{{short description|Hong Kong politician (born 1959)}} {{family name hatnote|[[Zhuo|Cheuk]]|Warner Cheuk |Cheuk Wing-hing|lang=Hong Kong}} {{use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{use Hong Kong English|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable]] | name = Cheuk Wing-hing | image = 卓永興 20230711 (cropped).jpg | caption = Cheuk in 2023 | native_name = 卓永興 | native_name_lang = zh | honorific_suffix = [[Gold Bauhinia Star|GBS]] [[Justice of the peace|JP]] | office = [[Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration]] | term_start = July 1, 2022 | 1blankname = Chief Executive | 1namedata = [[John Lee (government official)|John Lee]] | term_end = | office1 = Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology | term_start1 = November 20, 2015 | term_end1 = April 12, 2019 | successor1 = Annie Choi | birth_name = Cheuk Wing-hing | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|3|24}} | birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]] | occupation = Administrative Officer, Inspector of Police | children = [[Nick Cheuk]] Yick-him | education = Bachelor of Arts | alma_mater = [[Raimondi College]]<br> [[University of Hong Kong]] | spouse = Chu Kwan Ying<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cso.gov.hk/eng/pdf/doi-dcs-eng.pdf |title=CHEUK Wing Hing}}</ref> }} '''Warner Cheuk Wing-hing''' {{post-nominals|country=HKG|GBS|JP}}({{lang-zh|卓永興}} , born March 24, 1959) is a [[Hong Kong]] administrative officer, former [[Hong Kong Police Force|Inspector of Police]], currently [[Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration]], and former Permanent Secretary of the Innovation and Technology.
== Career == Cheuk was born and raised in Hong Kong, with ancestral roots in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province; he attended [[Raimondi College]] in his early years. He graduated from the [[University of Hong Kong]] in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and joined the [[Hong Kong Police Force|Police Force]] as a Inspector of Police in June of the same year. In August 1984, he was transferred to the administrative grade, and in April 2007, he was promoted to the Administrative Officer Staff Grade B1 (D4), and in April 2017, he was promoted to the Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 (D8).
He has served in various bureaus and departments, including the former two Bureaus and Administration Branch, the former Administration and Information Branch, the former [[Home Affairs Department|City and New Territories Administration]], the [[Hongkong Post|Post Office]], the former Finance Branch, the former Financial Services Branch, the [[Department of Health (Hong Kong)|Department of Health]], [[Civil Service Bureau]], the former [[Trade and Industry Department|Industry Department]], [[InvestHK]], [[Food and Environmental Hygiene Department]],the General Grades Office, former [[Health, Welfare and Food Bureau]], Labour Department and the former Innovation and Technology Bureau.
Important positions held by Cheuk include:
* 2001: [[Food and Environmental Hygiene Department|Assistant Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene]] (Headquarters) * June 2001 to December 2003: Deputy Director (Environmental Hygiene), [[Food and Environmental Hygiene Department]] * December 2003 to June 2006: Director of General Grades, [[Civil Service Bureau]] * August 2006 to December 2007: Deputy Secretary for [[Health, Welfare and Food Bureau]] (food and environmental hygiene) (hereinafter referred to as Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Food)) * December 2007 to November 2010: [[Food and Environmental Hygiene Department|Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene]] * November 2010 to February 18, 2014: [[Labour Department (Hong Kong)|Commissioner for Labour]] * February 19, 2014, to the end of March 2014: Chairman of Administrative Officer Recruitment Board 2014 * May 2, 2014 to November 2015: Director of Administration and Development, [[Department of Justice (Hong Kong)|Department of Justice]] * November 20, 2015 to April 12, 2019: Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology <ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021104606/https://www.news.gov.hk/tc/categories/admin/html/2015/11/20151120_105838.shtml |url=https://www.news.gov.hk/tc/categories/admin/html/2015/11/20151120_105838.shtml |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |publisher=[[Government of Hong Kong]] |title=行政與公民���務卓永興任創科局常任秘書長 |date=November 20, 2015 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> * September 16, 2019 to March 15, 2020: Director of Dialogue Office, [[Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office]]<ref>{{Cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006100151/https://m.mingpao.com/pns/%E8%A6%81%E8%81%9E/article/20190917/s00001/1568658359118/%E6%B3%9B%E6%B0%91%E6%9D%AF%E8%91%9B%E6%98%8E%E5%A4%A9%E5%B0%8D%E8%A9%B1%E6%9C%83-%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E8%A8%AD%E3%80%8C%E5%B0%8D%E8%A9%B1%E8%BE%A6%E5%85%AC%E5%AE%A4%E3%80%8D |url=https://m.mingpao.com/pns/%E8%A6%81%E8%81%9E/article/20190917/s00001/1568658359118/%E6%B3%9B%E6%B0%91%E6%9D%AF%E8%91%9B%E6%98%8E%E5%A4%A9%E5%B0%8D%E8%A9%B1%E6%9C%83-%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E8%A8%AD%E3%80%8C%E5%B0%8D%E8%A9%B1%E8%BE%A6%E5%85%AC%E5%AE%A4%E3%80%8D |title=泛民杯葛明天對話會 政府設「對話辦公室」 |date=September 17, 2019 |archive-date=October 6, 2021 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |language=zh}}</ref> * July 1, 2022 to present: [[Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration]].
== Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration == After retirement from the civil service, Cheuk was still active in the public service, such as becoming the Chairman of the 2019 Administrative Officer Recruitment Board, Director of the [[COVID-19]] Vaccination Programme and Adviser of the [[Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)|Financial Secretary]]'s Private Office.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ceo.gov.hk/exco/eng/dcs.html |title=Mr CHEUK Wing-hing, GBS, JP, Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration |date=6 April 2026 |archive-date= |access-date=6 April 2026 |language=zh}}</ref>
In July 2022, he was appointed the Deputy Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR Government.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.sina.com.cn/c/2022-06-19/doc-imizmscu7590619.shtml#/ |title=国务院任命香港特别行政区第六届政府主要官员 |date=June 19, 2022 |access-date=July 11, 2022 |publisher=[[Sina Corporation]] |magazine=Sina News |language=zh}}</ref> According to the nomination of John Lee, the sixth chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, on June 19, 2022, the State Council appointed Cheuk as the deputy chief secretary for administration of the Hong Kong Government.
In December 2022, Cheuk said that Hong Kong will stop buying advertising space from Google if a song linked to the 2019 anti-government protests remained as one of the top search results for the national anthem.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 December 2022 |title=Hong Kong may stop buying Google adverts unless national anthem row is resolved |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3203696/hong-kong-government-official-tells-google-city-will-not-buy-adverts-correct-search-engines-national |access-date=18 December 2022 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
In January 2024, Cheuk said that Hong Kong would install 2,000 more CCTV cameras in the city, and that it was only a "relatively small" amount of cameras.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Irene |title=Hong Kong to install 2,000 more CCTV cameras in 2024 |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2024/01/18/hong-kong-to-install-2000-more-cctv-cameras-in-2024-top-official-says-total-number-in-city-relatively-small/ |access-date=21 January 2024 |website=hongkongfp.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Personal life == In August 2022, Cheuk tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=The |title=Two top govt officials contract Covid-19 |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/193941/Two-top-govt-officials-contract-Covid-19 |access-date=26 August 2022 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref> In September 2022, he tested positive again.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Standard |first=The |title=Administration Deputy retests positive for Covid, under home quarantine |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/194475/Administration-Deputy-retests-positive-for-Covid,-under-home-quarantine- |access-date=8 September 2022 |website=The Standard |language=en}}</ref>
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[[Category:1959 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star]] [[Category:Hong Kong justices of the peace]] [[Category:Government officials of Hong Kong]] [[Category:Alumni of the University of Hong Kong]]