Stephen Ip

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Stephen Ip GBS JP (Chinese: 葉澍堃, born 1955) was the Secretary for Economic Development and Labour in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region until 2007. He had been appointed to the position on July 1, 2002.

The post of Secretary for Economic Development and Labour is a political appointment. Ip is a career civil servant. He was Secretary for Economic Services in June 1996 under Chris Patten's colonial administration, until he took up his last civil service post of Secretary for Financial Services in June 2000.

Preceded by Gordon Siu	Secretary for Economic Services 1996–2000	Succeeded by Sandra Lee
Preceded by Rafael Hui	Secretary for Financial Services 2000–2002	Succeeded by Frederick Ma as Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury
New title Merged the previous Secretary for Economic Services and the labour portfolio of Secretary for Education and Manpower	Secretary for Economic Development and Labour 2002–2007	Position abolished