth Chan Fang On-sang, (; ''née'' Fang; born 17 January 1940) is a retired Hong Kong politician and civil servant who was the first ethnic Chinese and woman to serve as Chief Secretary, the second-highest position in both ...

, CBE, JP) #

Commander British Forces in Hong Kong The Commander British Forces in Hong Kong (CBF) was a senior British Army officer who acted as Military Advisor to the Governor of Hong Kong and was in charge of the Hong Kong British Forces. The officeholder of this post concurrently assumed the ...

, if of the rank of

major general Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

(Major-General

Bryan Dutton Major-General Bryan Hawkins Dutton, CB, CBE (born 1 March 1943) is a former British Army officer who served the last Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong, from 1994 to 1997. He was subsequently Director-General of the Leonard Cheshire Fo ...

, CBE) #Heads of Churches ## Bishop of Hong Kong (Bishop Peter Kwong) ## Roman Catholic Bishop of Hong Kong (Cardinal John Wu) # Financial Secretary (

, OBE, JP) # Attorney General (

Jeremy Fell Mathews Jeremy Fell Mathews, CMG, JP, (馬富善) was the last Attorney General of Hong Kong before 1 July 1997. He served in the post from 1988 to 1997, under the governorship of Lord Wilson of Tillyorn and the last governor, Chris Patten. Early li ...

, CMG, JP) # President of the Legislative Council ( Andrew Wong, OBE, JP) #Members of the Executive Council #Other members of the Legislative Council #Diplomatic Officers ##Commonwealth Commissioners and Consuls-General de Carriere ##Acting Commonwealth Commissioners and Acting Consuls-General de Carriere ##Honorary Consuls-General ##Senior British Trade Commissioner ( Francis Cornish, CMG, LVO) # Heads of Universities ##President of the

(

Woo Chia-wei Chia-Wei Woo (), , was the founding president of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His work included raising funding and recruiting outstanding faculty for the university. With Chung Sze Yuen, Woo created an institution, inc ...

, CBE) ##President and Vice-Chancellor of the

(

Daniel Tse Daniel Tse Chi-wai, GBS, CBE, JP (born 1934 in Macau) is the chair of the University Council of the University of Macau. He was also the member of the Executive Council and Legislative Council of Hong Kong. Biography Tse was born and broug ...

, CBE, JP) ##President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (

Poon Chung-kwong Professor Poon Chung-kwong, GBS, OBE, JP (, born 1940, Hong Kong) was the President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 1991 to 2008. He received his secondary education at St. Paul's Co-educational College. Trained as a chemist, ...

, OBE, JP) ##Vice-Chancellor of the

( Patrick Cheng, CBE, JP) ##President of the

(

Chang Hsin-kang Professor Chang Hsin-kang, GBS, JP, FREng (; born 9 July 1940, Shenyang, Liaoning, China), was the president of City University of Hong Kong. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from National Taiwan University in 1962, his ...

) ##Vice-Chancellor of the

(

Arthur Li Arthur Li Kwok-cheung, GBM, GBS JP (; born 27 June 1945) is a Hong Kong doctor and politician. He is currently member of the Executive Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the chairman of the Council of the Universi ...

) #Judges of the Supreme Court ## Justices of Appeal ## Judges of the High Court #Knights #Heads of Public service units ## Commissioner of police (

Eddie Hui Eddie Hui Ki-on, GBS, CBE, QPM, CPM (, 10 October 1943 - 3 May 2009) was the last Commissioner of the Royal Hong Kong Police from 1994–1997, and the first Commissioner of Hong Kong Police from 1 July 1997 to 1 January 2001. Li Kwan-ha ran th ...

, QPM, CPM) ## Chairman of the Public Service Commission ( Haider Hatim Tyebjee Barma, CBE, ISO, JP) ## The Ombudsman (

Andrew So Andrew So Kwok-wing, SBS, OBE, JP (; born 29 March 1939) is a Hong Kong educator and politician. So was born on 29 March 1939. He studied at the Wah Yan College, Kowloon and the Grantham College of Education and worked as an educator. He took a ...

, OBE, JP) ##

(

Lily Yam Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying (; ' Kwan; born 6 July 1946) is a former top Hong Kong civil servant. Biography Lily Kwan was born in Hong Kong in 1947, the fourth of six children. She attended Sacred Heart Canossian College until 1964, and later gr ...

, JP) ## Chairman of the Urban Council (

Ronald Leung Ronald Leung Ding-bong, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, OBE (; born 20 January 1934) is a Hong Kong politician and businessman in banking. Early life Leung was born in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong on 20 January 1934. Leung's family ...

, OBE, JP) ## Chairman of the Regional Council ( Daniel Lam, JP) #Consuls de Carriere who are Heads of Post #Honorary Consuls who are Heads of Post #Other Secretaries and Heads of Group I Departments #Chief of Staff and Senior Naval Officer (Commodore Peter John Melson, CBE) #Hong Kong Commissioner in London (Sir

David Robert Ford Sir David Robert Ford, (; 22 February 1935 – 10 September 2017) was the fifth and the last non-ethnic Chinese Chief Secretary of Hong Kong and Deputy Governor of Hong Kong from 1987 to 1993 and was Hong Kong Commissioner in London until 1997 ...

, KBE, LVO, JP) #Other Members of the Urban and Regional Councils #Administrative Officer Staff Grade "A" and Heads of Departments of similar status # District Judges #

District Board The district councils, formerly district boards until 1999, are the local councils for the 18 districts of Hong Kong. History Before establishment An early basis for the delivery of local services were the Kaifong associations, set up i ...

Chairmen #Companions, Commanders, Officers and Members of Orders of Chivalry #

Notes

:a.Also the Vice Chairman of the

National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

, and will be treated as a guest at SAR functions. :b.Also a member of the Legislative Council :c.Also a District Council Chairman. :d.Henry Hu appeared in an earlier precedence as a recipient of the

. :e.The most recent holder of this position,

Michael Yeung Michael Yeung Ming-cheung (; 1 December 1945 – 3 January 2019) was the eighth Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong. He was consecrated on 30 August 2014. Early life Yeung Ming-cheung was born in Shanghai in 1945. He completed his primary an ...

, died on 3 January 2019.

References

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External links

The Precedence List of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Orders of precedence Lists of office-holders in Hong Kong

Hong Kong SAR order of precedence

Hong Kong order of precedence until 1997

Notes

See also

References

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