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The secretary for justice also belongs to the Policy Committee, which is chaired by the chief secretary, The Office of the Secretary for Justice was established by the Hong Kong Basic Law, [2] which guarantees the power of the Department of Justice to control criminal prosecutions free from any interference. [3]
On 19 June 2022, Lam was appointed (pursuant to Article 15 of the Basic Law) by the Central People's Government, on the nomination of the Chief Executive-elect of Hong Kong John Lee, as the 5th Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong (taking office on 1 July 2022 in the 6th Government of the Hong Kong SAR).
The Department of Justice (DoJ) is the department responsible for legal policy, the administration of justice, drafting legislation, and providing legal advice to the government in Hong Kong. It is headed by the Secretary for Justice , who reports to the Chief Executive directly.
The Secretary for Education is a principal official in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the Education Bureau (EDB). The current office holder is Christine Choi . History
According to her official government profile, she started government work in 1986 as an executive officer. [1] She was the Commissioner for Transport from 2012-2017, the Permanent Secretary for Education from 2017-2020, and the Permanent Secretary for the Civil Service from 2020-2022.
There were 10 members of the committee. As the Secretary for Justice of Hong Kong, Cheng was a member of the committee. [19] In August 2020, Cheng and ten other officials were sanctioned by the United States Department of the Treasury under Executive Order 13936 by President Trump for undermining Hong Kong's autonomy. [20] [21] [22]
Each department or agency reports to one or more policy bureaux, or directly to the Chief Executive, the Chief Secretary for Administration or Financial Secretary. Following his re-election in 2007, Donald Tsang ordered a reorganisation of the Government Secretariat , increasing the number of policy bureaux to 12.
Kevin Yeung Yun-hung (Chinese: 楊潤雄; born 26 January 1963) is a former Hong Kong government official who served as the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism from 2022 to 2024. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Sciences and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Royal Melbourne ...