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Secretary for Development

{{Use Hong Kong English|date=December 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox Political post

|post = Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Development
{{lang|zh|發展局局長}}

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|nativename =

|insignia = Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg

|insigniacaption = Emblem of Hong Kong

|department = Development Bureau

|image = File:甯漢豪_20230607_(cropped).jpg

|alt =

|incumbent = Bernadette Linn

|incumbentsince = 1 July 2022

|style = The Honourable

|residence =

|nominator =

|nominatorpost =

|appointer = Central People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive

|appointerpost =

|termlength =

|inaugural = Gordon Siu
Secretary for Planning and Lands
Carrie Lam
Secretary for Development

|formation = 21 January 1999
1 July 2007

|last =

|abolished =

|succession =

|deputy =

|salary = HK$4,021,200 per annum{{cite web|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201612/12/P2016121200324.htm|title=Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government|website=Government of Hong Kong|date=12 December 2016|accessdate=27 January 2022}}

|website = [http://www.devb.gov.hk/ DEVB]

}}

{{Infobox Chinese

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|t=發展局局長

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|y=Faat jín guhk guhk jéung

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The Secretary for Development 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.

List of office holders

Political party: {{legend2|{{party color|Nonpartisan}}|Nonpartisan|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

= Surveyor General, 1842–1891 =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"

!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

!Portrait

!Name

! colspan="2" |Term of office

!Governor

!Ref

rowspan="3" align="center" |1

| rowspan="3" |80px

| rowspan="3" |Alexander T. Gordon
歌頓

| rowspan="3" |1842

| rowspan="3" |1845

|Sir Henry Pottinger
{{small|(1841–1843)}}
Administrator

|

Sir Henry Pottinger
{{small|(1843–1844)}}

|

rowspan="2" |Sir John Francis Davis
{{small|(1844–1848)}}

|

rowspan="4" align="center" | 2rowspan="4" | 80pxrowspan="4" |Charles St George Cleverly
急庇利		rowspan="4" | 1845rowspan="4" | 1865
Sir George Bonham
{{small|(1848–1854)}}

|

Sir John Bowring
{{small|(1854–1859)}}

|

rowspan="2" |Sir Hercules Robinson
{{small|(1859–1865)}}

|

rowspan="2" align="center" | 3rowspan="2" | 80pxrowspan="2" | Wilberforce Wilson
衛信		rowspan="2" | 1865rowspan="2" | 1869
rowspan="2" |Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
{{small|(1866–1872)}}

|

rowspan="2" align="center" |4

| rowspan="2" |80px

| rowspan="2" |Lewis Henry Moorsom
睦誠

| rowspan="2" |1869

| rowspan="2" |1873

|

rowspan="2" |Sir Arthur Kennedy
{{small|(1872–1877)}}

|

rowspan="4" align="center" |5

| rowspan="4" |80px

| rowspan="4" |John MacNeile Price
裴樂士

| rowspan="4" |1873

| rowspan="4" |1889

|

Sir John Pope Hennessy
{{small|(1877–1882)}}

|

Sir George Bowen
{{small|(1883–1885)}}

|

rowspan="3" |Sir William Des Voeux
{{small|(1887–1891)}}

|

rowspan="3" align="center" | 6rowspan="3" | 80pxrowspan="3" | Samuel Brown
布朗		rowspan="3" | 1889rowspan="3" |1891

|

Sir William Robinson
{{small|(1891–1898)}}

|

=Directors of Public Works, 1891–1941=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=150px| Governor

! Ref

align=center| 180pxFrancis Alfred Cooper
谷柏		10 October 18911897rowspan=2| Sir William Robinson
{{small|(1891–1898)}}
rowspan=2 align=center| 2rowspan=2| 80pxrowspan=2 |Robert Daly Ormsby
安庶庇		rowspan=2 | 21 October 1897rowspan=2 | 1901
rowspan=2| Sir Henry Arthur Blake
{{small|(1898–1903)}}
rowspan=5 align=center| 3rowspan=5| 80pxrowspan=5| William Chatham
漆咸		rowspan=5| 12 October 1901rowspan=5| 1921
Sir Matthew Nathan
{{small|(1904–1907)}}
Sir Frederick Lugard
{{small|(1907–1912)}}
Sir Francis Henry May
{{small|(1912–1918)}}
rowspan=3| Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
{{small|(1919–1925)}}
align=center| 480pxThomas Luff Perkins
白健時		1 July 19211923
rowspan=3 align=center| 5rowspan=3 | 80pxrowspan=3 | Harold Thomas Creasy
祈禮士		rowspan=3 | 30 August 1923rowspan=3 |1932
Sir Cecil Clementi
{{small|(1925–1930)}}
rowspan=2| Sir William Peel
{{small|(1930–1935)}}
rowspan=3 align=center| 6rowspan=3| 80pxrowspan=3| Richard McNeil Henderson
軒德蓀		rowspan=3| 12 December 1932rowspan=3| 1939
Sir Andrew Caldecott
{{small|(1935–1937)}}
rowspan=2 | Sir Geoffry Northcote
{{small|(1937–1941)}}
rowspan=2 align=center| 7rowspan=2 | 80pxrowspan=2 | Alexander Bruce Purves
包華士		rowspan=2 | 28 September 1939rowspan=2 | 25 December 1941
Mark Aitchison Young
{{small|(1941)}}

