Cheuk Wing-hing

The Honourable
Cheuk Wing-hing
GBS JP
The Honourable Cheuk Wing-hing GBS JP
卓永興
	Cheuk in 2023
Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 July 2022
Chief Executive	John Lee
Preceded by	Office established
Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology
	In office; 20 November 2015 – 12 April 2019
Succeeded by	Annie Choi
Commissioner of Labour
	In office; 29 November 2010 – 18 February 2014
Preceded by	Cherry Tse
Succeeded by	Donald Tong
Personal details
Born	Cheuk Wing-hing; March 24, 1959 (age 67); British Hong Kong
Spouse	Chu Kwan Ying
Children	Nick Cheuk Yick-him
Education	Bachelor of Arts
Alma mater	Raimondi College; University of Hong Kong
Occupation	Administrative Officer, Inspector of Police

Warner Cheuk Wing-hing GBS JP(Chinese: 卓永興 , born March 24, 1959) is a Hong Kong administrative officer, former Inspector of Police, currently Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, and former Permanent Secretary of the Innovation and Technology.

Career

Cheuk was born and raised in Hong Kong, with ancestral roots in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province; he attended Raimondi College in his early years. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree, and joined the Police Force as a Inspector of Police in June of the same year. In August 1984, he was transferred to the administrative grade, and in April 2007, he was promoted to the Administrative Officer Staff Grade B1 (D4), and in April 2017, he was promoted to the Administrative Officer Staff Grade A1 (D8).

He has served in various bureaus and departments, including the former two Bureaus and Administration Branch, the former Administration and Information Branch, the former City and New Territories Administration, the Post Office, the former Finance Branch, the former Financial Services Branch, the Department of Health, Civil Service Bureau, the former Industry Department, InvestHK, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department,the General Grades Office, former Health, Welfare and Food Bureau, Labour Department and the former Innovation and Technology Bureau.

Important positions held by Cheuk include:

2001: Assistant Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene (Headquarters)
June 2001 to December 2003: Deputy Director (Environmental Hygiene), Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
December 2003 to June 2006: Director of General Grades, Civil Service Bureau
August 2006 to December 2007: Deputy Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food Bureau (food and environmental hygiene) (hereinafter referred to as Deputy Secretary for Food and Health (Food))
December 2007 to November 2010: Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
November 2010 to February 18, 2014: Commissioner for Labour
February 19, 2014, to the end of March 2014: Chairman of Administrative Officer Recruitment Board 2014
May 2, 2014 to November 2015: Director of Administration and Development, Department of Justice
November 20, 2015 to April 12, 2019: Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology
September 16, 2019 to March 15, 2020: Director of Dialogue Office, Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office
July 1, 2022 to present: Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration.

Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration

After retirement from the civil service, Cheuk was still active in the public service, such as becoming the Chairman of the 2019 Administrative Officer Recruitment Board, Director of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme and Adviser of the Financial Secretary's Private Office.

In July 2022, he was appointed the Deputy Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR Government. According to the nomination of John Lee, the sixth chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, on June 19, 2022, the State Council appointed Cheuk as the deputy chief secretary for administration of the Hong Kong Government.

In December 2022, Cheuk said that Hong Kong will stop buying advertising space from Google if a song linked to the 2019 anti-government protests remained as one of the top search results for the national anthem.

In January 2024, Cheuk said that Hong Kong would install 2,000 more CCTV cameras in the city, and that it was only a "relatively small" amount of cameras.

Personal life

In August 2022, Cheuk tested positive for COVID-19. In September 2022, he tested positive again.

Notes

References

↑ "CHEUK Wing Hing" (PDF).
↑ "行政與公民事務卓永興任創科局常任秘書長" (in Chinese). Government of Hong Kong. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
↑ "泛民杯葛明天對話會政府設「對話辦公室」" (in Chinese). 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
↑ "Mr CHEUK Wing-hing, GBS, JP, Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration" (in Chinese). 6 April 2026. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
↑ "国务院任命香港特别行政区第六届政府主要官员". Sina News (in Chinese). Sina Corporation. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
↑ "Hong Kong may stop buying Google adverts unless national anthem row is resolved". South China Morning Post. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
↑ Chan, Irene. "Hong Kong to install 2,000 more CCTV cameras in 2024". hongkongfp.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
↑ Standard, The. "Two top govt officials contract Covid-19". The Standard. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
↑ Standard, The. "Administration Deputy retests positive for Covid, under home quarantine ". The Standard. Retrieved 8 September 2022.

[1] "CHEUK Wing Hing" (PDF).

[2] "行政與公民事務卓永興任創科局常任秘書長" (in Chinese). Government of Hong Kong. 20 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[3] "泛民杯葛明天對話會政府設「對話辦公室」" (in Chinese). 17 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[4] "Mr CHEUK Wing-hing, GBS, JP, Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration" (in Chinese). 6 April 2026. Retrieved 6 April 2026.

[5] "国务院任命香港特别行政区第六届政府主要官员". Sina News (in Chinese). Sina Corporation. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[6] "Hong Kong may stop buying Google adverts unless national anthem row is resolved". South China Morning Post. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

[7] Chan, Irene. "Hong Kong to install 2,000 more CCTV cameras in 2024". hongkongfp.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

[8] Standard, The. "Two top govt officials contract Covid-19". The Standard. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

[9] Standard, The. "Administration Deputy retests positive for Covid, under home quarantine ". The Standard. Retrieved 8 September 2022.