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Secretary for Environment and Ecology

FieldValue
postHong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Environment and Ecology
環境及生態局局長
insigniaRegional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
insigniacaptionEmblem of Hong Kong
departmentEnvironment and Ecology Bureau
image{{CSS image crop
ImagePrincipal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government 20220619 voa.jpg
bSize3999
cWidth180
cHeight240
oTop1300
oLeft2490
Locationcenter
incumbentTse Chin-wan
incumbentsince1 July 2022
styleThe Honourable
appointerCentral People's Government
nomination by Chief Executive
inauguralGordon 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
websiteEEB

Special Administrative Region](hong-kong-special-administrative-region) Secretary for Environment and Ecology 環境及生態局局長 nomination by Chief Executive Secretary for Planning, the Environment and Lands Edward Yau Secretary for the Environment 1 July 2007

The Secretary for Environment and Ecology () 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.

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 (), 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:

Secretaries for the Environment, 1973–1981

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeGovernorRef
1[[File:No image.svg80px]]James Jeavons Robson
盧秉信June 1973June 1976Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
2[[File:No image.svg80px]]Derek Jones
鍾信June 1976August 1981

Secretaries for Lands and Works, 1981–1989

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeGovernorRef
1[[File:No image.svg80px]]David Wylie McDonald
麥德霖September 1981July 1983Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
2[[File:No image.svg80px]]Chan Nai-keong
陳乃強July 198315 August 1986title=G.N. 2930 of 1986journal=Hong Kong Government Gazettedate=29 August 1986volume=128pages=3966, 4048}}
3[[File:No image.svg80px]]Graham Barnes
班禮士16 August 198631 August 1989
Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)

Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1989–1997

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeGovernorRef
1[[File:No image.svg80px]]Graham Barnes
班禮士1 September 198931 March 1992Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
2[[File:No image.svg80px]]Anthony Gordon Eason
伊信1 April 1992May 1995
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
3[[File:No image.svg80px]]Bowen Joseph Leung
梁寶榮15 May 199530 June 1997

Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1997–1999

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDurationChief ExecutiveTermRef
Nonpartisan}} align=center1[[File:No image.svg80px]]Bowen Joseph Leung Po-wing
梁寶榮1 July 199714 November 1998Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)1
Nonpartisan}} align=center2[[File:No image.svg80px]]Gordon Siu Kwing-chue
蕭炯柱21 January 199931 December 1999

; Planning affairs were handled by the Secretary for Planning and Lands between 2000 and 2002.

Secretaries for the Environment and Food, 2000–2002

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDurationChief ExecutiveTermRef
Nonpartisan}} align=center1[[File:No image.svg80px]]Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying
任關佩英1 July 200030 June 2002Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)1

Secretaries for the Environment, Transport and Works, 2002–2007

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDurationChief ExecutiveTermRef
Nonpartisan}} align=center1[[File:No image.svg80px]]Sarah Liao Sau-tung
廖秀冬1 July 200230 June 2007Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)2
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)2

Secretaries for the Environment, 2007–2022

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDurationChief ExecutiveTermRef
Nonpartisan}} align=center1[[File:Edward Yau.jpg80px]]Edward Yau Tang-wah
邱騰華1 July 200730 June 2012Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)3
Nonpartisan}} align=center rowspan=22[[File:KS Wong 1.jpg80px]]Wong Kam-sing
黃錦星1 July 201230 June 2022Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)4
Carrie Lam
(2017–2022)5

Secretaries for Environment and Ecology, 2022–present

No.PortraitNameTerm of officeDurationChief ExecutiveTermRef
Nonpartisan}} align=center1[[File:謝展寰 20230413 (cropped).jpg106x106px]]Tse Chin-wan
謝展寰1 July 2022IncumbentJohn Lee
(2022–present)6

References

References

  1. (12 December 2016). "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government".
  2. (29 August 1986). "G.N. 2930 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette.
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