Secretary for Labour and Welfare

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Labour and Welfare
勞工及福利局局長

Emblem of Hong Kong

Incumbent
Chris Sun

since 1 July 2022

Labour and Welfare Bureau
Style| The Honourable
Appointer| Central People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder| Matthew Cheung
Formation| 1 July 2007
Salary| HK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
Website| LWB
Secretary for Labour and Welfare

Traditional Chinese| 勞工及福利局局長
| Transcriptions

Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| Lòuh gūng kahp fūk leih guhk guhk jéung
Jyutping| Lou4 gung1 kap6 fuk1 lei6 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

The Secretary for Labour and Welfare (Chinese: 勞工及福利局局長) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for labour and social welfare policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for Economic Development and Labour and welfare portion from Secretary for Food and Health.

Labour affairs were handled by different ministers before the creation of this position:

* Secretary for Social Services before 1983;
* Secretary for Education and Manpower between 1983 and 2002;
* Secretary for Economic Development and Labour between 2002 and 2007.

Welfare affairs were included in the portfolio of:

* Secretary for Social Services before 1983;
* Secretary for Health and Welfare between 1983 and 2002;
* Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food between 2002 and 2007.

## List of office holders

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Political party: Nonpartisan

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

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1 |  | Matthew Cheung Kin-chung
張建宗 | 1 July 2007 | 16 January 2017 | 9 years, 199 days | Donald Tsang
(2005–2012) | 3 |
Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017) | 4 |
2 |  | Stephen Sui Wai-keung
蕭偉強 | 13 February 2017 | 30 June 2017 | 137 days |
3 |  | Law Chi-kwong
羅致光 | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 | 5 years, 0 days | Carrie Lam
(2017–2022) | 5 |
4 |  | Chris Sun Yuk-han
孫玉菡 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 274 days | John Lee
(2022–present) | 6 |

## References

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1. ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

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