Environment Bureau

Environment Bureau
Traditional Chinese	環境局
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Wàahn gíng guhk
Jyutping	Waan4 ging2 guk6

Environment Bureau
	環境局
	Emblem of the Hong Kong SAR
Agency overview
Formed	2007
Headquarters	15/F & 16/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Minister responsible	Wong Kam-sing, Secretary for the Environment;
Deputy Minister responsible	Tse Chin-wan, Under Secretary for the Environment[1];
Agency executive	Maisie Cheng, Permanent Secretary for the Environment/Director of Environmental Protection;
Child agency	Environmental Protection Department;
Website	www.enb.gov.hk

The Environment Bureau (Chinese: 環境局) is the executive agency of the Government of Hong Kong responsible for developing policies in environmental protection, energy, climate change, sustainable development, 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[2][3]

The bureau is managed by the Secretary for the Environment.

Subordinate departments

The following public entities are managed by the bureau:[1]

Environmental Protection Department
Energy and Sustainable Development Branch

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References

"Organisation". Retrieved 25 March 2017.
ENB Welcome Message
ENB Responsibilities

External links

http://www.enb.gov.hk/

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[org-1] "Organisation". Retrieved 25 March 2017.

[2] ENB Welcome Message

[3] ENB Responsibilities

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Environment Bureau

Subordinate departments

See also

References

External links