Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

For senior cabinet position in Hong Kong for finance, see Financial Secretary (Hong Kong). For former cabinet position for treasury in Hong Kong, see Secretary for the Treasury.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury 財經事務及庫務局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Christopher Hui since 22 April 2020
Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	Rafael Hui Secretary for Financial Services Frederick Ma Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Formation	1 July 1997 1 July 2002
Salary	HK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
Website	FSTB

Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Traditional Chinese	財經事務及庫務局局長
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Chòih gīng sih mouh kahp fu mouh guhk guhk jéung Jyutping Coi^4 ging^1 si^6 mou^6 kap^6 fu^3 mou^6 guk^6 guk^6 zoeng^2

The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, head of Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, is responsible for the monitoring of financial services sector and maintaining the assets of the government.

The position was created on 1 July 2002, when the Principal Officials Accountability System was introduced, by merging the previous positions of Secretary for the Treasury and Secretary for Financial Services.

List of office holders

Political party:   Nonpartisan   Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)

Secretary for Monetary Affairs, 1976–1993

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		Douglas Blye 白禮宜	1976	1985	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
					Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
2		David Nendick 林定國	1985	1992
					Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
					Chris Patten (1992–1997)
3		Michael David Cartland 簡德倫	January 1993	April 1993

Secretary for Financial Services, 1993–1997

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		Michael David Cartland 簡德倫	April 1993	1995	Chris Patten (1992–1997)
2		Rafael Hui 許仕仁	1995	30 June 1997

Secretary for Financial Services, 1997–2002

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Rafael Hui Si-yan 許仕仁	1 July 1997	31 May 2000	2 years, 335 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
2		Stephen Ip Shue-kwan 葉澍堃	13 June 2002	30 June 2002	17 days

Secretaries for Financial Services and the Treasury, 2002–present

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Frederick Ma Si-hang 馬時亨	1 July 2002	30 June 2007	5 years, 0 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2
2		KC Chan 陳家強	1 July 2007	30 June 2017	10 years, 0 days		3
						Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
3		James Henry Lau 劉怡翔	1 July 2017	22 April 2020	2 years, 296 days	Carrie Lam (2017–2022)	5
4		Christopher Hui Ching-yu 許正宇	22 April 2020	Incumbent	4 years, 259 days
						John Lee (2022–present)	6

Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury

• Julia Leung (2008–2013)
• James Lau (2014–2017)
• Joseph Chan (2017–present)

References

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

External links

• Government of HKSAR
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government