Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office

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The Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office (PICO) is a policy and innovation unit advising the Chief Executive of Hong Kong and coordinates with other area of the Government of Hong Kong (namely bureaux and departments) to enhance public participation in policy creation.[1]

Created in 2018, it replaced the Central Policy Unit and was initially headed by .

Since January 2021, the unit has been headed by , before which she was deputy secretary for development (planning and lands) at the Development Bureau. Ho's elder sister is Commissioner of Customs and Excise Louise Ho Pui-shan, who herself is married to Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang.[2][3][4]

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  1. ^ "Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office - Policy Innovation and Co-ordination Office".
  2. ^ "New customs chief appointed". Hong Kong's Information Services Department (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. ^ Louise Ho becomes HK's first female customs chief, The Standard, 21 October, 2021
  4. ^ Hong Kong’s new customs chief to focus on national security threats, SCMP, 21 Oct. 2021

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