Housing Bureau
policy bureau of the Hong Kong Government
Housing Bureau (HB) is a policy bureau of 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.
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. 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.
“Housing Bureau” enters the record as policy bureau of the Hong Kong Government. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Housing, Bureau and policy can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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