The Secretary General of the Secretariat of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, formerly called the Clerk to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong before 1995, is the head and
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 ...
of the
Legislative Council of Hong Kong
The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Ko ...
. The Secretary General is the principal adviser to the
President of the Legislature on privileges and
procedures
Procedure may refer to:
* Medical procedure
* Instructions or recipes, a set of commands that show how to achieve some result, such as to prepare or make something
* Procedure (business), specifying parts of a business process
* Standard opera ...
. The clerk's other responsibilities relate to the conduct of business of the Legislature and its
committees
A committee or commission is a body of one or more persons subordinate to a deliberative assembly. A committee is not itself considered to be a form of assembly. Usually, the assembly sends matters into a committee as a way to explore them more ...
. Many other officers and personnel provide assistance to the clerk.
Legislative Council Secretariat
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List
Past Secretaries General of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral legislature of Hong Kong. It sits under China's " one country, two systems" constitutional arrangement, and is the power centre of Hong Ko ...
:Arthur George Murchison Fletcher
Sir Arthur George Murchison Fletcher, (27 September 1878 – 9 April 1954) was a British colonial administrator.
Career
He was Colonial Secretary of Ceylon from 1926 to 1929, during which time he was Acting Governor from 1927 to 1928. He was ap ...
: 1905–1908, 1912–1913, 1915–1917, 1920–1923, 1925
* Mr. Cecil Clementi
Sir Cecil Clementi (; 1 September 1875 – 5 April 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as Governor of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1930, and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements from 1930 to 1934.
Early lif ...
: 1908, 1913 (acting)
* Mr. R. H. Crofton: 1911, 1913
* Mr. Michael James Breen: 1914
* Mr. Arthur Dyer Ball: 1918, 1922
* Mr. J. A. E. Bullock: 1919
* Mr. William James Carrie: 1920
* Mr. Samuel Burnside Boyd McElderry: 1920, 1923, 1924–26
* Mr. David William Tratman: 1927
* Mr. Norman Lockhart Smith
Norman Lockhart Smith ( Chinese Translated Name: 史美; 29 May 1887 – 27 January 1968) was a British colonial administrator who served as Acting Administrator of Hong Kong on various occasions.
Smith was born in Ryton, County Durham, Engl ...
: 1931
* Mr. Geoffery Cadzow Hamilton: 1949, 1950, 1952
* Mr. David Ronald Holmes : 1953
* Mr. Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington
Sir Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington, (, 18 August 1920 – 26 January 2009) was a British colonial government official and civil servant who served firstly in the Hong Kong Government and became District Commissioner, New Territories and t ...
: 1956–1957
* Mr. Roderick John Frampton: 1970–1972
* Mr. Kenneth Harry Wheeler: 1973–1976
* Mrs. Lolly Tse Chiu Yuen-chu: 1975–1977
* Mr. Stephen Tam Shu-pui: 1978–1979
* Mrs. Lorna Leung Tsui Lai-man: 1978–1982
* Mrs. Jennie Chok Pang Yuen-yee: 1982–1986
* Mr. Li Wing: 1984–1985
* Mr. Law Kam-sang: 1986–1992
* Mr. Cletus Lau Kwok-hong: 1992–1994
* Mr. Ricky Fung Choi-cheung : 1994–2008
* Ms. Pauline Ng Man-wah : 2008–2012
* Mr. Kenneth Chen Wei-on : 2012–Incumbent
References
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Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Lists of political office-holders in Hong Kong
*Hong Kong, Legislative Council