Secretary for Economic Services
The Secretary for Economic Services (Template:Zh and later Template:Zh) was a minister position in the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for economic development in Hong Kong. The position was renamed to the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour (Template:Zh) after nearly thirty years. The new position headed the Economic Development and Labour Bureau and was created together with the introduction of Principal Officials Accountability System on 1 July 2002, by merging the positions with the labour portfolio of Secretary for Education and Manpower. After POAS was introduced all secretaries are members of the Executive Council.
The position was abolished in 2007 when the Economic Development and Labour Bureau was abolished and its functions transferred to the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, the Transport and Housing Bureau, and the Labour and Welfare Bureau.
List of office holders
Secretaries for Economic Services, 1973–1997
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | File:No image.svg | Derek Jones 鍾信 |
November 1973 | September 1976 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2 | File:No image.svg | David Jeaffreson 謝法新 |
September 1976 | September 1982 | ||
| Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 3 | File:No image.svg | Piers Jacobs 翟克誠 |
September 1982 | 12 January 1986 | [1] | |
| 4 | File:No image.svg | John Francis Yaxley 易誠禮 |
27 January 1986 | 8 March 1987 | [2][3] | |
| 5 | File:Anson Chan 20051219.jpg | Anson Chan 陳方安生 |
23 March 1987 | April 1993 | Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Chris Patten (1992–1997)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 6 | File:No image.svg | Gordon Siu 蕭炯柱 |
1993 | 1996 | ||
| 7 | File:No image.svg | Stephen Ip 葉澍堃 |
June 1996 | 30 June 1997 | ||
Secretaries for Economic Services, 1997–2002
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 1 | File:No image.svg | Stephen Ip Shu-kwan 葉澍堃 |
1 July 1997 | 30 June 2000 | Template:Age in years and days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 2 | File:No image.svg | Sandra Birch Lee Suk-yee 李淑儀 |
1 July 2000 | 30 June 2002 | Template:Age in years and days | |||
Secretaries for Economic Development and Labour, 2002–2007
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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| rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Party color align=center| 1 | File:No image.svg | Stephen Ip Shu-kwan 葉澍堃 |
1 July 2002 | 30 June 2007 | Template:Age in years and days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| Donald Tsang (2005–2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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- Economic and labour affairs were handled by, respectively, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development and Secretary for Labour and Welfare after 2007.