Secretary for Health
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Food and Health 食物及衞生局局長 | |
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since 1 July 2017 | |
| Food and Health Bureau | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Appointer | Central People's Government nomination by Chief Executive |
| Inaugural holder | Katherine Fok Secretary for Health and Welfare York Chow Secretary for Food and Health |
| Formation | 1 July 1997 1 July 2007 |
| Website | FTHB |
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| Traditional Chinese | 食物及衞生局局長 | ||||||||
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The Secretary for Food and Health (Chinese: 食物及衞生局局長) is a ministerial position in the Hong Kong Government, who heads the Food and Health Bureau (FHB). The current office holder is Sophia Chan.
The position was created on July 1, 2007, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux of the Hong Kong Government. It replaced the previous Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, and the portfolio with welfare transferred to the Secretary for Labour and Welfare.
The SFH is a politically appointed position. In other words, its term expires when the Chief Executive leaves office. The secretary is also a member of the Executive Council (ExCo).
Centre for Health Protection
The CHP was created in 2003 in response to the SARS outbreak and copies the function of the CDC in the United States.
Before the introduction CHP reports to the Director of Health.
Centre for Food Safety
Centre for Food Safety is the food safety authority under the Food and Health Department. Established in 2006, it replaced the role formerly under Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (created 1999) and Urban Services Department (pre 1999).
List of office holders
Political party: Nonpartisan
Secretaries for Social Services, 1973–1983
| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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Li Fook-kow 李福逑 |
1973 | 1977 | Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982) |
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| 1 | |
Eric Peter Ho 何鴻鑾 |
12 April 1977 | 6 February 1983 | ||
| Sir Edward Youde (1971–1982) |
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Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1983–1997
| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Governor | Ref | |
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| 1 | |
Henry Ching 程慶禮 |
2 May 1983 | 30 November 1984 | Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986) |
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| 2 | |
John Walter Chambers 湛保庶 |
1 December 1984 | 30 September 1988 | ||
| Sir David Wilson (1987–1992) |
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| 3 | |
Chau Tak-hay 周德熙 |
1 October 1988 | January 1990 | ||
| 4 | |
Elizabeth Wong 黃錢其濂 |
January 1990 | September 1994 | ||
| Chris Patten (1992–1997) |
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Katherine Fok 霍羅兆貞 |
September 1994 | 30 June 1997 | ||
Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1997–2002
| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching 霍羅兆貞 |
1 July 1997 | 19 September 1999 | 2 years, 80 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) |
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| bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center| 2 |  |
Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永強 |
20 September 1999 | 30 June 2002 | 2 years, 283 days | |||
Secretaries for Health, Welfare and Food, 2002–2007
| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永強 |
1 July 2002 | 11 October 2004 | 2 years, 102 days | Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005) |
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York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽 |
12 October 2004 | 30 June 2007 | 2 years, 261 days | |||
| Donald Tsang (2005–2012) |
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Secretaries for Food and Health, 2007–present
| № | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Duration | Chief Executive | Term | Ref | |
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York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽 |
1 July 2007 | 30 June 2012 | 5 years, 0 days | Donald Tsang (2005–2012) |
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| bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center| 2 | File:Ko Wing-man 2013.jpg | Ko Wing-man 高永文 |
1 July 2012 | 30 June 2017 | 5 years, 0 days | Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017) |
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Sophia Chan Siu-chee 陳肇始 |
1 July 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years, 102 days | Carrie Lam (2017–present) |
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See also
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