Role of the Chief Secretary for
Administration

The Chief Secretary for Administration is principally responsible to the
Chief Executive for the formulation of government policies and their
implementation. As the head of the Public Service, the Chief Secretary for
Administration is one of the Chief Executive's principal advisers, along
with the Financial Secretary and the Secretary for Justice.

The Chief Secretary for Administration exercises direction primarily as
head of the Government Secretariat, the central organisation comprising
the secretaries of the policy bureaux and resource bureaux and their staff.
She deputises for the Chief Executive during his absence, and is the
Senior Official Member of the Executive Councils.

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