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Appointments to the Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene
The Government today (March 27) announced the appointment of Mr Felix Fong
Wo as the chairman of the Advisory Council on Food and Environmental
Hygiene. Mr Fong is a lawyer and has been a member of the advisory council
since 2005. He is the Chairman of the Liquor Licensing Board and a member of
the Town Planning Board. Mr Fong also serves on other public sector advisory
and statutory boards and has extensive community service experience.
The Government also announces the appointment of ten new members and the
re-appointment of five incumbent members to the advisory council for a term
of two years from April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2011. The appointments were
made by the Chief Executive.
The new members are: Professor Paul Chan Kay-sheung; Professor Thomas Chan
Yan-keung; Ms Cheuk Fung-ting; Mr Allen Ho; Dr Ho Pak-leung; Mr Alan Lee
Chi-keung; Dr Lilian Leong Fung Ling-yee; Ms Winnie Li Hiu-lee; Professor Lo
Yuk-lam and Professor Wong Po-choi.
The following is a brief biography of the ten new members:
Professor Paul Chan Kay-sheung is a professor in the Department of
Microbiology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Chan has
involved in research studies in viral oncology, viral epidemiology, etc and
has published a number of articles on human herpesvirus and serologic
diagnosis of SARS. He is also a member of the Scientific Committee on
Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases.
Professor Thomas Chan Yan-keung is a professor in the Department of Medicine
and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, of the Chinese University of Hong
Kong. He has a special interest in toxicological problems relating to food
consumption and the importance of diet in the prevention and treatment of
chronic diseases. He is also a member of the Expert Committee on Food Safety
and a member of the Expert Group on Melamine Incident.
Ms Cheuk Fung-ting is the executive director of Kampery Group and has
extensive experience in the food and restaurant industry. She is also the
vice chairman of the Association of Coffee & Tea of Hong Kong and one of the
founding members of the Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants and Related
Trades.
Mr Allen Ho is the director of food safety and quality assurance of the
Dairy Farm Group. He is also a member of the Expert Committee on Food Safety
and has extensive experience in food safety and quality assurance.
Dr Ho Pak-leung is an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology
of the University of Hong Kong. Dr Ho is an expert in the field of
microbiology and infectious diseases. He is also a member of the Scientific
Committee on Infection Control.
Mr Alan Lee Chi-keung is an engineer by training and is an elected member of
the Kwai Tsing District Council. He also serves on several public sector
panels and is involved in different district committees relating to
environmental and health affairs.
Dr Lilian Leong Fung Ling-yee is a medical doctor specialising in radiology.
She is an ex-officio member of the Council of the Hong Kong Academy of
Medicine as well as a member of the Dental Council of Hong Kong. She has
also served on the Medical Council of Hong Kong and various committees in
the Hospital Authority.
Ms Winnie Li Hiu-lee is the vice chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of
Restaurants and Related Trades. She is also a registered X-ray technologist.
She is the director of several food trade companies. She has extensive
experience in the food trade and knowledge on food safety issues and
regulatory control of food businesses.
Professor Lo Yuk-lam is an expert in the field of biotechnology. He has
served as the chairman of the Innovation and Technology Fund (Biotechnology
Projects) Vetting Committee. He is a member of the Research Grants Council
and an adjunct professor in the Department of Biochemistry (Science) of the
Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Professor Wong Po-choi is a professor in the Department of Information
Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of
the Committee on Home-School Co-operation as well as members of the
Education Commission and Family Council.
On the new appointments, a government spokesman said the new members had
sound experience and expertise in the subject matters of the advisory
council and had taken a leading role in their respective professions.
They would contribute to the deliberations of the council by considering
food safety and environmental hygiene issues from a broad public interest
perspective and assisting the Secretary for Food and Health in formulating
relevant policies, the spokesman said.
The Secretary for Food and Health, Dr York Chow, welcomed the new members to
the advisory council. He also thanked the out-going Chairman, Professor Yuen
Kwok-yung, and the outgoing members for their professional advice and
significant contribution to the advisory council. Prof Yuen will retire from
the advisory council on April 1 after having served as the Chairman of the
advisory council for six years.
The advisory council is a non-statutory body established on April 1, 2000,
to advise the Government on food and environmental hygiene issues. Its terms
of reference are �V
* To consider and advise the Secretary for Food and Health on policies
relating to food safety, environmental hygiene and veterinary public health,
and to monitor their implementation;
* To advise Secretary for Food and Health on the regulation of farms, food
premises, food hazards and food composition;
* To receive reports on the handling of major food and farm incidents; and
* To advise Secretary for Food and Health on community education and
publicity programmes for promoting public understanding of food safety and
public responsibility for environmental hygiene.
The council comprises a chairman, 15 non-official members and four
ex-officio members. The new membership list of the council is as follows -
Chairman
Mr Felix Fong Wo
Members
Professor Paul Chan Kay-sheung
Professor Thomas Chan Yan-keung
Ms Cheuk Fung-ting
Mr Allen Ho
Dr Ho Pak-leung
Mr Ronald Lau Yiu-fai
Mr Alan Lee Chi-keung
Dr Lilian Leong Fung Ling-yee
Ms Winnie Li Hiu-lee
Dr Lo Chi-kin
Professor Lo Yuk-lam
Mrs Elizabeth Mok Lee Mi-yu
Professor Wong Po-choi
Professor Rudolf Wu Shiu-sun
Dr Yue Kwok-to
Ex-officio members
Secretary for Food and Health, with Permanent Secretary for Food and Health
(Food) as his alternate
Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation
Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
Director of Health
Ends/Friday, March 27, 2009
Issued at HKT 09:35
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