Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong
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Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Secretary for Administration 香港特別行政區政務司司長 |
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| Style | The Honourable |
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Government Secretariat Executive Council |
| Reports to | Legislative Council |
| Residence | Victoria House, 15 Barker Road, The Peak |
| Appointer |
State Council of the People's Republic of China nomination by Chief Executive |
| Term length | No longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term (No constitutional or statutory limits, but no CS would receive employment contract longer than the CE's remaining term since POAS was in place in 2002.) |
| Inaugural holder | Anson Chan |
| Formation | 1 July 1997 |
| Website | CSO |
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| Traditional Chinese | 政務司司長 | ||||||||
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| Yale Romanization | Jing mouh sī sī jéung |
| Jyutping | Zing3 mou6 si1 si1 zoeng2 |
The Chief Secretary for Administration (Chinese: 政務司司長), 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 the head of the Government Secretariat which oversees the administration of the Region to which all other ministers belong, and is accountable for his or her policies and actions to the Chief Executive and to the Legislative Council.
The Chief Secretary formulates and implements government policy, gives advice to the Chief Executive as a member of the Executive Council, and is responsible for managing the Government's relationship with the Legislative Council and drawing up the Government's legislative programme. The office also exercises certain statutory functions, such as the handling of appeals from designated public bodies.
Prior to the transfer of sovereignty of Hong Kong in 1997, the office was known simply as "Chief Secretary" (布政司), and before 1976, "Colonial Secretary" (輔政司). Until the introduction of the Principal Officials Accountability System in 2002, the Chief Secretary was a civil service position, and in this capacity, the head of the public service. In 2005, Henry Tang became the first person who has not been a civil servant to be appointed to the office of the Chief Secretary.
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