Secretary for Environment and Ecology

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region

Secretary for Environment and Ecology
環境及生態局局長
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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

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.

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.

  1. ^ "Remuneration package for Politically Appointed Officials serving in fifth-term HKSAR Government". Government of Hong Kong. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2022.