# Secretary for Development

The Secretary for Development of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for planning, land development and public works related development policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolios of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works and Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands.

## List of office holders

Political party: Nonpartisan

### Surveyor General, 1842–1891

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Governor |
| 1 | Alexander T. Gordon 歌頓 | 1842 | 1845 | Sir Henry Pottinger (1841–1843) Administrator |
| 1 | Alexander T. Gordon 歌頓 | 1842 | 1845 | Sir Henry Pottinger (1843–1844) |
| 1 | Alexander T. Gordon 歌頓 | 1842 | 1845 | Sir John Francis Davis (1844–1848) |
| 2 | Charles St George Cleverly 急庇利 | 1845 | 1865 | Sir John Francis Davis (1844–1848) |
| 2 | Charles St George Cleverly 急庇利 | 1845 | 1865 | Sir George Bonham (1848–1854) |
| 2 | Charles St George Cleverly 急庇利 | 1845 | 1865 | Sir John Bowring (1854–1859) |
| 2 | Charles St George Cleverly 急庇利 | 1845 | 1865 | Sir Hercules Robinson (1859–1865) |
| 3 | Wilberforce Wilson 衛信 | 1865 | 1869 | Sir Hercules Robinson (1859–1865) |
| 3 | Wilberforce Wilson 衛信 | 1865 | 1869 | Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (1866–1872) |
| 4 | Lewis Henry Moorsom 睦誠 | 1869 | 1873 | Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (1866–1872) |
| 4 | Lewis Henry Moorsom 睦誠 | 1869 | 1873 | Sir Arthur Kennedy (1872–1877) |
| 5 | John MacNeile Price 裴樂士 | 1873 | 1889 | Sir Arthur Kennedy (1872–1877) |
| 5 | John MacNeile Price 裴樂士 | 1873 | 1889 | Sir John Pope Hennessy (1877–1882) |
| 5 | John MacNeile Price 裴樂士 | 1873 | 1889 | Sir George Bowen (1883–1885) |
| 5 | John MacNeile Price 裴樂士 | 1873 | 1889 | Sir William Des Voeux (1887–1891) |
| 6 | Samuel Brown 布朗 | 1889 | 1891 | Sir William Des Voeux (1887–1891) |
| 6 | Samuel Brown 布朗 | 1889 | 1891 | Sir William Robinson (1891–1898) |

### Directors of Public Works, 1891–1941

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Governor |
| 1 | Francis Alfred Cooper 谷柏 | 10 October 1891 | 1897 | Sir William Robinson (1891–1898) |
| 2 | Robert Daly Ormsby 安庶庇 | 21 October 1897 | 1901 | Sir William Robinson (1891–1898) |
| 2 | Robert Daly Ormsby 安庶庇 | 21 October 1897 | 1901 | Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903) |
| 3 | William Chatham 漆咸 | 12 October 1901 | 1921 | Sir Henry Arthur Blake (1898–1903) |
| 3 | William Chatham 漆咸 | 12 October 1901 | 1921 | Sir Matthew Nathan (1904–1907) |
| 3 | William Chatham 漆咸 | 12 October 1901 | 1921 | Sir Frederick Lugard (1907–1912) |
| 3 | William Chatham 漆咸 | 12 October 1901 | 1921 | Sir Francis Henry May (1912–1918) |
| 3 | William Chatham 漆咸 | 12 October 1901 | 1921 | Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1919–1925) |
| 4 | Thomas Luff Perkins 白健時 | 1 July 1921 | 1923 | Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1919–1925) |
| 5 | Harold Thomas Creasy 祈禮士 | 30 August 1923 | 1932 | Sir Reginald Edward Stubbs (1919–1925) |
| 5 | Harold Thomas Creasy 祈禮士 | 30 August 1923 | 1932 | Sir Cecil Clementi (1925–1930) |
| 5 | Harold Thomas Creasy 祈禮士 | 30 August 1923 | 1932 | Sir William Peel (1930–1935) |
| 6 | Richard McNeil Henderson 軒德蓀 | 12 December 1932 | 1939 | Sir William Peel (1930–1935) |
| 6 | Richard McNeil Henderson 軒德蓀 | 12 December 1932 | 1939 | Sir Andrew Caldecott (1935–1937) |
| 6 | Richard McNeil Henderson 軒德蓀 | 12 December 1932 | 1939 | Sir Geoffry Northcote (1937–1941) |
| 7 | Alexander Bruce Purves 包華士 | 28 September 1939 | 25 December 1941 | Sir Geoffry Northcote (1937–1941) |
| 7 | Alexander Bruce Purves 包華士 | 28 September 1939 | 25 December 1941 | Mark Aitchison Young (1941) |

