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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][needs update]
WebsiteEEB
Secretary for Environment and Ecology
Traditional Chinese環境及生態局局長
Transcriptions

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

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Political party:   Nonpartisan

Secretaries for the Environment, 1973–1981

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

Secretaries for Lands and Works, 1981–1989

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1   David Wylie McDonald
麥德霖		 September 1981 July 1983 Sir Murray MacLehose
(1971–1982)
Sir Edward Youde
(1982–1986)
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 [2]
Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)

Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1989–1997

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref
1   Graham Barnes
班禮士		 1 September 1989 31 March 1992 Sir David Wilson
(1987–1992)
2   Anthony Gordon Eason
伊信		 1 April 1992 May 1995
Chris Patten
(1992–1997)
3   Bowen Joseph Leung
梁寶榮		 15 May 1995 30 June 1997

Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1997–1999

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1   Bowen Joseph Leung Po-wing
梁寶榮		 1 July 1997 14 November 1998 197 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 1
2   Gordon Siu Kwing-chue
蕭炯柱		 21 January 1999 31 December 1999 344 days
Planning affairs were handled by the Secretary for Planning and Lands between 2000 and 2002.

Secretaries for the Environment and Food, 2000–2002

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1   Lily Yam Kwan Pui-ying
任關佩英		 1 July 2000 30 June 2002 1 year, 364 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 1

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

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1   Sarah Liao Sau-tung
廖秀冬		 1 July 2002 30 June 2007 4 years, 364 days Tung Chee-hwa
(1997–2005)		 2
Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		 2

Secretaries for the Environment, 2007–2022

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1   Edward Yau Tang-wah
邱騰華		 1 July 2007 30 June 2012 5 years, 0 days Donald Tsang
(2005–2012)		 3
2   Wong Kam-sing
黃錦星		 1 July 2012 30 June 2022 10 years, 0 days Leung Chun-ying
(2012–2017)		 4
Carrie Lam
(2017–2022)		 5

Secretaries for Environment and Ecology, 2022–present

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No. Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref
1
Tse Chin-wan
謝展寰		 1 July 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 142 days John Lee
(2022–present)		 6

See also

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References

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  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. ^ a b "G.N. 2930 of 1986". Hong Kong Government Gazette. 128: 3966, 4048. 29 August 1986.
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