繁體中文
楊碧筠是現任環境及生態局常任秘書長（食物）。她於一九九〇年八月加入政務職系，服務政府逾三十年，先後在前銓敍科、前運輸司、前政務總署、前電訊管理局、前財政科、前庫務局、前經濟局、前經濟發展及勞工局、前教育統籌局、勞工及福利局及香港駐日內瓦經濟貿易辦事處等多個政策局及部門任職，涉獵公務員管理、運輸、地區行政、電訊、公共財政、經濟、勞工福利及食物安全等範疇。二〇一〇年五月至二〇一四年三月，她出任環境局副秘書長；二〇一四年五月至二〇一九年一月，她出任香港駐世界貿易組織常設代表，派駐日內瓦，代表香港處理世貿相關事務；香港駐世界貿易組織常設代表負責在日內瓦代表香港出席世貿會議及相關談判，她就多邊貿易規則及爭端解決等議題維護香港的經貿利益。二〇一九年一月，她回港出任環境局副秘書長，負責環境政策及跨部門協調工作，至二〇二一年四月。二〇二一年四月，她獲委任為食物環境衞生署署長，掌管全港食物安全、公眾衞生、街市及小販管理、潔淨服務等事務，任內應對新冠疫情下的環境衞生挑戰，並推動街市現代化及提升食物安全水平。二〇二四年十一月十一日，她調任環境及生態局常任秘書長（食物），負責統籌食物安全、禽畜漁農業、食物供應及相關規管政策；環境及生態局（食物）負責統籌食物安全、環境衞生、漁農業及禽畜業等政策，並督導食物環境衞生署的運作，而食物安全中心則負責規管食物安全及處理食物事故。她於二〇二三年四月晉升為首長級甲級政務官。
English
Irene Young Bick-kwan is the Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Food). She joined the Administrative Service in August 1990 and has served the Government for more than three decades in a range of policy bureaux and departments, covering the environment, food safety, municipal services and international trade. From May 2014 to January 2019 she was the Permanent Representative of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to the World Trade Organization in Geneva, representing Hong Kong on WTO matters and safeguarding the city's trade interests in areas such as multilateral trade rules and dispute settlement. She returned to Hong Kong in January 2019 as Deputy Secretary for the Environment, with responsibility for environmental policy and cross-departmental coordination. In April 2021 she was appointed Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, heading the department responsible for food safety, public hygiene, market and hawker management and cleansing services; during her tenure she responded to environmental hygiene challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and pursued the modernisation of public markets and higher food safety standards. On 11 November 2024 she was appointed Permanent Secretary for Environment and Ecology (Food), overseeing policies on food safety, the poultry, livestock and fisheries industries, food supply and related regulation, and supporting the Secretary in promoting the sustainable development of local agriculture and maintaining a stable food supply. She was promoted to Administrative Officer Staff Grade A in April 2023.
