Security Bureau (Hong Kong)

Security Bureau
保安局
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Agency overview
Formed1973
Preceding agencies
  • Defense Branch
  • Security Branch
Headquarters10th Floor, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
  • Sonny Au, Under Secretary for Security
Agency executive
  • Carol Yip, Permanent Secretary for Security [1]
Child agencies
Websitesb.gov.hk
Security Bureau
Chinese保安局
Hanyu PinyinBǎo'ān Jú
Yale RomanizationBóu ōn guhk
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The Security Bureau (Chinese: 保安局) is a policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for policies of the maintenance of law and order, exercising immigration and customs control, rehabilitating offenders and drug abusers, and providing emergency fire and rescue services.

The bureau is headed by the Secretary for Security.

  1. ^ "Name List of Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Government Departments". Retrieved 11 November 2012.

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