The Secretary for Economic Services ( and later ) was a minister position in the Government of Hong Kong, which is responsible for economic development in Hong Kong. The position was renamed to the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour () after nearly thirty years. The new position headed the Economic Development and Labour Bureau and was created together with the introduction of Principal Officials Accountability System on 1 July 2002, by merging the positions with the labour portfolio of Secretary for Education and Manpower. After POAS was introduced all secretaries are members of the Executive Council.
The position was abolished in 2007 when the Economic Development and Labour Bureau was abolished and its functions transferred to the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, the Transport and Housing Bureau, and the Labour and Welfare Bureau.
List of office holders Secretaries for Economic Services, 1973–1997 Portrait Name Term of officeGovernor Ref 1 Derek Jones鍾信 November 1973 September 1976 Sir Murray MacLehose 2 David Jeaffreson謝法新 September 1976 September 1982 Sir Edward Youde 3 Piers Jacobs翟克誠 September 1982 12 January 1986 4 John Francis Yaxley易誠禮 27 January 1986 8 March 1987 5 Anson Chan陳方安生 23 March 1987 April 1993 Sir David Wilson Chris Patten 6 Gordon Siu蕭炯柱 1993 1996 7 Stephen Ip葉澍堃 June 1996 30 June 1997
Secretaries for Economic Services, 1997–2002 Portrait Name Term of office DurationChief Executive Term Ref 1 Stephen Ip Shu-kwan葉澍堃 1 July 1997 30 June 2000 Tung Chee-hwa 1 2 Sandra Birch Lee Suk-yee李淑儀 1 July 2000 30 June 2002
Secretaries for Economic Development and Labour, 2002–2007 Portrait Name Term of office DurationChief Executive Term Ref 1 Stephen Ip Shu-kwan葉澍堃 1 July 2002 30 June 2007 Tung Chee-hwa 2 Donald Tsang 2 Economic and labour affairs were handled by, respectively, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development and Secretary for Labour and Welfare after 2007.
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