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 Portrait Name Term of office Governor Ref 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 Portrait Name Term of office 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 3 Graham Barnes班禮士 16 August 1986 31 August 1989 Sir David Wilson
Secretaries for Planning, Environment and Lands, 1989–1997 Portrait Name Term of office 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 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 Tung Chee-hwa 1 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 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 Tung Chee-hwa 1
Secretaries for the Environment, Transport and Works, 2002–2007 Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref 1 Sarah Liao Sau-tung廖秀冬 1 July 2002 30 June 2007 Tung Chee-hwa 2 Donald Tsang 2
Secretaries for the Environment, 2007–2022 Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref 1 Edward Yau Tang-wah邱騰華 1 July 2007 30 June 2012 Donald Tsang 3 2 Wong Kam-sing黃錦星 1 July 2012 30 June 2022 Leung Chun-ying 4 Carrie Lam 5
Secretaries for Environment and Ecology, 2022–present Portrait Name Term of office Duration Chief Executive Term Ref 1 Tse Chin-wan謝展寰 1 July 2022 Incumbent John Lee 6
See also Public Works Department (Hong Kong)
References
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