The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (; formerly the Agriculture and Fisheries Department () before 2000, of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for agriculture and fisheries in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

, conservation projects and issues, and managing the country parks and special areas. It currently reports to the

Environment and Ecology Bureau Environment and Ecology Bureau (EEB; ) is one of the fifteen policy bureaux of the Government of Hong Kong. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current (since 1 July 2022) Secretary for Environment and Ecology is Tse Chin-wan. This ...

, though previously it was under the Secretary for Food and Health from 2007-2022,

Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a wh ...

and Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works, and before 2000, the Secretary for Economic Services. The department is also responsible for issuing special, transshipment and pet import permits for

pet animal A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive appearances, intelligence, ...

s, plants to be transshipped through or imported into

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Director

The department is headed by the ''Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation'' (titled ''Director of Agriculture and Fisheries'' before 2000). The current director is Alan Wong Chi-kong.

List of directors

Jack Cater Sir Jack Cater, (; 21 February 1922 – 14 April 2006) was the Chief Secretary of Hong Kong from 1978 to 1981. Cater was the third Chief Secretary under the Governorship of Sir Murray MacLehose, later Lord MacLehose of Beoch. He was the ...

(1964-1965) *

Edward Hewitt Nichols Edward Hewitt Nichols CBE JP, (, 29 December 1925 – 29 January 2016) was a British colonial agriculture and aquaculture official. Having served in Sierra Leone, he then worked in Hong Kong, where, from December 1965 to January 1980, he was ...

(1965-1980) * John Morrison Riddell-Swan (1980-1983) * Gavin J. Hoult *

Lessie Wei Lessie Wei Chui Kit-yee (), SBS, JP is a retired Hong Kong civil servant and Silver Bauhinia Star awardee for her contributions in 2001. Wei is also a Justice of the Peace. Career Wei joined the Hong Kong Government in May 1970, one year after ...

* Alan Wong Chi-kong

References

Hong Kong government departments and agencies Agriculture in Hong Kong Fisheries in Hong Kong Environment of Hong Kong Country parks and special areas of Hong Kong

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Director

List of directors

See also

References