Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau

Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Traditional Chinese	財經事務及庫務局
Yale Romanization
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Chòih gīng sih mouh kahp fu mouh guhk
Jyutping	Coi2 ging1 si6 mou6 kap6 fu3 mou6 guk6

Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
財經事務及庫務局
	Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Bureau overview
Formed	1 July 2002
Jurisdiction	Hong Kong Government
Headquarters	24/F, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Minister responsible	James Lau, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury;
Deputy Minister responsible	Joseph Chan, Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury;
Bureau executives	Andrew Wong, Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services); Alice Lau, Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Treasury);
Parent Bureau	Financial Secretary
Website	http://www.fstb.gov.hk

Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (Chinese: 財經事務及庫務局) or FSTB is a part of the thirteen policy bureaux for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. They are responsible for developing and executing government policy on finance and treasury. The agency was established on 1 July 2002. The current^[when?] Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury is James Lau and the under secretary is Joseph Chan.

History

Financial Services Bureau was established on 1 July 1997. The previous form is Financial Services Branch under Colonial Hong Kong, headed by the Secretary for Financial Services.

Finance Bureau was established on 1 July 1997. The previous form is Finance Branch under Colonial Hong Kong, headed by the Secretary for the Treasury.

Financial Services Bureau and Finance Bureau were merged to become Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau on 1 July 2002, headed by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury. A Financial Services Branch and a Treasury Branch were created within the Bureau,each headed by a permanent secretary of D8 rank on the Directorate Pay Scale.

Past Secretaries

British Hong Kong

Before 1976

Office Title	Officeholder	Term
Deputy Financial Secretary	Arthur Grenfell Clarke	1945–1951
	John James Cowperthwaite	1952–1961
	Charles Philip Haddon-Cave	1969–1971
	David Jeaffreson	1972–1976

After 1976

Office Title	Officeholder	Term	Office Title	Officeholder	Term
Secretary for Monetary Affairs	Douglas Blye	1976–1985	Deputy Financial Secretary	Henry Ching	1976–1984^[1]
	Douglas Blye	1976–1985		Selwyn Eugene Alleyne	1984–1987^[2]
	David Nendick	1985–1992		John Francis Yaxley	1987–1989^[3]
	David Nendick	1985–1992		Hamish Macleod	1 March 1989 – 31 March 1989
	Michael David Cartland	January 1993 – March 1993	Secretary for the Treasury	Hamish Macleod	1989–1991
		January 1993 – March 1993		Yeung Kai-yin	1991–1993
Secretary for Financial Services		1993–1995		Donald Tsang	1993–1995
Secretary for Financial Services	Rafael Hui	1995–1997		Kwong Ki Chi	1995–1997

Hong Kong SAR

Office Title	Officeholder	Term	Office Title	Officeholder	Term
Secretary for Financial Services	Rafael Hui	1997–2000	Secretary for the Treasury	Kwong Ki Chi	1997–1998
Secretary for Financial Services	Stephen Ip	2000–2002	Secretary for the Treasury	Denise Yue	1998–2002
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury	Frederick Ma	2002–2007	Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury	Julia Leung	2008–present
Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury	Ceajer Chan	2007–present	Under Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury	Julia Leung	2008–present

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/hkha/members/chi_1986-1987.htm
^ http://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/hkha/members/chi_1986-1987.htm

External links

Hong Kong SAR Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 March 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttp://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/hkha/members/chi_1986-1987.htm

[3] ttp://www.cityu.edu.hk/hkhousing/hkha/members/chi_1986-1987.htm

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