Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, head of Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, is responsible for the monitoring of financial services sector and maintaining the assets of the government.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury 財經事務及庫務局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Christopher Hui since 22 April 2020
Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Rafael Hui Secretary for Financial Services Frederick Ma Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Formation	1 July 1997 1 July 2002
Website	FSTB

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Traditional Chinese	財經事務及庫務局局長
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Chòih gīng sih mouh kahp fu mouh guhk guhk jéung Jyutping Coi^4 ging^1 si^6 mou^6 kap^6 fu^3 mou^6 guk^6 guk^6 zoeng^2

The position was created on July 1, 2002, when the Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced, by merging the previous positions of Secretary for the Treasury and Secretary for Financial Services.

List of office holders

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Deputy Financial Secretaries, 1945–1989

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		Arthur Grenfell Clarke 岐樂嘉	1945	1951	Sir Mark Aitchison Young (1946–1947)
					Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957)
2		John James Cowperthwaite 郭伯偉	1952	17 January 1960		[1]
					Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964)
3		Michael Denys Arthur Clinton	18 January 1960	5 January 1969		[1][2]
					Sir David Trench (1964–1971)
4		Charles Philip Haddon-Cave 夏鼎基	6 January 1969	1971		[2]
5		David Jeaffreson 謝法新	1972	1976	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
6		Henry Ching 程慶禮	1976	1984
					Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
7		Selwyn Eugene Alleyne 程尚文	1984	15 March 1987		[3]
					Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
8		John Francis Yaxley 易誠禮	16 March 1987	1989		[3]
9		Hamish Macleod 麥高樂	1 March 1989	31 March 1989

Secretaries for Treasury, 1989–1997

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		Hamish Macleod 麥高樂	1 April 1989	1 April 1991	Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
2		Yeung Kai-yin 楊啟彥	2 May 1991	6 May 1993
					Chris Patten (1992–1997)
3		Donald Tsang 曾蔭權	7 May 1993	31 March 1995
4		Kwong Ki-chi 鄺其志	1 April 1995	30 June 1997

Secretaries for Treasury, 1997–2002

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Kwong Ki-chi 鄺其志	1 July 1997	31 March 1998	273 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
2		Denise Yue Chung-yee 俞宗怡	1 April 1998	30 June 2002	4 years, 90 days

Secretaries for Financial Services and the Treasury, 2002–present

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Frederick Ma Si-hang 馬時亨	1 July 2002	30 June 2007	5 years, 0 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2
2		KC Chan 陳家強	1 July 2007	30 June 2017	10 years, 0 days		3
						Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
3		James Henry Lau 劉怡翔	1 July 2017	22 April 2020	2 years, 296 days	Carrie Lam (2017–present)	5
4		Christopher Hui Ching-yu 許正宇	22 April 2020	Incumbent	115 days

References

1. "No. 93 of 1960". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 102: 113. 10 January 1960.
2. "G.N. 37 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 111: 46. 10 January 1969.
3. "G.N. 868 of 1987". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 129: 1278, 1323. 20 March 1987.

External links

• Government of HKSAR
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government