Commissioner of Customs and Excise

Commissioner of Customs and Excise of Customs and Excise Department
海關關長
Incumbent Hermes Tang since 1 July 2017
Security Bureau
Reports to	Secretary for Security
Deputy	Lin Shun-yin Deputy Commissioner
Website	Official website

Commissioner of Customs and Excise
Traditional Chinese	海關關長
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hói gwāan gwāan jéung Jyutping Hoi2 gwaan1 gwaan1 zoeng2
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	海關總監
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hói gwāan júng gāam Jyutping Hoi2 gwaan1 zung2 gaam1

The Commissioner of Customs and Excise (Chinese: 海關關長) is the head of the Customs and Excise Department, which is responsible for monitoring the movement of goods into and out of Hong Kong, customs and excise, duties and investigation of pirated products.

List of Commissioners

Director of Commerce & Industry and Commissioner of Preventive Service

• David Ronald Holmes (1962–1966)
• Terence Dare Sorby (1966–1970)
• Jack Cater (1970–1972)
• David Harold Jordan (1972–1977)

Directors of Trade, Industry and Customs and Commissioners of Customs and Excises

• David Harold Jordan (1977–1979)
• William Doward CBE (1979–1982)

Commissioners of Customs and Excise (after 1997)

Name	Chinese Name	Took office	Left office
Douglas Arthur Jordan CMG		1982	1984
Harnam Singh Grewal CBE ED	高禮和	1984	1986
Patrick John Williamson ISO		1986	1990
Clive William Baker Oxley OBE		1990	1993
Donald McFarlane Watson OBE QPM CPM	尉遲信	1993	1996
Li Shu-fai SBS	李樹輝	1996	1999
John Tsang JP	曾俊華	1999	2001
Raymond Wong	黃鴻超	2001	2003
Timothy Tong	湯顯明	2003	2007
Richard Yuen	袁銘輝	2007	2011
Clement Cheung	張雲正	2011	2015
Roy Tang	鄧忍光	2015	2017
Hermes Tang	鄧以海	2017	Incumbent

External links

• Hong Kong Customs and Excise
• Government of HKSAR
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government