Secretary for Housing

The Secretary for Housing (Chinese: 房屋局局長) in Hong Kong is responsible for housing related issues. The position was first created in 1973 and re-created in 2022 after renamed to Secretary for Transport and Housing in 2007.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Housing 房屋局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Winnie Ho since 1 July 2022
Housing Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Ian Macdonald Lightbody
Formation	1973; 50 years ago (1973)
Website	HB

Secretary for Housing
Traditional Chinese	房屋局局長
Simplified Chinese	房屋局局长
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Fángwū Jú Júzhǎng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Fòhng ūk guhk guhk jéung Jyutping Fong^4 uk^1 guk^6 guk^6 zoeng^2

List of office holders

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Secretaries for Housing, 1973–1988

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		Ian MacDonald Lightbody 黎保德	1973	1977	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
2		Alan James Scott 施恪	1 June 1977	14 May 1980		^[1]
3		Donald Liao 廖本懷	15 May 1980	20 February 1985
					Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
4		David Robert Ford 霍德	21 February 1985	August 1985		^[2]
5		John Rawling Todd 杜迪	April 1986	31 March 1988
					Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)

Housing issues were handled by Secretary for District Administration between 1988 and 1994.

Secretaries for Housing, 1994–1997

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
6		Dominic Wong 黃星華	15 December 1994	30 June 1997	Chris Patten (1992–1997)

Secretaries for Housing, 1997–2002

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Dominic Wong Shing-wah 黃星華	1 July 1997	12 April 2002	1 year, 285 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1

Secretaries for Housing, Planning and Lands, 2002–2007

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Michael Suen Ming-yeung 孫明揚	1 July 2002	30 June 2007	5 years, 0 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2

Housing issues were handled by the Secretary for Transport and Housing between 2007 and 2022.

Secretaries for Housing, 2022–

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Winnie Ho Wing-yin 何永賢	1 July 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 164 days	John Lee (2022–present)	6

References

1. "G.N. 1222 of 1977". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 119: 1509. 3 June 1977.
2. "G.N. 519 of 1985". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 127: 734, 810. 15 February 1985.

External links

• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government