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Housing Bureau

Housing Bureau

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Housing Bureau (HB) is one of the fifteen policy bureaux for the Government of Hong Kong. It is responsible for the housing portfolios. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current (since 1 July 2022) Secretary for Housing is Winnie Ho.

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This bureau was newly established under the re-organization of policy bureaux proposed by Carrie Lam, the fifth Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and was adopted by John Lee, the succeeding Chief Executive after Carrie Lam.[1] On 19 June 2022, the Central People's Government announced the appointment of Winnie Ho, previously the Director of Architectural Services, as the first Secretary for Housing.[2]

Subordinate departments

There is only one department managed by the bureau:[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "New Hong Kong Leader's Vow to Fix Housing Crisis Draws Skeptics". Bloomberg.com. 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2022-07-02.
  2. [2]
    "Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos)". 2022-06-19.
  3. [3]
    "Organisation Chart of the Government of the HKSAR". 2002-06-28.


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