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Appointments to Social Welfare Advisory Committee
The Government announced today (November 25) the appointment of four new members
and the re-appointment of four incumbent members to the Social Welfare Advisory
Committee (SWAC). All the appointments are for a term of two years with effect
from December 1 this year.
The four new members are: Prof Japhet Sebastian Law; Mr Timothy Ma Kam-wah, Prof
Tang Kwong-leung; and Dr Jimmy Wong Chi-ho.
Prof Law is the professor of Department of Decision Science and Managerial
Economic of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. As the chairman of a non-subvented
agency, he is familiar with the welfare sector. He is also serving on the Air
Transport Licensing Authority.
Mr Ma is the executive director of a non-subvented welfare agency. He is
familiar with the welfare sector and serving on the Guardianship Board under the
Social Welfare Department.
Prof Tang is the professor and chair of Social Work Department of the Chinese
University of Hong Kong. He has both frontline and academic experience in the
welfare field and has provided useful advice to the Social Welfare Department on
various matters.
Dr Wong is the president of Tung Chun Group. He is very active in the social
service field and has served as the chairman and vice-chairman of various major
welfare agencies. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee of the
Partnership Fund for the Disadvantaged.
Meanwhile, four incumbent members have been re-appointed. They are: Dr Miranda
Chung Chan Lai-foon, Ms Christine Fang Meng-sang, Ms Marina Wong Yu-pok, and Mr
Silva Yeung Tak-wah.
The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food, Dr York Chow, welcomed the
appointment of the new members and the re-appointment of the incumbent members.
He looked forward to their contribution to the development of welfare policy
issues.
Dr Chow also thanked the four outgoing members �V Dr Joe Leung Cho-bun, Prof
Diana Mak Ping-see, Mr Aaron Wan Chi-keung, and Ms Jessie Yu Sau-chu - for their
valuable advice to the SWAC during their term of appointment.
The functions of the SWAC are to keep social welfare services under continuous
review, and to advise the Government on all matters of social welfare policy.
Following is the membership list of the SWAC as from December 1, 2005:
Chairman:
Mr Wilfred Wong Ying-wai, JP
Members:
Mrs Cheung Ang Siew-mei
Dr Stephen Chow Chun-kay, BBS, JP
Dr Miranda Chung Chan Lai-foon
Ms Christine Fang Meng-sang, JP
Mr Quentin Fong King-sang
Mr Herman Hui Chung-shing, MH
Dr Benjamin Lai Sau-shun
Mr Keith Lam Hon-keung, OBE, JP
Prof Japhet Sebastian Law
Mr Vincent Lo Wing-sang, JP
Mr Timothy Ma Kam-wah
Prof Tang Kwong-leung
Mr Tung Chi-fat
Dr Jimmy Wong Chi-ho, BBS
Ms Marina Wong Yu-pok, JP
Mr Silva Yeung Tak-wah, JP
Ms Lisa Yip Sau-wah
Ends/Friday, November 25, 2005
Issued at HKT 11:30
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