Secretary for Development

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Development
發展局局長
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
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government; nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Gordon Siu; Secretary for Planning and Lands; Carrie Lam; Secretary for Development
Formation	21 January 1999; 1 July 2007
Salary	HK$4,021,200 per annum
Website	DEVB

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[edit]

Political party: Nonpartisan

No.	Name	Term of office		Governor
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)
2	Charles St George Cleverly 急庇利	1845	1865	Sir John Francis Davis (1844–1848)
				Sir George Bonham (1848–1854)
				Sir John Bowring (1854–1859)
				Sir Hercules Robinson (1859–1865)
3	Wilberforce Wilson 衛信	1865	1869	Sir Hercules Robinson (1859–1865)
3	Wilberforce Wilson 衛信	1865	1869	Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (1866–1872)
4	Lewis Henry Moorsom 睦誠	1869	1873	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 Arthur Kennedy (1872–1877)
				Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877–1882)
				Sir George Bowen (1883–1885)
				Sir William Des Voeux (1887–1891)
6	Samuel Brown 布朗	1889	1891

				Sir William Robinson (1891–1898)

No.	Name	Term of office		Governor
1	Francis Alfred Cooper 谷柏	10 October 1891	1897	Sir William Robinson (1891–1898)
2	Robert Daly Ormsby 安庶庇	21 October 1897	1901	Sir William Robinson (1891–1898)
2	Robert Daly Ormsby 安庶庇	21 October 1897	1901	Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903)
3	William Chatham 漆咸	12 October 1901	1921	Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903)
				Sir Matthew Nathan (1904–1907)
				Sir Frederick Lugard (1907–1912)
				Sir Francis Henry May (1912–1918)
				Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1919–1925)
4	Thomas Luff Perkins 白健時	1 July 1921	1923
5	Harold Thomas Creasy 祈禮士	30 August 1923	1932
				Sir Cecil Clementi (1925–1930)
				Sir William Peel (1930–1935)
6	Richard McNeil Henderson 軒德蓀	12 December 1932	1939	Sir William Peel (1930–1935)
				Sir Andrew Caldecott (1935–1937)
				Sir Geoffry Northcote (1937–1941)
7	Alexander Bruce Purves 包華士	28 September 1939	25 December 1941	Sir Geoffry Northcote (1937–1941)
7	Alexander Bruce Purves 包華士	28 September 1939	25 December 1941	Mark Aitchison Young (1941)

Directors of Public Works, 1946–1981[edit]

No.	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
-	Harold Stuart Rouse	7 September 1945	1946	Military administration
8	Victor Kenneth Kenniff	15 May 1946	1949	Sir Mark Aitchison Young (1946–1947)
8	Victor Kenneth Kenniff	15 May 1946	1949	Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957)
9	Edward Audley Boyce	26 August 1949	1950
10	Theodore Louis Bowring 包寧	5 December 1950	1957
11	Allan Inglis 英格理	22 May 1957	28 February 1963		^[2]
11	Allan Inglis 英格理	22 May 1957	28 February 1963	Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964)
12	Alec Michael John Wright 鄔勵德	7 March 1963	27 March 1969	Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964)	^[3]^[4]
12	Alec Michael John Wright 鄔勵德	7 March 1963	27 March 1969	Sir David Trench (1964–1971)
13	James Jeavons Robson 盧秉信	28 March 1969	August 1973	Sir David Trench (1964–1971)	^[4]
13	James Jeavons Robson 盧秉信	28 March 1969	August 1973	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
14	David Wylie McDonald 麥德霖	February 1974	1981	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)

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

Secretaries for Works, 1989–1997[edit]

№	Name	Term of office		Governor
1	Kenneth Kwok 郭偉階	1 September 1989	31 March 1992	Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
2	Ronald James Blake 詹伯樂	1 April 1992	May 1995	Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
2	Ronald James Blake 詹伯樂	1 April 1992	May 1995	Chris Patten (1992–1997)
3	Kwong Hon-sang 鄺漢生	15 May 1995	30 June 1997	Chris Patten (1992–1997)

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Kwong Hon-sang 鄺漢生	1 July 1997	6 August 1999	1 year, 37 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
2		Lee Shing-see 李承仕	7 August 1999	30 June 2002	2 years, 328 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1

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

No.	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term
1	Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor 林鄭月娥	1 July 2007	30 June 2012	5 years, 0 days	Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	3
2	Mak Chai-kwong 麥齊光	1 July 2012	12 July 2012	11 days	Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
3	Paul Chan Mo-po 陳茂波	30 July 2012	16 January 2017	4 years, 170 days
4	Eric Ma Siu-cheung 馬紹祥	13 February 2017	30 June 2017	138 days
5	Michael Wong Wai-lun 黃偉綸	1 July 2017	30 June 2022	5 years, 0 days	Carrie Lam (2017–2022)	5
6	Bernadette Linn Hon-ho 甯漢豪	1 July 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 302 days	John Lee (2022–present)	6

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

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