Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
Traditional Chinese	漁農自然護理署
Simplified Chinese	渔农自然护理署
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yú Nóng Zìrán Hùlǐ Shǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	jyu4 nung4 zi6 jin4 wu6 lei5 cyu5
Agriculture and Fisheries Department
Traditional Chinese	漁農署
Simplified Chinese	渔农署
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yú Nóng Shǔ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	jyu4 nung4 cyu5

Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
漁農自然護理署
Agency overview
Headquarters	5/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road, Kowloon
Employees	1,830 [1]
Annual budget	HK$897.5m (2008-09) [2]
Agency executives	Leung Siu-fai, Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation; So Ping-man, Deputy Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation;
Parent agency	Environment and Ecology Bureau
Website	www.afcd.gov.hk

The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (Chinese: 漁農自然護理署; formerly the Agriculture and Fisheries Department (漁農署) before 2000, of the Hong Kong Government is responsible for agriculture and fisheries in Hong Kong, conservation projects and issues, and managing the country parks and special areas.

It currently reports to the Environment and Ecology Bureau, though previously it was under the Secretary for Food and Health from 2007-2022, Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food 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 animals, plants to be transshipped through or imported into Hong Kong.^[1]

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 (1964-1965)
Edward Hewitt Nichols (1965-1980)
John Morrison Riddell-Swan (1980-1983)
Gavin J. Hoult
Lessie Wei
Alan Wong Chi-kong

References

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Director

List of directors

See also

References