Secretary for Food and Health

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Secretary for Food and Health 食物及衞生局局長
Emblem of Hong Kong
Incumbent Sophia Chan 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

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 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[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		Li Fook-kow 李福逑	1973	1977	Sir Murray MacLehose (1971–1982)
1		Eric Peter Ho 何鴻鑾	12 April 1977	6 February 1983
					Sir Edward Youde (1971–1982)

Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1983–1997[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Governor	Ref
1		程慶禮	2 May 1983	30 November 1984	Sir Edward Youde (1982–1986)
2		湛保庶	1 December 1984	30 September 1988
					Sir David Wilson (1987–1992)
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)
5		Katherine Fok 霍羅兆貞	September 1994	30 June 1997

Secretaries for Health and Welfare, 1997–2002[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Katherine Fok Lo Shiu-ching 霍羅兆貞	1 July 1997	19 September 1999	2 years, 80 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1
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[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永強	1 July 2002	11 October 2004	2 years, 102 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
2		York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽	12 October 2004	30 June 2007	2 years, 261 days
						Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	2

Secretaries for Food and Health, 2007–present[]

No.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
1		York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽	1 July 2007	30 June 2012	5 years, 0 days	Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	3
2		Ko Wing-man 高永文	1 July 2012	30 June 2017	5 years, 0 days	Leung Chun-ying (2012–2017)	4
3		Sophia Chan Siu-chee 陳肇始	1 July 2017	Incumbent	4 years, 207 days	Carrie Lam (2017–present)	5

See also[]

• Hong Kong Government
• Government departments and agencies in Hong Kong

External links[]

• Official website of the Food and Health Bureau
• Organisation chart of Hong Kong Government