Environment Bureau

The Environment Bureau (ENB; Chinese: 環境局) is a defunct policy bureau of the Government of Hong Kong in operation from 2007 to 2022. It was responsible for developing policies in environmental protection, energy, climate change, sustainable development, nature conservation; enforcing environmental legislation. This also includes monitoring environmental quality, energy efficiency, waste management, renewable energy development, regulatory oversight of the electricity sector in Hong Kong^[2][3] The bureau was managed by the Secretary for the Environment.

Environment Bureau

環境局
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Agency overview
Formed	2007
Preceding agency	Environment, Transport and Works Bureau
Dissolved	2022
Superseding agency	Environment and Ecology Bureau
Headquarters	15/F & 16/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Minister responsible	Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment
Deputy Minister responsible	Tse Chin-wan, Under Secretary for the Environment[1]
Agency executive	Maisie Cheng, Permanent Secretary for the Environment/Director of Environmental Protection
Child agency	Environmental Protection Department
Website	www.enb.gov.hk

Environment Bureau
Traditional Chinese	環境局
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wàahn gíng guhk Jyutping Waan4 ging2 guk6

As part of the government bureaux restructuring on 1 July 2022, the bureau was replaced by the enlarged Environment and Ecology Bureau, which took over all policy portfolios under the former Environment Bureau.

Subordinate departments

The following public entities are managed by the bureau:^[1]

• Environmental Protection Department
• Energy and Sustainable Development Branch

See also

• Hong Kong Disciplined Services