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The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, announced on June 25 that the Central People’s Government, upon her nomination and recommendation in accordance with Article 48(5) of the Basic Law, approved the appointment of Mr John Lee Ka-chiu as the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Tang Ping-keung as the Secretary for Security and Mr Siu Chak-yee as the Commissioner of Police.
Speaking at a media session at the Central Government Offices, Commissioner Siu Chak-yee expressed that he was very honoured to assume the post of Commissioner. He thanked the Chief Executive for the nomination and the State Council for the appointment. He pointed out that in the past two years the Force had experienced unprecedented challenges and he thanked the former Commissioner Tang Ping-keung for his leadership and fellow colleagues who had overcome challenge after challenge to restore Hong Kong’s stability. He also thanked the colleagues’ family members for giving them support and members of the public for their encouragement to the Force.
“In the future, I will follow the footsteps of previous Commissioners to continue to lead the Force in serving Hong Kong with honour, duty and loyalty, safeguarding national security, maintaining the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong as well as protecting the safety of citizens as our primary work priorities. We will continue to perform our day-to-day duties in a professional manner, so that every citizen of Hong Kong will understand that the Hong Kong Police Force is a dependable and professional team dedicated to serving the community,” the Commissioner said.
The Commissioner also mentioned that the Force will ensure future election events and next year’s 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region events will be held in a safe and stable environment.
