Secretary for Economic Services

The '''Secretary for Economic Services''' ({{Zh|t=經濟司}} and later {{zh|t=經濟局局長|labels=no}}) was a minister position in the [[Government of Hong Kong]], which is responsible for economic development in [[Hong Kong]]. The position was renamed to the '''Secretary for Economic Development and Labour''' ({{zh|經濟發展及勞工局}}) after nearly thirty years. The new position headed the [[Economic Development and Labour Bureau]] and was created together with the introduction of [[Principal Officials Accountability System]] on 1 July 2002, by merging the positions with the labour portfolio of [[Secretary for Education and Manpower]]. After POAS was introduced all secretaries are members of the [[Executive Council of Hong Kong|Executive Council]].

The position was abolished in 2007 when the Economic Development and Labour Bureau was abolished and its functions transferred to the [[Commerce and Economic Development Bureau]], the [[Transport and Housing Bureau]], and the [[Labour and Welfare Bureau]].

==List of office holders== ===Secretaries for Economic Services, 1973–1997=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width=80px| Portrait ! width=180px| Name ! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office ! width=120px|[[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] ! Ref |- | align=center| 1 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Derek Jones (civil servant, born 1927)|Derek Jones]] 鍾信 || November 1973 || September 1976 || rowspan=2| Sir [[Murray MacLehose]] {{small|(1971–1982)}} || |- | rowspan=2 align=center| 2 || rowspan=2 | [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2 | [[David Jeaffreson]] 謝法新 || rowspan=2 | September 1976 || rowspan=2 | September 1982 || |- | rowspan=3| Sir [[Edward Youde]] {{small|(1982–1986)}} || |- | align=center| 3 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Piers Jacobs]] 翟克誠 || September 1982 || 12 January 1986 || <ref name="gaz1986">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 178 of 1986 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |volume=129|pages=258, 313}}</ref> |- | align=center| 4 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[John Francis Yaxley]] 易誠禮 || 27 January 1986 || 8 March 1987 || <ref name="gaz19860131">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 348 of 1986 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=31 January 1986 |volume=129|page=486}}</ref><ref name="gaz19870313">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 798 of 1987 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=13 March 1987 |volume=130|pages=1191, 1233}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 align=center| 5 ||rowspan=2 | [[File:Anson Chan 20051219.jpg|80px]]|| rowspan=2 | [[Anson Chan]] 陳方安生 || rowspan=2 | 23 March 1987 || rowspan=2 | April 1993 || Sir [[David Clive Wilson|David Wilson]] {{small|(1987–1992)}} || <ref name="gaz19870327">{{cite journal |title=G.N. 955 of 1987 |journal=Hong Kong Government Gazette |date=10 March 1989 |volume=132|pages=1373, 1480}}</ref> |- | rowspan=3| [[Chris Patten]] {{small|(1992–1997)}} || |- | align=center| 6 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Gordon Siu]] 蕭炯柱|| 1993 || 1996 || |- | align=center| 7 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Stephen Ip]] 葉澍堃|| June 1996 || 30 June 1997 || |}

===Secretaries for Economic Services, 1997–2002=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width=80px| Portrait ! width=180px| Name ! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office ! width=80px | Duration ! width=120px|[[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] ! Term ! Ref |- | bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 1 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Stephen Ip Shu-kwan]] 葉澍堃 || 1 July 1997 || 30 June 2000 || {{Age in years and days|1997|7|1|2000|6|30}} || rowspan=2| [[Tung Chee-hwa]] {{small|(1997–2005)}} || rowspan=2 align=center|[[First term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|1]] || |- | bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 2 || [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || [[Sandra Birch Lee Suk-yee]] 李淑儀 || 1 July 2000 || 30 June 2002 || {{Age in years and days|2000|7|1|2002|6|30}} || |}

===Secretaries for Economic Development and Labour, 2002–2007=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left" |- ! width=10px| {{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! width=80px| Portrait ! width=180px| Name ! width=180px colspan=2| Term of office ! width=80px | Duration ! width=120px|[[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Chief Executive]] ! Term ! Ref |- | rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Nonpartisan}} align=center| 1 || rowspan=2 | [[File:No image.svg|80px]] || rowspan=2 | [[Stephen Ip Shu-kwan]] 葉澍堃 || rowspan=2 | 1 July 2002 || rowspan=2 | 30 June 2007 || rowspan=2 | {{Age in years and days|2002|7|1|2007|6|30}} || [[Tung Chee-hwa]] {{small|(1997–2005)}} || align=center|[[Second term of Tung Chee-hwa as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|2]] || |- | [[Donald Tsang]] {{small|(2005–2012)}} || align=center|[[First term of Donald Tsang as Chief Executive of Hong Kong|2]] || |} ; Economic and labour affairs were handled by, respectively, [[Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development]] and [[Secretary for Labour and Welfare]] after 2007.

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{HK Principal Officials}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Secretary For Economic Services}} [[Category:Defunct positions of the Hong Kong Government|Economic Services]] [[Category:Economy ministers|Hong Kong]] [[Category:Economic occupations]]