Secretary for Development

The Secretary for Development (Chinese: 發展局局長) 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.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Development 發展局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Michael Wong since 1 July 2017
Development Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Gordon Siu Secretary for Planning and Lands Carrie Lam Secretary for Development
Formation	21 January 1999 1 July 2007
Website	DEVB

Secretary for Development
Traditional Chinese	發展局局長
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Faat jín guhk guhk jéung Jyutping Faat^3 zin^2 guk^6 guk^6 zoeng^2

List of office holders

Political party:   Nonpartisan

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 (1891–1898)
2		Robert Daly Ormsby 安庶庇	21 October 1897	1901
					Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903)
3		William Chatham 漆咸	12 October 1901	1921
					Sir Matthew Nathan (1904–1907)
					Sir Frederick Lugard (1907–1912)
					Sir Francis Henry May (1912–1918)
					Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1919–1925)
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 (1925–1930)
					Sir William Peel (1930–1935)
6		Richard McNeil Henderson 軒德蓀	12 December 1932	1939
					Sir Andrew Caldecott (1935–1937)
					Sir Geoffry Northcote (1937–1941)
7		Alexander Bruce Purves 包華士	28 September 1939	25 December 1941
					Mark Aitchison Young (1941)

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 (1946–1947)
					Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957)
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		[1]
					Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964)
12		Alec Michael John Wright 鄔勵德	7 March 1963	27 March 1969		[2][3]
					Sir David Trench (1964–1971)
13		James Jeavons Robson 盧秉信	28 March 1969	August 1973		[3]
					Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
14		David Wylie McDonald 麥德霖	February 1974	1981

Secretaries for Lands and Works, 1981–1989

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		David Wylie McDonald 麥德霖	September 1981	July 1983	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
					Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
2		Chan Nai-keong 陳乃強	July 1983	15 August 1986		[4]
3		Graham Barnes 班禮士	16 August 1986	31 August 1989		[4]
					Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)

Secretaries for the Public 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 (1987–1992)
2		Ronald James Blake 詹伯樂	1 April 1992	May 1995
					Chris Patten (1992–1997)
3		Kwong Hon-sang 鄺漢生	15 May 1995	30 June 1997

Secretaries for the Public 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	1 year, 37 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
2		Lee Shing-see 李承仕	7 August 1999	30 June 2002	2 years, 328 days

Secretaries for the Environment, Transport and Works, 2002–2007

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Sarah Liao Sau-tung 廖秀冬	1 July 2002	30 June 2007	4 years, 364 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2

Secretaries for Development, 2007–present

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor 林鄭月娥	1 July 2007	30 June 2012	5 years, 0 days	Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	3
2		Mak Chai-kwong 麥齊光	1 July 2012	12 July 2012	11 days	Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
3		Paul Chan Mo-po 陳茂波	30 July 2012	16 January 2017	4 years, 170 days
4		Eric Ma Siu-cheung 馬紹祥	13 February 2017	30 June 2017	137 days
5		Michael Wong Wai-lun 黃偉綸	1 July 2017	Incumbent	3 years, 35 days	Carrie Lam (2017–present)	5

References

1. "G.N. 384 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 105: 506. 1 March 1963.
2. "G.N. 429 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 105: 574. 8 March 1963.
3. "G.N. 608 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 111: 676. 3 April 1969.
4. "G.N. 2930 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 128: 3966, 4048. 29 August 1986.

External links

• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government