The Secretary General of the Secretariat of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, formerly called the Clerk to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong before 1995,According to the Hansard of the meeting on 28 July 1995, "the Clerk to the Legislative Council" was Mr. Ricky Fung, while the next meeting on 11 October 1995, which was the opening of 1995/96 Session, named Mr. Fung as "Secretary General". is the head and chief executive of the Secretariat of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, and is responsible for managing LegCo's facilities and services and supporting its work. As Clerk to the Legislative Council, the Secretary General is the principal adviser to the President of the Council on parliamentary procedure. The clerk's other responsibilities relate to the conduct of business of the Legislature and its committees. Many other officers and personnel provide assistance to the clerk.Legislative Council Secretariat In addition, the Secretary General is the Controlling Officer of public money appropriated for Legislative Council Commission’s performance of its functions, and is responsible for administering a remuneration and operating expenses reimbursement system for Members of the Council.
List Past secretaries general of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong:
Mr. J. Stewart-Lockhart: 1884–1885 (acting) Arathoon Seth: 1885–1889, 1893 J. M. Gutierrez: 1887 (acting) Mr. F. A. Hazeland: 1890 (acting) Mr. Alexander MacDonald Thomson: 1891–1892 (acting) Mr. John Gerald Thomas Buckle: 1894–1896 (acting), 1897, 1898–1903 Captain Francis Joseph Badeley: 1896 (acting) Mr. Reginald Fleming Johnston: 1899–1903, 1904 (acting) Mr. Arthur George Murchison Fletcher: 1905–1908, 1912–1913, 1915–1917, 1920–1923, 1925 Mr. Cecil Clementi: 1908, 1913 (acting) Mr. R. H. Crofton: 1911, 1913 Mr. Michael James Breen: 1914 Mr. Arthur Dyer Ball: 1918, 1922 Mr. J. A. E. Bullock: 1919 Mr. William James Carrie: 1920 Mr. Samuel Burnside Boyd McElderry: 1920, 1923, 1924–26 Mr. David William Tratman: 1927 Mr. Norman Lockhart Smith: 1931 Mr. Geoffery Cadzow Hamilton: 1949, 1950, 1952 Mr. David Ronald Holmes : 1953 Mr. Donald Collin Cumyn Luddington: 1956–1957 Mr. Roderick John Frampton: 1970–1972 Mr. Kenneth Harry Wheeler: 1973–1976 Mrs. Lolly Tse Chiu Yuen-chu: 1975–1977 Mr. Stephen Tam Shu-pui: 1978–1979 Mrs. Lorna Leung Tsui Lai-man: 1978–1982 Mrs. Jennie Chok Pang Yuen-yee: 1982–1986 Mr. Li Wing: 1984–1985 Mr. Law Kam-sang: 1986–1992 Mr. Cletus Lau Kwok-hong: 1992–1994 Mr. Ricky Fung Choi-cheung : 1994–2008 Ms. Pauline Ng Man-wah : 2008–2012 Mr. Kenneth Chen Wei-on : 2012–2024 Ms Dora Wai: 2024-present
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