SPEAKER

King Kwok Cheung

Principal Manager (Countryside Conservation Office)2

Mr. KING Kwok Cheung is Principal Manager at the Countryside Conservation Office (Environment and Ecology Bureau), overseeing branding, publicity, and public engagement for Yan Chau Tong and the Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme. He retired in 2025 as Assistant Director (Architectural Design) at the Architectural Services Department, HKSAR Government.

Over his distinguished career, Mr. KING led architectural design and management for landmark public developments, including Sai Kung Waterfront Park, PMQ Redevelopment, Tsim Sha Tsui Promenade Beautification, Peak revitalization, hospital redevelopments, and major government complexes. His projects have won top honors from the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA)—including the President’s Prize and Special Architectural Award for Heritage and Adaptive Reuse—and the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design.

A prominent voice in heritage conservation and urban design, Mr. KING is a committee member of the Hong Kong Architecture Centre and former HKIA committee member (Heritage & Conservation; Planning & Urban Design). He regularly presents and publishes at global and regional symposia, including UIA PHG Paris, CIOB CPD seminars, and cross-strait architectural forums.

King Kwok Cheung

Organisation Description

The Countryside Conservation Office (CCO) was established in 2018, with a view to enhancing countryside revitalisation and ecological conservation in remote countryside, with Lai Chi Wo and Sha Lo Tung as the priority area, and gradually expanding the work to nearby area. The CCO makes use of the funding of $1 billion earmarked by the Government for undertaking relevant conservation and revitalisation projects and minor improvement works, including supporting interactive collaboration of local non-profit-making organisations and villagers to implement the Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme with $500 million, and carry out suitable minor improvement works and revitalisation of the existing architectural environment in the countryside with the remaining $500 million.