The Environment Bureau is an executive agency of the Government of Hong Kong

Government of Hong Kong

The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, commonly the Hong Kong Government, is led by the Chief Executive as Head of the Government, who is also the head of the Hong Kong SAR...

 responsible for developing policies in environmental protection, 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

The bureau is managed by the Secretary for the Environment

Secretary for the Environment

The Secretary for Environment of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for environment protection policy in Hong Kong. The position was created in 2007 to replace portions of the previous portfolio of Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works....

. This currently is Edward Yau

Edward Yau

Edward Yau Tang-wah, GBS, JP is the Secretary for the Environment in the Hong Kong Government. He joined the civil service as an Administrative Officer in 1981....

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Subordinate departments

The following public entities are managed by the bureau:

• Environmental Protection Department
  Environmental Protection Department
  Environmental Protection Department is a department of Hong Kong Government concerning the issues of environmental protection in Hong Kong.-History:...
  
  
• Energy and Sustainable Development Branch

External links

• http://www.enb.gov.hk/