Secretary for Housing

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; 52 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| Fong4 uk1 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

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.

## List of office holders

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Political party: Nonpartisan

### Secretaries for Housing, 1973–1988

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Governor | Ref

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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

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Governor | Ref

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6 |  | Dominic Wong
黃星華 | 15 December 1994 | 30 June 1997 | Chris Patten
(1992–1997) |

### Secretaries for Housing, 1997–2002

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Duration  | Chief Executive | Term  | Ref

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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

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Duration  | Chief Executive | Term  | Ref

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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–

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No. | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Duration  | Chief Executive | Term  | Ref

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1 |  | Winnie Ho Wing-yin
何永賢 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 272 days | John Lee
(2022–present) | 6 |

## References

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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.

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