The Secretary for Development of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for planning, land development and public works related development policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolios of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works and Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands.
List of office holders Political party:
Surveyor General, 1842–1891 PortraitNameTerm of officeGovernorRef1Alexander T. Gordon歌頓18421845Sir Henry PottingerAdministratorSir Henry PottingerSir John Francis Davis 2 Charles St George Cleverly急庇利 1845 1865 Sir George BonhamSir John BowringSir Hercules Robinson 3 Wilberforce Wilson衛信 1865 1869 Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell4Lewis Henry Moorsom睦誠18691873Sir Arthur Kennedy5John MacNeile Price裴樂士18731889Sir John Pope HennessySir George BowenSir William Des Voeux 6 Samuel Brown布朗 1889 1891 Sir William Robinson
Directors of Public Works, 1891–1941 Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref 1 Francis Alfred Cooper谷柏 10 October 1891 1897 Sir William Robinson 2 Robert Daly Ormsby安庶庇 21 October 1897 1901 Sir Henry Arthur Blake 3 William Chatham漆咸 12 October 1901 1921 Sir Matthew Nathan Sir Frederick Lugard Sir Francis Henry May Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs 4 Thomas Luff Perkins白健時 1 July 1921 1923 5 Harold Thomas Creasy祈禮士 30 August 1923 1932 Sir Cecil Clementi Sir William Peel 6 Richard McNeil Henderson軒德蓀 12 December 1932 1939 Sir Andrew Caldecott Sir Geoffry Northcote 7 Alexander Bruce Purves包華士 28 September 1939 25 December 1941 Mark Aitchison Young
Directors of Public Works, 1946–1981 Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref - Harold Stuart Rouse 7 September 1945 1946 Military administration 8 Victor Kenneth Kenniff 15 May 1946 1949 Sir Mark Aitchison Young Sir Alexander Grantham 9 Edward Audley Boyce 26 August 1949 1950 10 Theodore Louis Bowring包寧 5 December 1950 1957 11 Allan Inglis英格理 22 May 1957 28 February 1963 Sir Robert Brown Black 12 Alec Michael John Wright鄔勵德 7 March 1963 27 March 1969 Sir David Trench 13 James Jeavons Robson盧秉信 28 March 1969 August 1973 Sir Murray MacLehose 14 David Wylie McDonald麥德霖 February 1974 1981
Development issues were handled by Secretary for Lands and Works between 1981 and 1989.
Secretaries for Works, 1989–1997 № Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref 1 Kenneth Kwok郭偉階 1 September 1989 31 March 1992 Sir David Wilson 2 Ronald James Blake詹伯樂 1 April 1992 May 1995 Chris Patten 3 Kwong Hon-sang鄺漢生 15 May 1995 30 June 1997
Secretaries for Works, 1997–2002 Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref 1 Kwong Hon-sang鄺漢生 1 July 1997 6 August 1999 Tung Chee-hwa 1 2 Lee Shing-see李承仕 7 August 1999 30 June 2002
Development issues were handled by Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works between 2002 and 2007.
Secretaries for Development, 2007–present Portrait Name Term of office DurationChief Executive Term Ref 1 Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor林鄭月娥 1 July 2007 30 June 2012 Donald Tsang 3 2 Mak Chai-kwong麥齊光 1 July 2012 12 July 2012 Leung Chun-ying 4 3 Paul Chan Mo-po陳茂波 30 July 2012 16 January 2017 4 Eric Ma Siu-cheung馬紹祥 13 February 2017 30 June 2017 5 Michael Wong Wai-lun黃偉綸 1 July 2017 30 June 2022 Carrie Lam 5 6 Bernadette Linn Hon-ho甯漢豪 1 July 2022 Incumbent John Lee 6
See also Public Works Department (Hong Kong) Antiquities Authority, Hong Kong
References
External links
Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government