Kam Sing Wong

Professor WONG Kam Sing, GBS, JP

Wong was appointed as the Secretary for the Environment, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, between 2012 and 2022. During his ten-year tenure as the “environment minister”, Wong initiated a series of sustainability policy blueprints, from climate actions, energy saving, clean air, popularisation of electric vehicles, waste management and circular economy, to biodiversity, leading Hong Kong towards carbon neutrality before 2050. In mid-2024, he published the book Hong Kong Stories in the Journey towards Carbon Neutrality (邁向碳中和 香港人和事).

Wong is currently Distinguished Department of Architecture Fellow and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at The University of Hong Kong, Adjunct Professor in the School of Architecture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Professor at Hong Kong Chu Hai College. Since the late 2022, he has started to serve as Chairman of Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation, leading rural revitalization projects in both the Mainland and Hong Kong and integrating youth development and low-carbon green behaviour and practice in the process of volunteer service.

Wong as an architect has developed expertise on sustainable architecture since the early 1990s. He contributed to various award-winning projects and research in sustainable built environment, from pioneering high-density public housing estate Verbena Heights in the early 1990s to CIC-Zero Carbon Park in the early 2010s. Wong was the Founder Chairman of the Environment and Sustainable Development Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (1998-2002), Chairman of the Professional Green Building Council (2009-2010) and Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong Green Building Council (2012).

My Sustainability Goals for 2025:

1. Host a conference on urban-rural sustainability in Hong Kong in early October 2025.
2. Lead a design studio for masters of architecture students to explore sustainable design in the context of the Northern Metropolis together with an exhibition in early December 2025.
3. Organise a low-carbon charitable luncheon event in Lai Chi Wo in early December 2025.