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Government of Hong Kong

Index Government of Hong Kong

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, commonly the Hong Kong Government or simplified as GovHK, refers to the executive authorities of the Hong Kong SAR. [1]

59 relations: Audit Commission (Hong Kong), British Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, Central Government Complex (Hong Kong), Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Chief Secretary for Administration, Civil Service Bureau, Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau, Department of Justice (Hong Kong), Development Bureau, District Councils of Hong Kong, Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit, Education Bureau, Election Committee, Electoral college, Environment Bureau, Executive (government), Executive Council of Hong Kong, Financial Secretary (Hong Kong), Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, Food and Health Bureau, Foreign policy, Foreign relations of Hong Kong, Functional constituency (Hong Kong), Government Hill, Government of China, Government Secretariat (Hong Kong), Governor of Hong Kong, Head of government, Home Affairs Bureau, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Basic Law, Hong Kong Civil Service, Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong), Justice ministry, Justice of the peace, Labour and Welfare Bureau, Legal Department, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Matthew Cheung, Military, One country, two systems, Paul Chan Mo-po, Premier of the People's Republic of China, Principal Officials Accountability System, Principal officials of Hong Kong, Rimsky Yuen, Secretary, Secretary of state, ..., Security Bureau (Hong Kong), Senior Counsel, South China Morning Post, Special administrative regions of China, State Council of the People's Republic of China, Teresa Cheng (politician), Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong, Transport and Housing Bureau, Tung Chee-hwa. Expand index (9 more) »

Audit Commission (Hong Kong)

The Audit Commission is one of the oldest government departments of the Government of Hong Kong, known as Audit Department before July 1, 1997.

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British Hong Kong

British Hong Kong was the period during which Hong Kong was under British Crown rule, from 1841 to 1997 (excluding the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945).

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Carrie Lam

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, GBM, GBS (born 13 May 1957) is the current Chief Executive of Hong Kong.

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Central Government Complex (Hong Kong)

The Central Government Complex is, since 2011, the headquarters of the Government of Hong Kong.

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Chief Executive of Hong Kong

The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is the representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and head of the Government of Hong Kong in China.

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Chief Secretary for Administration

The Chief Secretary for Administration, 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.

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Civil Service Bureau

The Civil Service Bureau is one of the 13 policy bureaux under the Government Secretariat of the Government of Hong Kong and is responsible for the formulation and implementation of policies on the management of the Hong Kong Civil Service.

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Commerce and Economic Development Bureau

The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for a range of activities such as commercial relations, investment, intellectual property enforcement, industry, tourism, consumer protection and market competition in Hong Kong.

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Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau

The Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for the implementation of the Basic Law.

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Department of Justice (Hong Kong)

The Department of Justice is the department responsible for the laws of Hong Kong headed by the Secretary for Justice.

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Development Bureau

The Development Bureau is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for urban planning and renewal, land administration, housing, infrastructure development and heritage conservation.

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District Councils of Hong Kong

The District Councils, formerly District Boards until 1999, are the local councils for the 18 Districts of Hong Kong.

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Economic Analysis and Business Facilitation Unit

The Office of the Government Economist (OGE) of the Hong Kong government was formed under the Financial Secretary’s Office on 1 June 2004, when the HKSAR Government merged the Economic Analysis Division (under the Financial Services Branch of the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau) and the Business Facilitation Division (previously under the Commerce and Industry Branch of the Commerce, Industry and Technology Bureau).

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Education Bureau

The Education Bureau (abbr. EDB) is responsible for implementing education policies in Hong Kong.

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Election Committee

The Election Committee is a Hong Kong electoral college, the function of which is to select the Chief Executive (CE).

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Electoral college

An electoral college is a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to a particular office.

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Environment Bureau

The Environment Bureau is an executive agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for developing policies in environmental protection, nature conservation; enforcing environmental legislation.

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Executive (government)

The executive is the organ exercising authority in and holding responsibility for the governance of a state.

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Executive Council of Hong Kong

The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo;; Chinese name before the transfer of sovereignty: 行政局) is a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ of the Government of Hong Kong.

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Financial Secretary (Hong Kong)

The Financial Secretary is the title held by the Hong Kong government minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters.

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Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau

Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau or FSTB is a part of the twelve policy bureaux for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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Food and Health Bureau

Food and Health Bureau is a government bureau that manages health programmes and immunisation programmes in Hong Kong.

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Foreign policy

A country's foreign policy, also called foreign relations or foreign affairs policy, consists of self-interest strategies chosen by the state to safeguard its national interests and to achieve goals within its international relations milieu.

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Foreign relations of Hong Kong

Under the Basic Law, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is exclusively in charge of its internal affairs and external relations, whilst the Government of the People's Republic of China is responsible for its foreign affairs and defence.

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Functional constituency (Hong Kong)

In the political systems of Hong Kong, a functional constituency is a professional or special interest group involved in the electoral process.

