Home and Youth Affairs Bureau

Home and Youth Affairs Bureau
民政及青年事務局
 Hong Kong Government Agency

Home and Youth Affairs Bureau Logo
SecretaryAlice Mak
Under
Secretary
Clarence Leung
Permanent
Secretary
Shirley Lam
Political
Assistant
Gordon Cheung
Agency Information
Establishment1997 (Home Affairs Bureau)
2022 (re-organization)
AffiliationChief Secretary for Administration
Contact
WebsiteOfficial Website
Home and Youth Affairs Bureau
Traditional Chinese民政及青年事務局
Simplified Chinese民政及青年事务局
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMínzhèng Jí Qīngnián Shìwù Jú
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationMàhnjing kahp Chīngnìhn Sihmouh Gúk
JyutpingMan4 zing3 kap6 cing1 nin4 si6 mou6 guk6

The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (Chinese: 民政及青年事務局) is a policy bureau of the Hong Kong Government. The bureau has general responsibility over local administration, with a remit covering youth affairs, family planning, women's affairs, social development, fire safety, and matters related to the district councils. One of the important roles of the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau is to enhance liaison and communication with all sectors of the community including the Legislative Council and the general public. The Bureau was established on 1 July 1997 as the Home Affairs Bureau, succeeding the Home Affairs Branch (Chinese: 布政司署政務科) of the colonial government secretariat. It was reorganized at the beginning of the Lee government in 2022 as the Home and Youth Affairs Bureau, with some of its functions transferred to the new Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau.[1] It has its headquarters in the West Wing of the Central Government Complex in Tamar.[2]

The bureau is headed by Alice Mak, the Secretary for Home and Youth Affairs since 2022, and is overseen by the Chief Secretary for Administration.

  1. ^ "The bigger the better for Hong Kong's government restructuring plan?". South China Morning Post. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Home and Youth Affairs Bureau - Contact Us". www.hyab.gov.hk. Retrieved 18 July 2024.