=Directors of Public Works, 1946–1981=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=150px| Governor

! Ref

Harold Stuart Rouse

| align=center| -

80pxHarold Stuart Rouse7 September 19451946Military administration
align=center rowspan=2 | 8rowspan=2 | 80pxrowspan=2 | Victor Kenneth Kenniffrowspan=2 | 15 May 1946rowspan=2 | 1949Sir Mark Aitchison Young
{{small|(1946–1947)}}
rowspan=4| Sir Alexander Grantham
{{small|(1947–1957)}}
align=center| 980pxEdward Audley Boyce26 August 19491950
align=center| 1080pxTheodore Louis Bowring
包寧		5 December 19501957
rowspan=2 align=center| 11rowspan=2| 80pxrowspan=2| Allan Inglis
英格理		rowspan=2| 22 May 1957rowspan=2| 28 February 1963{{cite journal |title=G.N. 384 of 1963 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette|date=1 March 1963|volume=105|page=506}}
rowspan=2| Sir Robert Brown Black
{{small|(1958–1964)}}
rowspan=2 align=center| 12rowspan=2| 80pxrowspan=2| Alec Michael John Wright
鄔勵德		rowspan=2| 7 March 1963rowspan=2| 27 March 1969{{cite journal |title=G.N. 429 of 1963 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette|date=8 March 1963|volume=105|page=574}}
rowspan=2| Sir David Trench
{{small|(1964–1971)}}
rowspan=2 align=center| 13rowspan=2| 80pxrowspan=2| James Jeavons Robson
盧秉信		rowspan=2| 28 March 1969rowspan=2| August 1973{{cite journal |title=G.N. 608 of 1969 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=3 April 1969|volume=111|page=676}}
rowspan=2| Sir Murray MacLehose
{{small|(1971–1982)}}
align=center| 1480pxDavid Wylie McDonald
麥德霖		February 19741981

; Development issues were handled by Secretary for Lands and Works between 1981 and 1989.

=Secretaries for Works, 1989–1997=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px| №

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=150px| Governor

! Ref

align=center| 180pxKenneth Kwok
郭偉階		1 September 198931 March 1992rowspan=2| Sir David Wilson
{{small|(1987–1992)}}
rowspan=2 align=center| 2rowspan=2 | 80pxrowspan=2 | Ronald James Blake
詹伯樂		rowspan=2 | 1 April 1992rowspan=2 | May 1995
rowspan=2| Chris Patten
{{small|(1992–1997)}}
align=center| 380pxKwong Hon-sang
鄺漢生		15 May 199530 June 1997

=Secretaries for Works, 1997–2002=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=80px | Duration

! width=120px| Chief Executive

! Term

! Ref

bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 180pxKwong Hon-sang
鄺漢生		1 July 19976 August 1999{{Age in years and days|1997|7|1|1998|8|7}}rowspan=2| Tung Chee-hwa
{{small|(1997–2005)}}		rowspan=2 align=center|1
bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 280pxLee Shing-see
李承仕		7 August 199930 June 2002{{Age in years and days|1999|8|7|2002|7|1}}

; Development issues were handled by Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works between 2002 and 2007.

=Secretaries for Development, 2007–present=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! width=80px| Portrait

! width=180px| Name

! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office

! width=80px | Duration

! width=120px|Chief Executive

! Term

! Ref

bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 180pxCarrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
林鄭月娥		1 July 200730 June 2012{{Age in years and days|2007|7|1|2012|7|1}}Donald Tsang
{{small|(2005–2012)}}		align=center|3
bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 280pxMak Chai-kwong
麥齊光		1 July 201212 July 2012{{Age in years and days|2012|7|1|2012|7|12}}rowspan=3| Leung Chun-ying
{{small|(2012–2017)}}		rowspan=3 align=center|4
bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 380pxPaul Chan Mo-po
陳茂波		30 July 201216 January 2017{{Age in years and days|2012|7|30|2017|1|16}}
bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 480pxEric Ma Siu-cheung
馬紹祥		13 February 201730 June 2017{{Age in years and days|2017|2|13|2017|6|30|duration=on}}
bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 580pxMichael Wong Wai-lun
黃偉綸		1 July 201730 June 2022{{Age in years and days|2017|7|1|2022|6|30|duration=on}}Carrie Lam
{{small|(2017–2022)}}		align=center|5
bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 680px

| Bernadette Linn Hon-ho
甯漢豪

1 July 2022Incumbent{{Age in years and days|2022|7|1|duration=on}}John Lee
{{small|(2022–present)}}		align=center|6

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.gov.hk/en/about/govdirectory/po/sdev.htm]
  • [http://www.info.gov.hk/govcht_e.htm Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government]

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Development

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