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
Incumbent Tse Chin-wan since 1 July 2022
Environment and Ecology Bureau
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive
Inaugural holder	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][needs update]
Website	EEB

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

Political party:   Nonpartisan

Secretaries for the Environment, 1973–1981

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Tse Chin-wan 謝展寰	1 July 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 297 days	John Lee (2022–present)	6

See also

• Public Works Department (Hong Kong)