Stephen Sui Wai-keung GBS, JP (; born 24 December 1956) is a Hong Kong civil servant and government official. He is the former

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 Develo ...

of the Hong Kong SAR government.

Biography

He was graduated from 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 fi ...

with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Master of Public Administration degree. He joined the government as executive officer in 1978 and rose to the rank to senior principal executive officer in 2010. He served in various bureaux and departments including the

Land Registry Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, a ...

, the former

Urban Services Department Urban Services Department () was a government department in Hong Kong. It carried out the policies and managed the facilities of the former Urban Council. After being abolished with the Urban Council in 1999, its functions were inherited by the ...

, the

Civil Service Bureau The Civil Service Bureau (CSB) is one of the 15 policy bureaux under the Government Secretariat of the Government of Hong Kong and is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies on the management of the Hong Kong Civil Serv ...

, the

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and the Commissioner for Rehabilitation, responsible for the overall co-ordination of the rehabilitation policies and initiatives for persons with disabilities. He was appointed Under Secretary for Labour and Welfare under

Matthew Cheung Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, (; born 20 November 1950) is a former Hong Kong politician who served as Chief Secretary for Administration from 2017 to 2021. Cheung previously served as the Secretary for Labour and Welfare for ten years. He was award ...

in 2014. After Cheung took over as

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 Governmen ...

, he acted as

. His appointment was confirmed by the

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on 13 February 2017.

References

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