Visits to Panel of Advisors to Committee on Education, Technology and Talents revealed and very first engagement session held (with images)
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The Committee on Education, Technology and Talents (CETT), led by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, held the very first engagement session with the freshly developed Panel of Advisors to the CETT today (August 27). The style of the session was “Building Hong Kong into an international hub for high-calibre talent”
Considering that its facility, the CETT has actually been carefully engaging with various stakeholders throughout the neighborhood. It previously consulted with the presidents of universities, agents from the development and innovation sector, and so on and participated in the Ante Chamber Exchange Session of the Legislative Council to pool knowledge and concepts and improve partnership, with a view to additional advancing the incorporated advancement of education, innovation and skill along with the work of the CETT, and supplying strong assistance for the reform and development of Hong Kong’s advancement. The Panel of Advisors acts as a top-level exchange platform with members from numerous sectors of society, consisting of neighborhood leaders and specialists from various fields. There will be a particular conversation style for each engagement session to assist in concentrated and extensive exchanges.
At the engagement session today, the Panel of Advisors to the CETT took part in thorough conversations on the goal of structure Hong Kong into a worldwide center for high-calibre skill. The Panel of Advisors verified the efficiency of skill destination steps of the current-term Government. Provided external difficulties, Hong Kong must more exactly target the positioning of the 8 centres and prompt fine-tune the steps to even more boost the variety of the skill swimming pool and efficiency of the skill destination procedures. The Government must likewise boost training and usage of regional skill to enhance the skill assistance for the future advancement of Hong Kong. The Panel of Advisors likewise consented to magnify efforts to draw in mentor and research study skill to develop a worldwide education center, and to utilize the Hong Kong Park of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone to offer more advancement chances for appealing innovation start-ups and skill.
The session likewise examined the current circumstance concerning Hong Kong’s total population and labour force, the development in skill tourist attraction, and an introduction of skill retention. In the face of an aging population and pressure on labour supply, the Panel of Advisors supported the Government’s intro of prompt and suitable steps in reaction to the difficulties.
Mr Chan revealed appreciation for the members’ approval of the visits, and eagerly anticipated working carefully with the members to pool knowledge and concepts for thoroughly promoting the incorporated advancement of education, innovation and skill. The Panel of Advisors has a two-year term, from August 25, 2025 to August 24, 2027. The subscription list is as follows:
Dr Sunny Chai Ngai-chiu
Dr Bunny Chan Chung-bun
Mr Simon Chan Sai-ming
Mr Chow Chung-kong
Teacher Chow Man-kong
Teacher Chelsea Jiang Chang
Teacher Gabriel Matthew Leung
Teacher Daniel Long Zhuoyu
Mr Tim Lui Tim-leung
Mr Joseph Luc Ngai
Mr Hendrick Sin
Mr Peter Wong Tung-shun