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Secretary For Housing, Planning And Lands
The Secretary for Housing () in Hong Kong is responsible for housing related issues. The position was first created in 1973 and re-created in 2022 after renamed to Secretary for Transport and Housing in 2007. List of office holders Political party: Secretaries for Housing, 1973–1988 ;Housing issues were handled by Secretary for District Administration between 1988 and 1994. Secretaries for Housing, 1994–1997 Secretaries for Housing, 1997–2002 Secretaries for Housing, Planning and Lands, 2002–2007 ;Housing issues were handled by the Secretary for Transport and Housing between 2007 and 2022. Secretaries for Housing, 2022– References External linksOrganisation chart of Hong Kong Government {{HK Principal Officials Housing Housing refers to a property containing one or more Shelter (building), shelter as a living space. Housing spaces are inhabited either by individuals or a collective group of people. Housing is also referred to as a human need a ...
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a Special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the List of countries and dependencies by population density, fourth most densely populated region in the world. Hong Kong was established as a British Hong Kong, colony of the British Empire after the Qing dynasty ceded Hong Kong Island in 1841–1842 as a consequence of losing the First Opium War. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 and was further extended when the United Kingdom obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898. Hong Kong was Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, occupied by Empire of Japan, Japan from Battle of Hong Kong, 1941 to Liberation Day (Hong Kong), 1945 during World War II. The territory was Handover of Hong Kong, handed over from the United Kingdom to China in 1997. Hong Kong maintains separate govern ...
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Edward Youde
Sir Edward Youde (; Cantonese: ''Yau Tak''; 19 June 1924 – 5 December 1986) was a British administrator, diplomat, and Sinologist. He served as Governor of Hong Kong from 20 May 1982 until his death on 5 December 1986. Early years Youde was born in Penarth, South Wales, in the United Kingdom and from 1942 attended the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. He also served in the Royal Naval Reserve.Sir Edward Youde of Hong Kong Dies
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In 1947, Youde joined the , where he would serve the rest of his life, and was swiftly posted to the British ...
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First Term Of Donald Tsang As Chief Executive Of Hong Kong
The first term of Donald Tsang as chief executive of Hong Kong, officially considered part of " The 2nd term Chief Executive of Hong Kong", relates to the period of governance of Hong Kong since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, between 25 June 2005 and 30 June 2007. Former civil-servant Donald Tsang was elected on 25 June 2005 to fill the position vacated by the resignation of his predecessor, Tung Chee Hwa. Election Donald Tsang who resigned from his Chief Secretary for Administration was the only candidate, he was declared elected unopposed on 16 June. Nonpartisan legislator Chim Pui-chung and Democratic Party chairman Lee Wing-tat failed to secure the minimum number of 100 nominations to enter the race. Before the election, controversies sparked as the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress interpreted Article 53 that the term of office of the new Chief Executive shall be the remainder of the previous Chief Executive but not the new term. Cabinet Min ...
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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, occupying various positions in local administration, finance and trade before he was appointed Financial Secretary of Hong Kong in 1995, becoming the first ethnic Chinese to hold the position under British administration. He continued to serve in the Hong Kong SAR government after 1997 and gained his reputation internationally for his intervention in Hong Kong's stock market in defending the Hong Kong dollar's peg to the US dollar during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Tsang became the Chief Secretary for Administration in 2001 and ran for the Chief Executive in 2005 after incumbent Tung Chee-hwa resigned. He served the remaining term of Tung and was re-elected in 2007. He served a full five-year term until he stepped down in 2012. In his ...
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Second Term Of Tung Chee-hwa As Chief Executive Of Hong Kong
The Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong, officially considered part of " The 2nd term Chief Executive of Hong Kong", relates to the period of governance of Hong Kong since the handover of Hong Kong, between 1 July 2002 and 12 March 2005 until Tung Chee-hwa resigned from the office and the rest of the term was taken up by former Chief Secretary for Administration Donald Tsang. Election Incumbent Tung Chee-hwa was nominated by the 800-member Election Committee (EC) without contest despite his declining popularity. The pro-democracy camp argued that the electoral process was deliberately designed to obstruct any challenge to Tung. Cabinet Under the Principal Officials Accountability System introduced by Tung Chee-hwa in July 2002, there were 3 Secretaries of Department and 11 Directors of Bureau. Under the new system, all heads of bureaux became members of the Executive Council, and came directly under the Chief Executive instead of the Chief Secretary or ...
