Secretary for Development

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.

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Development
發展局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent
Bernadette Linn
since 1 July 2022
Development Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holderGordon Siu
Secretary for Planning and Lands
Carrie Lam
Secretary for Development
Formation21 January 1999
1 July 2007
SalaryHK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
WebsiteDEVB
Secretary for Development
Traditional Chinese發展局局長

List of office holders

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Surveyor General, 1842–1891
No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1 Alexander T. Gordon
歌頓		 1842 1845 Sir Henry Pottinger
(1841–1843)
Administrator
Sir Henry Pottinger
(1843–1844)
Sir John Francis Davis
(1844–1848)
2Charles St George Cleverly
急庇利		18451865
Sir George Bonham
(1848–1854)
Sir John Bowring
(1854–1859)
Sir Hercules Robinson
(1859–1865)
3Wilberforce Wilson
衛信		18651869
Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell
(1866–1872)
4 Lewis Henry Moorsom
睦誠		 1869 1873
Sir Arthur Kennedy
(1872–1877)
5 John MacNeile Price
裴樂士		 1873 1889
Sir John Pope Hennessy
(1877–1882)
Sir George Bowen
(1883–1885)
Sir William Des Voeux
(1887–1891)
6Samuel Brown
布朗		18891891
Sir William Robinson
(1891–1898)

Directors of Public Works, 1891–1941
No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1Francis Alfred Cooper
谷柏		10 October 18911897Sir William Robinson
(1891–1898)
2Robert Daly Ormsby
安庶庇		21 October 18971901
Sir Henry Arthur Blake
(1898–1903)
3William Chatham
漆咸		12 October 19011921
Sir Matthew Nathan
(1904–1907)
Sir Frederick Lugard
(1907–1912)
Sir Francis Henry May
(1912–1918)
Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs
(1919–1925)
4Thomas Luff Perkins
白健時		1 July 19211923
5Harold Thomas Creasy
祈禮士		30 August 19231932
Sir Cecil Clementi
(1925–1930)
Sir William Peel
(1930–1935)
6Richard McNeil Henderson
軒德蓀		12 December 19321939
Sir Andrew Caldecott
(1935–1937)
Sir Geoffry Northcote
(1937–1941)
7Alexander Bruce Purves
包華士		28 September 193925 December 1941
Mark Aitchison Young
(1941)

Directors of Public Works, 1946–1981
No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
-Harold Stuart Rouse7 September 19451946Military administration
8Victor Kenneth Kenniff15 May 19461949Sir Mark Aitchison Young
(1946–1947)
Sir Alexander Grantham
(1947–1957)
9Edward Audley Boyce26 August 19491950
10Theodore Louis Bowring
包寧		5 December 19501957
11Allan Inglis
英格理		22 May 195728 February 1963[2]
Sir Robert Brown Black
(1958–1964)
12Alec Michael John Wright
鄔勵德		7 March 196327 March 1969[3][4]
Sir David Trench
(1964–1971)
13James Jeavons Robson
盧秉信		28 March 1969August 1973[4]
Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
14David 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
№ Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1Kenneth Kwok
郭偉階		1 September 198931 March 1992Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
2Ronald James Blake
詹伯樂		1 April 1992May 1995
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
3Kwong Hon-sang
鄺漢生		15 May 199530 June 1997

Secretaries for Works, 1997–2002
No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1Kwong Hon-sang
鄺漢生		1 July 19976 August 19991 year, 37 daysTung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		1
2Lee Shing-see
李承仕		7 August 199930 June 20022 years, 328 days
Development issues were handled by Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works between 2002 and 2007.

Secretaries for Development, 2007–present
No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor
林鄭月娥		1 July 200730 June 20125 years, 0 daysDonald Tsang
(2005–2012)		3
2Mak Chai-kwong
麥齊光		1 July 201212 July 201211 daysLeung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)		4
3Paul Chan Mo-po
陳茂波		30 July 201216 January 20174 years, 170 days
4Eric Ma Siu-cheung
馬紹祥		13 February 201730 June 2017138 days
5Michael Wong Wai-lun
黃偉綸		1 July 201730 June 20225 years, 0 daysCarrie Lam
(2017–2022)		5
6 Bernadette Linn Hon-ho
甯漢豪		1 July 2022Incumbent1 year, 117 daysJohn Lee
(2022–present)		6

See also

References
  1. "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. "G.N. 384 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 105: 506. 1 March 1963.
  3. "G.N. 429 of 1963". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 105: 574. 8 March 1963.
  4. "G.N. 608 of 1969". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 111: 676. 3 April 1969.
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