Solicitor General of Hong Kong

Solicitor General of Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese法律政策專員
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationFaat leuht jing chaak jyūn yùhn
JyutpingFaat3 loet6 zing3 caak3 zyun1 yun4

The Solicitor General of Hong Kong is head of the Legal Policy Division of the Department of Justice (律政司) in Hong Kong. He (to date no woman has held the post) is responsible for the development of legal policy, advising the Secretary for Justice (called the Attorney General before 1997) on legal issues, and overseeing the department's staff and legislative programme.