The Structure of the Administration

The HKSAR Government is organised into bureaux and departments. The
bureaux, each headed by a policy secretary, collectively form the
Government Secretariat. There are 15 policy bureaux, and two resource
bureaux concerned with finance and the Public Service.

There are 71 departments and agencies whose heads are, with some
exceptions, responsible to the bureaux secretaries for the direction of their
departments and the efficient implementation of approved policy. The
exceptions are the Audit Commission, the independence of which is
safeguarded by the Director's reporting directly to the Legislative Council;
the Independent Commission Against Corruption and the Office of the
Ombudsman, whose independence is safeguarded by having the
Commissioner and the Ombudsman report directly to the Chief Executive;
and the Department of Justice, which is the responsibility of the Secretary
for Justice.

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