Director of Immigration explained

Post:Director of Immigration
Native Name:入境事務處處長
Insigniacaption:Insignia for the Hong Kong Immigration Department
Incumbent:Benson Kwok
Incumbentsince:19 September 2023
Nominator:Chief Executive of Hong Kong (since 1997)
Appointer:Central People's Government of China (since 1997);
Governor of Hong Kong (until 1997)
First:J Moore;
Regina Ip (since 1997)
Deputy:Deputy Director of Immigration
Salary:GDS(C) 4 (HK$181,450)[1]
Website:Official website
T:入境事務處處長
S:入境事务处处长
J:Jap6 ging2 si6 mou6 cyu3 cyu3 zoeng2
Y:Yahp gíng sih mouh chyu chyu jéung
P:Rùjìng Shìwù Chǔ Chùzhǎng

The Director of Immigration is the head of the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Government, which is responsible for immigration issues and controlling entry ports into Hong Kong.

List of Directors of Immigration

Term of office!
1J. Moore
19611965
2W. E. Collard
19651974
3J. M. Rowlands
19741978
4R. G. B. Bridge
19781983
5A. J. Carter
19831989Last British Director
6
19891996
7Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
199630 June 1997
Handover of Hong Kong
1Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee
1 July 19971998
2Ambrose Lee Siu-kwong
19982002
3Lai Tung-kwok
1 July 20027 April 2008
4Simon Peh Yun-lu
7 April 200828 March 2011
5Eric Chan
28 March 2011 5 April 2016
6Erick Tsang
5 April 201622 April 2020
7Au Ka-wang
2 July 202019 September 2023
8Benson Kwok
19 September 2023Incumbent

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Notes and References

  1. Standing Committee on Disciplined Services. "Salaries and Conditions of Service", The Joint Secretariat for the Advisory Bodies on Civil Service and Judicial Salaries and Conditions of Service (JSSCS), Hong Kong, November 2008. Retrieved on 30 September, 2016.