Chief Secretary for Administration
principal official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
The Chief Secretary for Administration (Chinese: 政務司司長), commonly known as the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong, is the most senior principal official of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Secretary for Administration 香港特別行政區政務司司長 | |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | Government Secretariat Executive Council |
| Reports to | Legislative Council |
| Residence | Victoria House, 15 Barker Road, The Peak |
| Appointer | State Council of the People's Republic of China nomination by Chief Executive |
| Term length | No longer than the Chief Executive's remaining term (No constitutional or statutory limits, but no CS would receive employment contract longer than the CE's remaining term since POAS was in place in 2002.) |
| Inaugural holder | Anson Chan |
| Formation | 1 July 1997 |
| Salary | HK$4.5 million p.a.[1] |
| Website | CSO |
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| Traditional Chinese | 政務司司長 | ||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 政务司司长 | ||||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Jingmouhsī Sījéung | ||||||||||||||
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The Chief Secretary is head of the Government Secretariat which is in charge of the administration of the Region to which all other ministers belong, and is responsible for his or her policies and actions to the Chief Executive and to the Legislative Council.
Under Article 53 of the Basic Law, the position is known as "Administrative Secretary".