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Government Hill

The Government Hill is a hill in Central, Hong Kong, bounded by upper section of Upper Albert Road on the south, Queen's Road Central north, Garden Road east, and Glenealy, west of Hong Kong Island.

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Government of China

The central government of the People's Republic of China is divided among several state organs.

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Government Secretariat (Hong Kong)

The Government Secretariat (布政司署 before 1997) is collectively formed by the Offices of the Chief Secretary and the Financial Secretary and twelve policy bureaux.

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Governor of Hong Kong

The Governor of Hong Kong was the representative in Hong Kong of the British Crown from 1843 to 1997.

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Head of government

A head of government (or chief of government) is a generic term used for either the highest or second highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, (commonly referred to as countries, nations or nation-states) who often presides over a cabinet, a group of ministers or secretaries who lead executive departments.

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Home Affairs Bureau

Home Affairs Bureau is one of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Hong Kong Basic Law

The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is the constitutional document of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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Hong Kong Civil Service

The Hong Kong Civil Service is managed by 13 policy bureaux in the Government Secretariat, and 67 departments and agencies, mostly staffed by civil servants.

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Independent Commission Against Corruption (Hong Kong)

The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC;; previously known as the before 1997) of Hong Kong was established by Governor Sir Murray MacLehose on 15 February 1974, when Hong Kong was under British rule.

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Justice ministry

A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice.

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Justice of the peace

A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer, of a lower or puisne court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace.

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Labour and Welfare Bureau

The Labour and Welfare Bureau is an executive agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for employment, labour development, poverty reduction and social welfare in Hong Kong.

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Legal Department

The Legal Department (律政署), headed by the Attorney General, was the department responsible for the laws of Hong Kong until 1997, when Hong Kong ceased to be a British crown colony.

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Legislative Council of Hong Kong

The Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (LegCo) is the unicameral parliamentary legislature of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

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Matthew Cheung

Matthew Cheung Kin-chung, GBM, GBS, JP (born 20 November 1950) is a Hong Kong government official.

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Military

A military or armed force is a professional organization formally authorized by a sovereign state to use lethal or deadly force and weapons to support the interests of the state.

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One country, two systems

"One country, two systems" is a constitutional principle formulated by Deng Xiaoping, the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC), for the reunification of China during the early 1980s.

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Paul Chan Mo-po

Paul Chan Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP is the current Financial Secretary of Hong Kong and former Secretary for Development of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

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Premier of the People's Republic of China

The Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, sometimes also referred to informally as the "Prime Minister", is the Leader of the State Council of China (constitutionally synonymous with the "Central People's Government" since 1954), who is the head of government and holds the highest rank (Level 1) in the Civil Service.

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Principal Officials Accountability System

Principal Officials Accountability System, commonly referred to as the Ministerial system, sometimes the Accountability system, was introduced in Hong Kong by chief executive Tung Chee Hwa in July 2002.

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Principal officials of Hong Kong

Principal officials, according to the Basic Law, are government officials who are nominated by the Chief Executive and appointed by the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China.

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Rimsky Yuen

Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung, GBM, SC, JP (born 1964) is a lawyer and the third Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong from 2012 to 2018.

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Secretary

A secretary or personal assistant is a person whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, communication, or organizational skills.

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Secretary of state

The title secretary of state or state secretary is commonly used for senior or mid-level posts in governments around the world.

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Security Bureau (Hong Kong)

The Security Bureau is a body of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for a range of activities, including law enforcement, search and rescue and administer various laws in relation to the security of Hong Kong.

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Senior Counsel

The title of Senior Counsel or State Counsel (post-nominal letters: SC) is given to a senior lawyer in some countries that were formerly part of the British Empire.

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South China Morning Post

The South China Morning Post (also known as SCMP or The Post), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong English-language newspaper and Hong Kong's newspaper of record.

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Special administrative regions of China

The special administrative regions (SAR) are one type of provincial-level administrative divisions of China directly under Central People's Government, which enjoys the highest degree of autonomy, and no or less interference by either Central Government or the Communist Party of China.

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State Council of the People's Republic of China

The State Council, constitutionally synonymous with the Central People's Government since 1954 (particularly in relation to local governments), is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China.

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Teresa Cheng (politician)

Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, GBS, SC, JP (born 11 November 1958) is a Hong Kong Senior Counsel, arbitrator and politician.

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Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong

The transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from the United Kingdom to China, referred to as "the Handover" internationally or "the Return" in Mainland China, took place on 1 July 1997.

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Transport and Housing Bureau

The Transport and Housing Bureau is an agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for a range of activities such as the internal and external transportation, including air services, land transport, maritime transport and logistics in Hong Kong.

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Tung Chee-hwa

Tung Chee-hwa (born 7 July 1937) is a Shanghai-born Hong Kong businessman and politician.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Hong_Kong

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