| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Housing 房屋局局長 | |
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 Emblem of Hong Kong | |
.jpg) IncumbentWinnie Ho since 1 July 2022 | |
| Housing Bureau | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive |
| Inaugural holder | Ian Macdonald Lightbody |
| Formation | 1973; 51 years ago (1973) |
| Website | HB |
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| Traditional Chinese | 房屋局局長 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 房屋局局长 | ||||||||||||
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The Secretary for Housing (Chinese: 房屋局局長) 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: Nonpartisan
Secretaries for Housing, 1973–1988
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 |  |
Ian MacDonald Lightbody 黎保德 |
1973 | 1977 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) |
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| 2 | |
Alan James Scott 施恪 |
1 June 1977 | 14 May 1980 | ||
| 3 |  |
Donald Liao 廖本懷 |
15 May 1980 | 20 February 1985 | ||
| Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) |
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| 4 | |
David Robert Ford 霍德 |
21 February 1985 | August 1985 | ||
| 5 | |
John Rawling Todd 杜迪 |
April 1986 | 31 March 1988 | ||
| Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |
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- Housing issues were handled by Secretary for District Administration between 1988 and 1994.
Secretaries for Housing, 1994–1997
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 6 | |
Dominic Wong 黃星華 |
15 December 1994 | 30 June 1997 | Chris Patten (1992–1997) |
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Secretaries for Housing, 1997–2002
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 | |
Dominic Wong Shing-wah 黃星華 |
1 July 1997 | 12 April 2002 | 1 year, 285 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) |
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Secretaries for Housing, Planning and Lands, 2002–2007
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 |  |
Michael Suen Ming-yeung 孫明揚 |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2007 | 5 years, 0 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) |
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| Donald Tsang (2005–2012) |
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- Housing issues were handled by the Secretary for Transport and Housing between 2007 and 2022.
Secretaries for Housing, 2022–
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| 1 |
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Winnie Ho Wing-yin 何永賢 |
1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 167 days | John Lee (2022–present) |
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References
- "G.N. 1222 of 1977". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 119: 1509. 3 June 1977.
- "G.N. 519 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 127: 734, 810. 15 February 1985.
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