Deputy Financial Secretary Explained

Post:Deputy Financial Secretary
Native Name:Chinese: 香港特別行政區財政司副司長
Body:the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Insignia:Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent:Michael Wong
Incumbentsince:1 July 2022
Style:The Honourable (Chinese: 尊貴的)
Reports To:Legislative Council
Constituting Instrument:Hong Kong Basic Law
Nominator:Chief Executive
Appointer:State Council of the People's Republic of China
Termlength:No longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term
Inaugural:Michael Wong
Website:FSO
Salary:around HK$4,360,000 annually

Deputy Financial Secretary is a ministerial position in the Government of Hong Kong, deputising the Financial Secretary. The position was created in 2022 after John Lee took office as Chief Executive.

History

Deputy Financial Secretary was created by 1945 during the British colonial rule. The position was renamed to Secretary for the Treasury in 1989.[1]

In 2022, John Lee, after being selected as the new Chief Executive, decided to install the position of Deputy Financial Secretary. The position was officially revived on 1 July 2022 after his cabinet took office.[2]

Role

The Deputy Financial Secretary's primary responsibility is to assist the Financial Secretary in coordinating formulation and implementation of cross-bureaux/departmental policies and supervising the policy bureaux under his charge. The Deputy Financial Secretary also assists the Chief Executive in policy making as a member of the Executive Council and takes charge of specific policy areas or projects as directed by the Chief Executive and the Financial Secretary.[3]

List

Deputy Financial Secretaries, 1945–1989

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1 Arthur Grenfell Clarke
岐樂嘉
1945 1951
Sir Alexander Grantham
2 John James Cowperthwaite
郭伯偉
1952 17 January 1960
Sir Robert Brown Black
3 Michael Denys Arthur Clinton
18 January 1960 5 January 1969 [4]
Sir David Trench
4 Charles Philip Haddon-Cave
夏鼎基
6 January 1969 1971 [5]
5 David Jeaffreson
謝法新
1972 1976 Sir Murray MacLehose
6 Henry Ching
程慶禮
1976 1984 [6]
Sir Edward Youde
7 Selwyn Eugene Alleyne
程尚文
1984 15 March 1987 [7]
Sir David Wilson
8 John Francis Yaxley
易誠禮
16 March 1987 1989 [8]
9 Hamish Macleod
麥高樂
1 March 1989 31 March 1989

Deputy Financial Secretaries, 2022–

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1 Michael Wong Wai-lun
黃偉綸
1 July 2022 Incumbent John Lee
(I)
[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1989 . Change of Titles (Consolidation) Notice . Historic Laws of Hong Kong Online.
  2. Web site: 2022-05-18 . A closer look at details of Hong Kong's government revamp plan . 2022-09-20 . South China Morning Post . en.
  3. Web site: Financial Secretary - Role . 2022-09-20 . FSO.
  4. No. 93 of 1960. Hong Kong Government Gazette . 10 January 1960. 102. 113.
  5. G.N. 37 of 1969 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 10 January 1969. 111. 46.
  6. Web site: 張建宗心繫社會 投入服務港人 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080331201428/http://news.gov.hk/tc/category/administration/070328/features/html/070328tc01001.htm . 2008-03-31 . 2009-10-05.
  7. Web site: Hong Kong Housing .
  8. G.N. 868 of 1987 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 20 March 1987 . 129. 1278, 1323.
  9. Web site: Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos) . 2022-09-20 . www.info.gov.hk. 2022-06-19.