Warner Cheuk

In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Cheuk. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Warner Cheuk and the Chinese-style name is Cheuk Wing-hing.

Warner Cheuk Wing-hing (born March 24, 1959) is a Hong Kong administrative officer, former police officer, currently Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration, and former Permanent Secretary of the Innovation and Technology Bureau. After his civil service career, he briefly served as Director of the Dialogue Office of the Policy Innovation and Coordination Office. Served as a consultant to the Financial Secretary's Private Office.^[1] In July 2022, he was appointed as the Deputy Secretary for Administration of the Hong Kong Government.^[2]

The Honourable Warner Cheuk Wing-hing GBS JP
卓永興
Cheuk in 2023
Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration
Incumbent
Assumed office July 1, 2022
Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology Bureau
In office November 20, 2015 – April 12, 2019
Succeeded by	Annie Choi
Personal details
Born	Warner Cheuk Wing-hing (1959-03-24) March 24, 1959 (age 65) British Hong Kong
Children	Nick Cheuk
Occupation	Administrative officer, police officer

Career

Cheuk graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts degree,^[1] and joined the Police Force as a Police Inspector 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 Directorate Class B Administrative Officer (D4), and in April 2017, he was promoted to the Director Class A First Class Administrative Officer (D8). He has served in various bureaux and departments, including the former two bureaux 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, the former Civil Service Bureau, the former Industry Department, InvestHK, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, General Grades Division, former Health, Welfare and Food Bureau and Labor Department.

Important positions held by Cheuk include:

• 2001: Assistant Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (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 Department
• November 2010 to February 18, 2014: Commissioner for Labor
• From February 19, 2014 to the end of March 2014: Chairman of Administrative Officer Recruitment Committee 2014
• May 2, 2014 to November 2015: Administrative Commissioner, Department of Justice
• November 20, 2015 to April 12, 2019: Permanent Secretary for Innovation and Technology Bureau^[3]
• September 16, 2019 to March 15, 2020: Director of Dialogue Office, Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office^[4][1]
• From July 1, 2022: Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration. 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.^[2]

Deputy Chief Secretary for Administration

In December 2022, Cheuk said that Hong Kong will stop buying advertising space from Google if Glory to Hong Kong remained as one of the top search results for the national anthem of Hong Kong.^[5]

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.^[6]

Personal life

In August 2022, Cheuk tested positive for COVID-19.^[7] In September 2022, he tested positive again.^[8]

References

1. "卓永興先生, JP". Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation (in Chinese). Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
2. "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. June 19, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
3. "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. November 20, 2015. Archived from the original on October 21, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
4. "泛民杯葛明天對話會 政府設「對話辦公室」" (in Chinese). September 17, 2019. Archived from the original on October 6, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
5. "Hong Kong may stop buying Google adverts unless national anthem row is resolved". South China Morning Post. December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
6. Chan, Irene. "Hong Kong to install 2,000 more CCTV cameras in 2024". hongkongfp.com. Retrieved January 21, 2024.
7. Standard, The. "Two top govt officials contract Covid-19". The Standard. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
8. Standard, The. "Administration Deputy retests positive for Covid, under home quarantine  ". The Standard. Retrieved September 8, 2022.