Secretary for Security of Hong Kong

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ministerial position political office principal official of the Government of Hong Kong

The Secretary for Security of Hong Kong is the principal government official responsible for overseeing the territory’s public security, law and order, immigration, and related enforcement agencies.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Secretary for Security of Hong Kong canonical	3
Hong Kong government ministers	1
Secretary for Defence and Internal Security of Hong Kong	1
Secretary for Security	1
Secretary for Security (pre-1997 colonial government) in 1997 handover context	1
香港保安局局長	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2698935 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary for Security of Hong Kong
Context triple: [John Lee Ka-chiu, positionHeld, Secretary for Security of Hong Kong]

A. Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong
The Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong is the second-highest-ranking official in the Hong Kong government, responsible for overseeing the administration and coordinating policy implementation across bureaus.
B. Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
The Financial Secretary of Hong Kong is a senior government official responsible for formulating and overseeing the territory’s economic, financial, and budgetary policies.
C. Chief Executive of Hong Kong
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s government, responsible for leading the administration and implementing policies under the “one country, two systems” framework.
D. Secretary for Relations with States
The Secretary for Relations with States is the Holy See’s top diplomatic official, effectively serving as the Vatican’s foreign minister and overseeing its international relations and agreements.
E. Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
The Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau is Japan’s top government legal official responsible for overseeing the drafting, examination, and interpretation of laws and cabinet legislation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Secretary for Security of Hong Kong
Target entity description: The Secretary for Security of Hong Kong is the principal government official responsible for overseeing the territory’s public security, law and order, immigration, and related enforcement agencies.

A. Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong
The Chief Secretary for Administration of Hong Kong is the second-highest-ranking official in the Hong Kong government, responsible for overseeing the administration and coordinating policy implementation across bureaus.
B. Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
The Financial Secretary of Hong Kong is a senior government official responsible for formulating and overseeing the territory’s economic, financial, and budgetary policies.
C. Chief Executive of Hong Kong
The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is the head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s government, responsible for leading the administration and implementing policies under the “one country, two systems” framework.
D. Secretary for Relations with States
The Secretary for Relations with States is the Holy See’s top diplomatic official, effectively serving as the Vatican’s foreign minister and overseeing its international relations and agreements.
E. Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
The Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau is Japan’s top government legal official responsible for overseeing the drafting, examination, and interpretation of laws and cabinet legislation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ministerial position ⓘ political office ⓘ principal official of the Government of Hong Kong ⓘ
abbreviation	S for S ⓘ
appointedBy	People's Republic of China government ⓘ surface form: Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China
category	Secretary for Security of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong government ministers Internal security ministries ⓘ Law enforcement in Hong Kong ⓘ
country	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong
department	Security Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong ⓘ surface form: Security Bureau of Hong Kong
formationDate	1973 ⓘ
heads	Security Bureau of the Government of Hong Kong ⓘ
isPositionIn	Hong Kong civil service ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong civil service principal officials system
jurisdiction	Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
memberOf	Executive Council of Hong Kong ⓘ Executive Council of Hong Kong ⓘ surface form: Policy Committee of Hong Kong
nativeName	Secretary for Security of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 香港保安局局長
nativeNameLanguage	zh ⓘ
nominatedBy	Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
oversees	Auxiliary Medical Service of Hong Kong ⓘ Civil Aid Service of Hong Kong ⓘ Correctional Services Department of Hong Kong ⓘ Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department ⓘ surface form: Customs and Excise Department of Hong Kong Fire Services Department of Hong Kong ⓘ Government Flying Service of Hong Kong ⓘ Hong Kong Police Force ⓘ Immigration Department of Hong Kong ⓘ
partOf	Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ⓘ surface form: Government of Hong Kong
precededBy	Secretary for Security of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Secretary for Defence and Internal Security of Hong Kong
renamedFrom	Secretary for Security of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Secretary for Security (pre-1997 colonial government) in 1997 handover context
reportsTo	Chief Executive of Hong Kong ⓘ
responsibleFor	anti-terrorism policy in Hong Kong ⓘ border control policy in Hong Kong ⓘ coordination of emergency response for public safety incidents ⓘ correctional services policy in Hong Kong ⓘ customs enforcement policy in Hong Kong ⓘ fire and rescue services policy in Hong Kong ⓘ immigration policy in Hong Kong ⓘ implementation of national security-related policies within its portfolio as provided by Hong Kong law ⓘ internal security in Hong Kong ⓘ law and order in Hong Kong ⓘ management of entry and exit of people in Hong Kong ⓘ policy direction for disciplined services in Hong Kong ⓘ public security in Hong Kong ⓘ
seat	Central Government Complex, Tamar, Hong Kong ⓘ surface form: Central Government Offices, Tamar, Hong Kong
style	The Honorable ⓘ surface form: The Honourable
termLength	no fixed term ⓘ
website	https://www.sb.gov.hk/ ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Lee Ka-chiu → positionHeld → Secretary for Security of Hong Kong ⓘ

Ka-chiu → positionHeld → Secretary for Security of Hong Kong ⓘ

subject surface form: John Lee Ka-chiu

Hong Kong Police Force → subordinateTo → Secretary for Security of Hong Kong ⓘ

Secretary for Security of Hong Kong → precededBy → Secretary for Security of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary for Defence and Internal Security of Hong Kong

Secretary for Security of Hong Kong → renamedFrom → Secretary for Security of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary for Security (pre-1997 colonial government) in 1997 handover context

Secretary for Security of Hong Kong → nativeName → Secretary for Security of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 香港保安局局長

Secretary for Security of Hong Kong → category → Secretary for Security of Hong Kong self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hong Kong government ministers

Security Bureau → headedBy → Secretary for Security of Hong Kong ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary for Security

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