Secretary for Housing explained

Post:	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Housing Chinese: 房屋局局長
Insignia:	Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Hong Kong
Department:	Housing Bureau
Incumbent:	Winnie Ho
Incumbentsince:	1 July 2022
Style:	The Honourable
Appointer:	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural:	Ian Macdonald Lightbody
Website:	HB

Order:	ts
T:	房屋局局長
S:	房屋局局长
J:	Fong^4 uk^1 guk^6 guk^6 zoeng^2
Y:	Fòhng ūk guhk guhk jéung
P:	Fángwū Jú Júzhǎng

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

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=120px	Governor	Ref
1		Ian MacDonald Lightbody 黎保德	1973	1977	Sir Murray MacLehose
2		Alan James Scott 施恪	1 June 1977	14 May 1980		^[1]
3		Donald Liao 廖本懷	15 May 1980	20 February 1985
Sir Edward Youde
	4		David Robert Ford 霍德	21 February 1985	August 1985	^[2]
	5		John Rawling Todd 杜迪	April 1986	31 March 1988
Sir David Wilson

Housing issues were handled by Secretary for District Administration between 1988 and 1994.

Secretaries for Housing, 1994–1997

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=120px	Governor	Ref
6		Dominic Wong 黃星華	15 December 1994	30 June 1997	Chris Patten

Secretaries for Housing, 1997–2002

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=80px	Duration	width=120px	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
bgcolor= align=center	1		Dominic Wong Shing-wah 黃星華	1 July 1997	12 April 2002		Tung Chee-hwa

Secretaries for Housing, Planning and Lands, 2002–2007

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=80px	Duration	width=120px	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Michael Suen Ming-yeung 孫明揚	1 July 2002	30 June 2007		Tung Chee-hwa
Donald Tsang

Housing issues were handled by the Secretary for Transport and Housing between 2007 and 2022.

Secretaries for Housing, 2022–

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=80px	Duration	width=120px	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
bgcolor= align=center	1		Winnie Ho Wing-yin 何永賢	1 July 2022	Incumbent		John Lee

External links

• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government

Notes and References

1. G.N. 1222 of 1977 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 3 June 1977 . 119 . 1509.
2. G.N. 519 of 1985 . Hong Kong Government Gazette . 15 February 1985 . 127 . 734, 810.