Tag: Appointment

Appointment of Town Planning Board members ******************************************      The Government announced today (April 3) that the Chief Executive has appointed six official and 24 non-official members to the Town Planning Board (TPB) for a new two-year term from April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2026.             The Permanent Secretary for Development (Planning and Lands) has been reappointed as the Chairperson of the TPB. Veteran member Mr Stephen Liu Ling-hong has been appointed as the Vice-chairperson.             The Secretary for Development, Ms Bernadette Linn, said that non-official members of the TPB have a good mix of backgrounds. Their multidisciplinary expertise and wealth ... Read more

Appointment of members to Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board announced *********************************************************************      The Government today (March 28) announced the appointment of four new non-official members as well as the reappointment of 10 incumbent non-official members and eight institutional members to the Hong Kong Maritime and Port Board (HKMPB) for a two-year term with effect from April 1, 2024.      The four new members are Mr Logan Chong Chiu-ming, Mr Ryan Ip Man-ki, Mr Marso Law Kwun-pan and Mr Edward Liu Yang. Mr Logan Chong Chiu-ming was a Managing Director of a multinational bank and financial services company, Mr Ryan ... Read more

Appointment of Research Grants Council Chairman ***********************************************      The Government announced today (February 9) that the Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, has appointed Professor Timothy Tong Wai-cheung as the Chairman of the Research Grants Council (RGC) for a term of three years with effect from March 1, 2024.      Professor Tong, an expert in the field of heat transfer, was the President of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University between 2009 and 2018. He has over 30 years of teaching, research and administrative experience, with a distinguished public service record. He is currently the Chairman of the Council ... Read more

Appointment of Executive Director to Insurance Authority ********************************************************      The Government announced today (January 23) that the Financial Secretary, in exercise of the authority under the Insurance Ordinance (Cap. 41) (IO) delegated to him by the Chief Executive, has appointed Mr Clement Lau Chung-kin as the Executive Director (Policy and Legislation) of the Insurance Authority (IA) for a term of three years from January 25, 2024, to January 24, 2027.        A spokesman for the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said, “Mr Lau has years of experience in public administration and is well versed with financial ... Read more

CE welcomes appointment of Mr Dong Jingwei as Head of Office for Safeguarding National Security of CPG in HKSAR ******************************************************************************************      The Chief Executive, Mr John Lee, today (July 18) welcomed the State Council’s appointment of Mr Dong Jingwei as Head of the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s Government (CPG) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR).      Mr Lee said that the HKSAR Government will continue to work and communicate closely with the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the CPG in the HKSAR and to do its utmost in implementing the Hong Kong ... Read more