Patrick Nip

Patrick Nip Tak-kuen
The Honourable; Patrick Nip Tak-kuen; JP
	聶德權
Secretary for the Civil Service
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 April 2020
Chief Executive	Carrie Lam
Preceded by	Joshua Law
Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs
	In office; 1 July 2017 – 22 April 2020
Chief Executive	Carrie Lam
Preceded by	Raymond Tam
Succeeded by	Erick Tsang
Government offices
Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health)
	In office; 2016 – 30 June 2016
Secretary for Food and Health	Ko Wing-man
Preceded by	Richard Yuen
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Tse
Director of Information Services
	In office; 2014–2016
Preceded by	Michael Wong
Succeeded by	Joe Wong
Director of Social Welfare
	In office; 2009–2013
Preceded by	Stephen Fredrick Fisher
Succeeded by	Carol Yip
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 55–56)
Alma mater	University of Hong Kong (BSS); Harvard Kennedy School (MPA)
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Patrick Nip Tak-kuen (Chinese: 聶德權; born 1964) is a Hong Kong government official. Since April 2020, he has been Secretary for the Civil Service in Chief Executive Carrie Lam's administration.

Background

Nip attended Kwun Tong Maryknoll College and then the University of Hong Kong, graduating in 1986. He obtained a master's degree in public administration from Harvard Kennedy School and has also studied at Oxford University and attended national studies courses at the Chinese Academy of Governance.[1]

Career

Nip joined the Administrative Service in August 1986, serving in various bureaux and departments, including the City and New Territories Administration, the Deputy Chief Secretary's Office, the Trade and Industry Branch, the Finance Branch, the Civil Service Branch, the Trade Department, the Chief Executive's Office, the former Health and Welfare Bureau, the Beijing Office and the former Health, Welfare and Food Bureau.[2]

He was appointed Director of Social Welfare in 2009 and Director (Special Duties) in the Chief Secretary for Administration's Private Office in 2013, before becoming Director of Information Services in February 2014. For a year from July 2016 he was Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health).[2]

From July 2017, Nip was Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs. But in a cabinet reshuffle on 22 April 2020, Lam removed him from the role (to be replaced by Erick Tsang). The announcement came two days after Nip's office had issued (and then amended) press statements that failed to reflect Beijing's assertion that the Liaison Office and Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office were not subject to Article 22 of the Basic Law, preventing interference in Hong Kong affairs by mainland authorities. Until then, all branches of the Hong Kong Government had always stated that they were, and indeed it was widely held that that such effect was central to the 'one country, two systems principle.[3][4]

Nip immediately took up the role of Secretary for the Civil Service, controversially the first non-civil servant to hold the post, at a time of emerging political activism within Civil Service ranks and pressure from Beijing for unswerving loyalty from all Hong Kong government staff.[5]

References

"Mr Patrick Nip Tak-kuen, JP, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs". Hong Kong government.
"Senior appointments (with photos)".
Ho, Kelly (2020-04-21). "Mainland affairs minister Patrick Nip replaced following apology over Beijing office row". Hong Kong Free Press. HKFP. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
Cheung, Gary (2020-04-21). "Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to announce major cabinet reshuffle with four ministers leaving and another transferred, sources reveal". SCMP. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
Cheng, Lillian (2020-04-23). "Hong Kong's new civil service chief faces daunting challenge of pleasing Beijing while boosting staff morale, experts say". SCMP. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

Government offices
Preceded by Stephen Frederick Fisher	Director of Social Welfare 2009–2013	Succeeded by Carol Yip
Preceded by Michael Wong	Director of Information Services 2014–2016	Succeeded by Joe Wong
Preceded by Richard Yuen	Permanent Secretary for Food and Health (Health) 2016–2017	Succeeded by Elizabeth Tse
Political offices
Preceded by Raymond Tam	Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs 2017–2020	Succeeded by Erick Tsang
Preceded by Joshua Law	Secretary for the Civil Service 2020–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Mr Patrick Nip Tak-kuen, JP, Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs". Hong Kong government.

[gov-2] "Senior appointments (with photos)".

[3] Ho, Kelly (2020-04-21). "Mainland affairs minister Patrick Nip replaced following apology over Beijing office row". Hong Kong Free Press. HKFP. Retrieved 2020-04-21.

[4] Cheung, Gary (2020-04-21). "Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to announce major cabinet reshuffle with four ministers leaving and another transferred, sources reveal". SCMP. Retrieved 2020-04-21.

[5] Cheng, Lillian (2020-04-23). "Hong Kong's new civil service chief faces daunting challenge of pleasing Beijing while boosting staff morale, experts say". SCMP. Retrieved 2020-04-23.