Wong Kam-sing

The Honourable
Wong Kam-sing
黃錦星
Secretary for the Environment
Incumbent
Assumed office
1 July 2012
Preceded by Edward Yau
Personal details
Born 1963 (age 5152)
Nationality  Hong Kong
Political party None

Wong Kam-sing (Chinese: 黃錦星, born 1963) is an architect and politician in Hong Kong. He is the current Secretary for the Environment.

Carer

Wong has been a council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects since 2005.[1]

In 2012, Wong was appointed Secretary for the Environment. His selection was greeted with hope by environmental groups, based on his work and experience in green building. On appointment, he promised to take aggressive measures to reduce pollution,[2] a position that was given further heft by the appointment in September of Christine Loh as his Under-Secretary for the Environment.[3]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Edward Yau
Secretary for the Environment
2012–present
Incumbent
Order of precedence
Preceded by
Cheung Chi-kong
Non-official member of the Executive Council
Hong Kong order of precedence
Secretary for the Environment
Succeeded by
Bernard Chan
Non-official member of the Executive Council