Health Bureau (Hong Kong)

Health Bureau
醫務衞生局
 Hong Kong Government Agency

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SecretaryLo Chung-mau
Under
Secretary
Libby Lee
Permanent
Secretary
Thomas Chan
Political
Assistant
Pending
Agency Information
Establishment2022
AffiliationChief Secretary for Administration
Headquarter19/F, East Wing, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong
Contact
WebsiteOfficial Website

Health Bureau (Chinese: 醫務衞生局) is a part of the fifteen policy bureaux for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. They are responsible for the health portfolios. The agency was established on 1 July 2022. The current (since 1 July 2022) Secretary for Health is Professor Lo Chung-mau.[1]

This bureau was newly established under the re-organization of policy bureaux proposed by Carrie Lam, the fifth Chief Executive of Hong Kong, and was adopted by John Lee, the succeeding Chief Executive after Carrie Lam.[2] On 19 June 2022, the Central People's Government announced the appointment of Professor Lo Chung-mau, previously the Head of University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, as the first Secretary for Health.[3]

Due to the restructuring, portfolios such as environmental hygiene, food safety, public health on agriculture and fisheries previously belonged to Food and Health Bureau are assigned to the Environment and Ecology Bureau, leaving Health Bureau remaining the health portfolio to be in-charge.[4]

  1. ^ "Welcome Message – Health Bureau". 16 July 2022.
  2. ^ "New Hong Kong Leader's Vow to Fix Housing Crisis Draws Skeptics". Bloomberg.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government appointed (with photos)". 19 June 2022.
  4. ^ "RE-ORGANISATION OF THE GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE FOR THE SIXTH-TERM GOVERNMENT" (PDF). 17 May 2022.

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