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List of secretaries general of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong

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The secretary general of the Secretariat of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, formerly called the clerk to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong before 1995,[1] is the head and chief executive of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The secretary general is the principal adviser to the President of the Legislature on privileges and procedures. The clerk's other responsibilities relate to the conduct of business of the Legislature and its committees. Many other officers and personnel provide assistance to the clerk.[2]

List

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Past secretaries general of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong:[3]

  • Mr. J. Stewart-Lockhart: 1884–1885 (acting)
  • Arathoon Seth: 1885–1889, 1893
  • J. M. Gutierrez: 1887 (acting)
  • Mr. F. A. Hazeland: 1890 (acting)
  • Mr. Alexander MacDonald Thomson: 1891–1892 (acting)
  • Mr. John Gerald Thomas Buckle: 1894–1896 (acting), 1897, 1898–1903
  • Captain Francis Joseph Badeley: 1896 (acting)
  • Mr. Reginald Fleming Johnston: 1899–1903, 1904 (acting)
  • Mr. Arthur George Murchison Fletcher: 1905–1908, 1912–1913, 1915–1917, 1920–1923, 1925
  • Mr. Cecil Clementi: 1908, 1913 (acting)
  • Mr. R. H. Crofton: 1911, 1913
  • Mr. Michael James Breen: 1914
  • Mr. Arthur Dyer Ball: 1918, 1922
  • Mr. J. A. E. Bullock: 1919
  • Mr. William James Carrie: 1920
  • Mr. Samuel Burnside Boyd McElderry: 1920, 1923, 1924–26
  • Mr. David William Tratman: 1927
  • Mr. Norman Lockhart Smith: 1931
  • Mr. Geoffery Cadzow Hamilton: 1949, 1950, 1952
  • Mr. David Ronald Holmes MBE MC: 1953
  • Mr. Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington: 1956–1957
  • Mr. Roderick John Frampton: 1970–1972
  • Mr. Kenneth Harry Wheeler: 1973–1976
  • Mrs. Lolly Tse Chiu Yuen-chu: 1975–1977
  • Mr. Stephen Tam Shu-pui: 1978–1979
  • Mrs. Lorna Leung Tsui Lai-man: 1978–1982
  • Mrs. Jennie Chok Pang Yuen-yee: 1982–1986
  • Mr. Li Wing: 1984–1985
  • Mr. Law Kam-sang: 1986–1992
  • Mr. Cletus Lau Kwok-hong: 1992–1994
  • Mr. Ricky Fung Choi-cheung JP: 1994–2008
  • Ms. Pauline Ng Man-wah SBS: 2008–2012
  • Mr. Kenneth Chen Wei-on SBS: 2012–Incumbent

References

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  1. ^ According to the Hansard of the meeting on 28 July 1995, "the Clerk to the Legislative Council" was Mr. Ricky Fung, while the next meeting on 11 October 1995, which was the opening of 1995/96 Session, named Mr. Fung as "Secretary General".
  2. ^ Legislative Council Secretariat
  3. ^ "Meeting Minutes of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 2006-02-18. Retrieved 2008-07-09.