### Directors of Public Works, 1946–1981

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Governor |
| - | Harold Stuart Rouse | 7 September 1945 | 1946 | Military administration |
| 8 | Victor Kenneth Kenniff | 15 May 1946 | 1949 | Sir Mark Aitchison Young (1946–1947) |
| 8 | Victor Kenneth Kenniff | 15 May 1946 | 1949 | Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957) |
| 9 | Edward Audley Boyce | 26 August 1949 | 1950 | Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957) |
| 10 | Theodore Louis Bowring 包寧 | 5 December 1950 | 1957 | Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957) |
| 11 | Allan Inglis 英格理 | 22 May 1957 | 28 February 1963 | Sir Alexander Grantham (1947–1957) |
| 11 | Allan Inglis 英格理 | 22 May 1957 | 28 February 1963 | Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964) |
| 12 | Alec Michael John Wright 鄔勵德 | 7 March 1963 | 27 March 1969 | Sir Robert Brown Black (1958–1964) |
| 12 | Alec Michael John Wright 鄔勵德 | 7 March 1963 | 27 March 1969 | Sir David Trench (1964–1971) |
| 13 | James Jeavons Robson 盧秉信 | 28 March 1969 | August 1973 | Sir David Trench (1964–1971) |
| 13 | James Jeavons Robson 盧秉信 | 28 March 1969 | August 1973 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) |
| 14 | David Wylie McDonald 麥德霖 | February 1974 | 1981 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) |

#### Development issues were handled by Secretary for Lands and Works between 1981 and 1989.
### Secretaries for Works, 1989–1997

| № | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Governor |
| 1 | Kenneth Kwok 郭偉階 | 1 September 1989 | 31 March 1992 | Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |
| 2 | Ronald James Blake 詹伯樂 | 1 April 1992 | May 1995 | Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |
| 2 | Ronald James Blake 詹伯樂 | 1 April 1992 | May 1995 | Chris Patten (1992–1997) |
| 3 | Kwong Hon-sang 鄺漢生 | 15 May 1995 | 30 June 1997 | Chris Patten (1992–1997) |

### Secretaries for Works, 1997–2002

| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref |
| 1 | | Kwong Hon-sang 鄺漢生 | 1 July 1997 | 6 August 1999 | 1 year, 37 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 1 | |
| 2 | | Lee Shing-see 李承仕 | 7 August 1999 | 30 June 2002 | 2 years, 328 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) | 1 | |

#### Development issues were handled by Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works between 2002 and 2007.
### Secretaries for Development, 2007–present

| No. | Name | Term of office | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term |
| 1 | Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor 林鄭月娥 | 1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | Donald Tsang (2005–2012) | 3 |
| 2 | Mak Chai-kwong 麥齊光 | 1 July 2012 | 12 July 2012 | 11 days | Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) | 4 |
| 3 | Paul Chan Mo-po 陳茂波 | 30 July 2012 | 16 January 2017 | 4 years, 170 days | Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) | 4 |
| 4 | Eric Ma Siu-cheung 馬紹祥 | 13 February 2017 | 30 June 2017 | 138 days | Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) | 4 |
| 5 | Michael Wong Wai-lun 黃偉綸 | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2022 | 5 years, 0 days | Carrie Lam (2017–2022) | 5 |
| 6 | Bernadette Linn Hon-ho 甯漢豪 | 1 July 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 99 days | John Lee (2022–present) | 6 |