The Secretary for the Treasury (Chinese: 庫務局局長, formerly 庫務司) was a minister in the Government of Hong Kong between 1989 and 2002, responsible for maintaining the assets of the government. The position was replaced by Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury in 2002 after merging the position with the portfolio of financial services.

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region

Secretary for the Treasury
庫務局局長
Treasury Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holderHamish Macleod
Formation1989
Final holderDenis Yue
Abolished30 June 2002
SuccessionSecretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
Secretary for the Treasury
Traditional Chinese庫務局局長
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFu mouh guhk guhk jéung
JyutpingFu3 mou6 guk6 guk6 zoeng2

The treasury affairs were handled by the Deputy Financial Secretary before 1989.

List of office holders

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Political party:   Nonpartisan   Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB)

Secretaries for the Treasury, 1989–1997

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1   Hamish Macleod
麥高樂
1 April 1989 1 April 1991 Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
2   Yeung Kai-yin
楊啟彥
2 May 1991 6 May 1993
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
3   Donald Tsang
曾蔭權
7 May 1993 31 March 1995
4   Kwong Ki-chi
鄺其志
1 April 1995 30 June 1997

Secretaries for the Treasury, 1997–2002

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1   Kwong Ki-chi
鄺其志
1 July 1997 31 March 1998 273 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)
1
2   Denise Yue Chung-yee
俞宗怡
1 April 1998 30 June 2002 4 years, 90 days

References

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