Secretary for Environment and Ecology

The Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Chinese: 環境及生態局局長) of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for environment protection policy in Hong Kong. The position was created most recently in 2007 as the Secretary for the Environment to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works.

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Environment and Ecology
環境及生態局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
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Incumbent
Tse Chin-wan
since 1 July 2022
Environment and Ecology Bureau
StyleThe Honourable
AppointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holderGordon Siu
Secretary for Planning, the Environment and Lands
Edward Yau
Secretary for the Environment
Formation1 July 1997
1 July 2007
SalaryHK$4,021,200 per annum[1]
WebsiteEEB
Secretary for Environment and Ecology
Traditional Chinese環境及生態局局長

On 1 July 2022, the position renamed with the absorption of the food and environmental hygiene portfolio from the Secretary for Food and Health.

The position was renamed various times to include different portfolios, including Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Chinese: 環境運輸及工務局局長), who heads the Environment, Transport and Works Bureau of the Hong Kong Government, responsible for public works projects, transport related issues and environmental protection.

List of office holders

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Secretaries for the Environment, 1973–1981
No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1James Jeavons Robson
盧秉信		June 1973June 1976Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
2Derek Jones
鍾信		June 1976August 1981

Secretaries for Lands and Works, 1981–1989
No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1David Wylie McDonald
麥德霖		September 1981July 1983Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
2Chan Nai-keong
陳乃強		July 198315 August 1986[2]
3Graham Barnes
班禮士		16 August 198631 August 1989[2]
Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)

Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1989–1997
No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1Graham Barnes
班禮士		1 September 198931 March 1992Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
2Anthony Gordon Eason
伊信		1 April 1992May 1995
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
3Bowen Joseph Leung
梁寶榮		15 May 199530 June 1997

Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1997–1999
No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1Bowen Joseph Leung Po-wing
梁寶榮		1 July 199714 November 1998197 daysTung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		1
2Gordon Siu Kwing-chue
蕭炯柱		21 January 199931 December 1999344 days
Planning affairs were handled by the Secretary for Planning and Lands between 2000 and 2002.

Secretaries for the Environment and Food, 2000–2002
No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying
任關佩英		1 July 200030 June 20021 year, 364 daysTung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		1

Secretaries for the Environment, Transport and Works, 2002–2007
No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1Sarah Liao Sau-tung
廖秀冬		1 July 200230 June 20074 years, 364 daysTung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		2
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		2

Secretaries for the Environment, 2007–2022
No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1Edward Yau Tang-wah
邱騰華		1 July 200730 June 20125 years, 0 daysDonald Tsang
(2005–2012)		3
2Wong Kam-sing
黃錦星		1 July 201230 June 202210 years, 0 daysLeung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)		4
Carrie Lam
(2017–2022)		5

Secretaries for Environment and Ecology, 2022–present
No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1
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 Tse Chin-wan
謝展寰		1 July 2022Incumbent1 year, 116 daysJohn Lee
(2022–present)		6

See also

References
  1. "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. "G.N. 2930 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 128: 3966, 4048. 29 August 1986.
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