Home Affairs Department

Home Affairs Department
民政事務總署
Agency overview
FormedMay 1968; 56 years ago (1968-05)
Jurisdiction Hong Kong
Headquarters29/F, Southorn Centre, 130 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Employees1,823 (March 2008) [1]
Annual budget1,547.3 m HKD (2008-09) [2]
Agency executive
  • Mrs Alice Cheung, JP, Director of Home Affairs
Parent agencyHome and Youth Affairs Bureau
Websitewww.had.gov.hk
Home Affairs Department
Traditional Chinese民政事務總署
Simplified Chinese民政事务总署
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMínzhèn Shìwù Zǒngshǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationMàhnjing Sihmouh Júngchyúh
JyutpingMan4zing3 Si6mou6 Zung2cyu5
IPA[mɐn˩.tsɪŋ˧ si˨.mɔw˨ tsʊŋ˧˥.tsʰy˩˧]

The Home Affairs Department is an executive agency in the government of Hong Kong responsible for internal affairs of the territory. It reports to the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, headed by the Secretary for Home Affairs.