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Michael Suen
Michael Suen Ming-yeung (7 April 1944 – 22 October 2024) was a Hong Kong politician who served as the acting Chief Secretary for Administration in 2005 and 2012 and as Secretary for Education (Hong Kong), Secretary for Education of Hong Kong from 2007 to 2012. Early life and education Suen was born in Chongqing, Republic of China (1912-1949), China on 7 April 1944. His family fled the then provisional capital to Hong Kong in 1947. He attended Wah Yan College, Hong Kong, Wah Yan College, a Society of Jesus, Jesuit school in Hong Kong. Career Suen joined the British Hong Kong, colonial Hong Kong Government in 1966 as an Administrative Officer and was substantively promoted to the rank of Secretary, Government Secretariat in January 1991. During the early years of his career, he served in the former New Territories Administration, Resettlement Department and Environment Branch. He was appointed Secretary for Constitutional Affairs in March 1989 and Secretary for Home Affairs ...
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Michael Suen Ming Yeung
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First Term Of Tung Chee-hwa As Chief Executive Of Hong Kong
The First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong, officially considered part of "The 1st term Chief Executive of Hong Kong", relates to the period of governance of Hong Kong since the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, between 1 July 1997 and 30 June 2002. Tung Chee-hwa was elected in 1996 by 400-member Selection Committee as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Election Tung Chee-hwa was elected in 1996 by 400-member Selection Committee as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong. Tung beat former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong Ti-liang Yang and tycoon Peter Woo with 320 votes. Cabinet Ministry The policy bureaux were under several reorganisations during the term as following: * Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Bureau was replaced by Information Technology and Broadcast Bureau on 1 April 1998 and * Health and Welfare Bureau and Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau transformed into Environment and Health Bureau and Planning and Lands ...
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Tung Chee-hwa
Tung Chee-hwa (; born May 29, 1937) is a Hong Kong businessman and retired politician who served as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong between 1997 and 2005, upon the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July. He served as a vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) between 2005 and 2023. Born as the eldest son of Chinese shipping magnate Tung Chao Yung, who founded Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL), Tung took over the family business after his father's death in 1981. Four years later, OOCL teetered on the edge of bankruptcy, and the business was saved by the People's Republic of China government through Henry Fok in 1986. He was appointed an unofficial member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong by the last British Governor Chris Patten in 1992 and was tipped as Beijing's favourite as the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR. In 1996, he was elected the Chief Executive by a 400-member Selection Committee. His government ...
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Chris Patten
Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes (; born 12 May 1944), is a British politician who was the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992, and the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. He was made a life peer in 2005 and served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 2003 to 2024. He is one of two living former governors of Hong Kong, alongside David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, David Wilson. Patten was born in Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancashire and subsequently raised in west London. He studied history at Balliol College, Oxford, and, after graduating in 1965, he began working for the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party. Patten was List of MPs elected in the 1979 United Kingdom general election, elected Member of Parliament for Bath (UK Parliament constituency), Bath in 1979 United Kingdom general election, 1979. He was appointed Secretary of State for the Environment by Margaret Thatcher in 1989 as part of her Third ...
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Dominic Wong
Dominic Wong Shing-wah (; 13 April 1942 – May 2012) was an official in the Hong Kong Government. Wong retired in 2002 from the Hong Kong Government as Secretary for Housing, after a 40-year career in public service. Career In 1962, Wong joined the Hong Kong Government and served in the Certificated Master, Executive Officer and Trade Officer Grades. In 1973, Wong became an Administrative Officer. In 1996, he was promoted to the rank of Director of Bureau. Wong had served in various policy bureaus and departments. Senior positions held by Wong include: Deputy Secretary for the Civil Service (January 1984 – January 1988); Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower (January 1988 – September 1989); Postmaster General (September 1989 – May 1992) and Director of Education (July 1992 – December 1994). He began his position as Secretary for Housing in December 1994 and continued to hold the position after the handover of Hong Kong in July 1997. During his tenure as Housing Sec ...
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Secretary For District Administration
The Secretary for District Administration (), formerly known as Secretary for City and New Territories Administration, was a minister in the Government of Hong Kong in 1980s, which is responsible for local administrative issues. In 1974, "District Commissioner, New Territories" (), responsible for coordinating New Territories issues, was renamed and promoted to Secretary for the New Territories (), highlighting the importance of the position. New position was created in December 1981 to replace the Secretary for the New Territories. The Secretary for City and New Territories Administration took over the responsibilities of City and New Territories Administration, merger of District Office and City District Office. Duties related to policy of the City and New Territories Administration which were handled by Secretary for Home Affairs was also transferred to the new secretary. In 1985, the Secretary for District Administration, rebranded in 1983, replaced the Secretary for Home Aff ...
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