Secretary for Environment and Ecology explained

Post:	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Environment and Ecology Chinese: 環境及生態局局長
Insignia:	Regional Emblem of Hong Kong.svg
Insigniacaption:	Emblem of Hong Kong
Department:	Environment and Ecology Bureau
Incumbent:	Tse Chin-wan
Incumbentsince:	1 July 2022
Style:	The Honourable
Appointer:	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural:	Gordon Siu Secretary for Planning, the Environment and Lands Edward Yau Secretary for the Environment
Formation:	1 July 1997 1 July 2007
Salary:	HK$4,021,200 per annum^[1]
Website:	EEB

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環境及生態局局長

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

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1		James Jeavons Robson 盧秉信	June 1973	June 1976	Sir Murray MacLehose
2		Derek Jones 鍾信	June 1976	August 1981

Secretaries for Lands and Works, 1981–1989

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=150px	Governor	Ref
1		David Wylie McDonald 麥德霖	September 1981	July 1983	Sir Murray MacLehose
Sir Edward Youde
	2		Chan Nai-keong 陳乃強	July 1983	15 August 1986	^[2]
	3		Graham Barnes 班禮士	16 August 1986	31 August 1989
Sir David Wilson

Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1989–1997

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=120px	Governor	Ref
1		Graham Barnes 班禮士	1 September 1989	31 March 1992	Sir David Wilson
2		Anthony Gordon Eason 伊信	1 April 1992	May 1995
Chris Patten
	3		Bowen Joseph Leung 梁寶榮	15 May 1995	30 June 1997

Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1997–1999

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=80px	Duration	width=120px	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
bgcolor= align=center	1		Bowen Joseph Leung Po-wing 梁寶榮	1 July 1997	14 November 1998		Tung Chee-hwa
bgcolor= align=center	2		Gordon Siu Kwing-chue 蕭炯柱	21 January 1999	31 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

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=80px	Duration	width=120px	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
bgcolor= align=center	1		Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying 任關佩英	1 July 2000	30 June 2002		Tung Chee-hwa

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

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1		Sarah Liao Sau-tung 廖秀冬	1 July 2002	30 June 2007		Tung Chee-hwa
Donald Tsang

Secretaries for the Environment, 2007–2022

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=80px	Duration	width=120px	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
bgcolor= align=center	1		Edward Yau Tang-wah 邱騰華	1 July 2007	30 June 2012		Donald Tsang
bgcolor= align=center rowspan=2	2		Wong Kam-sing 黃錦星	1 July 2012	30 June 2022		Leung Chun-ying
Carrie Lam

Secretaries for Environment and Ecology, 2022–present

width=10px		width=80px	Portrait	width=180px	Name	width=180px colspan=2	Term of office	width=80px	Duration	width=120px	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
bgcolor= align=center	1		Tse Chin-wan 謝展寰	1 July 2022	Incumbent		John Lee

See also

• Public Works Department (Hong Kong)

References

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

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