Michael Suen

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Michael Suen Ming Yeung GBS JP (孫明揚, born 1944) is the Secretary of Housing, Planning and Lands of Hong Kong.

Suen joined the Government in 1966 as an Administrative Officer and was promoted to his present rank of Director of Bureau in January 1991. During the early years of his career, he served in the former New Territories Administration, Resettlement Department and Environment Branch.

He was appointed Secretary for Constitutional Affairs in March 1989 and Secretary for Home Affairs in November 1991. Between March and early July in 1997, he was on temporary secondment to the Office of the Chief Executive-elect as Secretary for Policy Coordination. He resumed his post at the government as Secretary for Home Affairs on July 8, 1997 and took up the appointment as Secretary for Constitutional Affairs on August 4, 1997. Mr Suen took up the post of Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands on July 1, 2002. Upon the resignation of Donald Tsang on May 25, 2005, he assumed the post as the acting Chief Secretary for Administration, until Rafael Hui was appointed.

Preceded by:   (none)	Secretary for Constitutional Affairs 1989–1991	Succeeded by: Michael Sze
Preceded by: Peter Tsao	Secretary for Home Affairs 1991–1997	Succeeded by: David Lan
Preceded by: Nicholas Ng	Secretary for Constitutional Affairs 1997–2002	Succeeded by: Stephen Lam
Preceded by: John Tsang (as Secretary for Planning and Lands), Dominic Wong (as Secretary for Housing) 1	Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands 2002–present	Incumbent
Preceded by: Donald Tsang	Chief Secretary for Administration (acting) 2005	Succeeded by: Rafael Hui
1 The position of Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands was created by merging the previous portfolios of Secretary for Housing and Secretary for Planning and Lands.