{{Short description|Hong Kong writer (born 1951)}} {{BLP sources|date=August 2023}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox Chinese|t=葉澍堃|s=叶澍堃|p=Yè Shùkūn}} '''Stephen Ip Shue-kwan''', GBS, JP (born 1951) is a former politician in Hong Kong, he was Secretary for Economic Development and Labour for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region from 2002 to 2007.
The post of Secretary for Economic Development and Labour is a political appointment. Ip was Secretary for Economic Services in June 1996 under Chris Patten's colonial administration, until he took up his last civil service post of Secretary for Financial Services in June 2000. In 2005, he proposed a 25–50% decrease in port fees to increase Hong Kong's competitiveness in the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone.<ref>{{cite news|title=Port fees, charges to be cut: Stephen Ip|newspaper=news.hk.gov|date=7 December 2005|url=http://www.news.gov.hk/en/category/businessandfinance/051207/html/051207en03002.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060509080914/http://news.gov.hk/en/category/businessandfinance/051207/html/051207en03002.htm|archive-date=9 May 2006|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
After his retirement, he became a food critic. He is currently writing columns for ''Headline Daily''.<ref>{{cite web |title=專欄作家 {{!}} 葉Sir食經 - 葉澍堃 |url=https://hd.stheadline.com/news/columns/48/%E5%B0%88%E6%AC%84-%E8%91%89Sir%E9%A3%9F%E7%B6%93-%E8%91%89%E6%BE%8D%E5%A0%83 |website=Headline Daily |language=zh-yue-Hant-HK}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef | before=Gordon Siu}} {{s-ttl | title=Secretary for Economic Services | years=1996–2000}} {{s-aft | after=Sandra Lee}} {{s-bef | before=Rafael Hui}} {{s-ttl | title=Secretary for Financial Services | years=2000–2002}} {{s-aft | after=Frederick Ma | as=Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury}} {{s-bef | before=Sandra Lee|as=Secretary for Economic Services}} {{s-ttl | rows = 2| title=Secretary for Economic Development and Labour | years=2002–2007}} {{s-aft | after=Frederick Ma|as=Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development}} {{s-bef | before=Fanny Law|as=Secretary for Education and Manpower}} {{s-aft | after=Matthew Cheung|as=Secretary for Labour and Welfare}} {{s-prec}} {{s-bef|before = Denise Yue<br/><small>''Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star''</small>}} {{s-ttl|title = Hong Kong order of precedence<br/><small>''Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star''</small>}} {{s-aft|after = James Tien<br/><small>''Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star''</small>}} {{end}}
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