Secretary for Health

Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region
Secretary for Food and Health
食物及衛生局局長
Hong Kong; Special Administrative Region; Secretary for Food and Health ; 食物及衛生局局長
	Emblem of Hong Kong
	File:Ko Wing-man 2013.jpg Incumbent; Ko Wing-man; since 1 July 2012
	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 (Traditional 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 Ko Wing-man.

The position was created on July 1, 2007, following the reshuffle of the principal officials and reorganisation of the policy bureaux 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

Secretary for Health and Welfare (1997–2002)

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center\| 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
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center\| 2		Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永強	20 September 1999	30 June 2002	2 years, 283 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	1

Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food (2002–2007)

№	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center\| 1	Yeoh Eng-kiong 楊永強	1 July 2002	11 October 2004	2 years, 102 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
rowspan=2 bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center\| 2	York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽	12 October 2004	30 June 2007	2 years, 261 days	Tung Chee-hwa (1997–2005)	2
Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽	12 October 2004	30 June 2007	2 years, 261 days	2

Secretary for Food and Health (since 2007)

№	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Duration	Chief Executive	Term	Ref
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center\| 1		York Chow Yat-ngok 周一嶽	1 July 2007	30 June 2012	4 years, 365 days	Donald Tsang (2005–2012)	3
bgcolor=Template:Nonpartisan/meta/color align=center\| 2	File:Ko Wing-man 2013.jpg	Ko Wing-man 高永文	1 July 2012	Incumbent	12 years, 188 days	Leung Chun-ying (Since 2012)	4

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