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The Government announced today (April 27) the appointment of the Board of Directors of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (the Corporation).
The Board will be chaired by Mr Victor Lo, Chairman and Chief Executive of Gold Peak Industries (Holdings) Limited. Other members of the Board are -
Mr Nicholas Brooke, Consultant of Insignia Brooke;
Mr George Chung, Chairman of Standard Telecommunications Limited;
Mr Herbert Hui, President of Jing Tai Securities and Investment Limited;
Professor Charles Kao, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ITX Services Limited;
Mr Kwok Kwok-chuen, Chief Economist, NE Asia of Standard Chartered Bank;
Professor Patrick Lau, Department of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong;
Professor Arthur Li, Vice Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong;
Dr York Liao, Executive Director of Varitronix Limited;
Mr Ma Lik, Deputy Publisher of Hong Kong Commercial Daily;
Professor the Honourable Ng Ching-fai, Dean, Faculty of Science of the Hong Kong Baptist University;
Dr T L Ng, Managing Director of Energizer Co. Inc.;
Mr Anthony Tan, President of Du Pont China Limited;
Dr Robert Westerhof, Chief Executive Officer, East Asia Region of Philips Electronics China Group;
Mr Wong Kai-man, Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers; and
Mr Peter Yam, President, Corporate Programs and Services of Emerson Electric Asia-Pacific.
The Commissioner for Innovation and Technology will be the official member on the Board.
The Corporation is established under the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation Ordinance, and will formally commence operation on May 7, 2001. The Corporation is formed by merging the Hong Kong Industrial Estates Corporation, the Hong Kong Industrial Technology Centre Corporation and the Provisional Hong Kong Science Park Company Limited.
The merger was recommended by the now dissolved Chief Executive's Commission on Innovation and Technology, chaired by Professor Tien Chang-lin. The objective of the merger is to streamline the existing service delivery structure and to maximise synergy among the three organisations.
"The Corporation will have more flexibility in offering comprehensive services to industry, ranging from nurturing technology start-ups through the incubation programme, providing premises and services in the Science Park for intensive research and development activities, to offering land and premises in the industrial estates for production," the Secretary for Commerce and Industry, Mr CHAU Tak Hay said.
"The agreement of distinguished persons from industry, academia and professional sectors to serve on the Board is a positive endorsement of the mission of the Corporation," Mr Chau added. "I am confident that under the leadership of the Chairman and members of the Board, the Corporation will be able to offer value-added services to Hong Kong industry to facilitate its further development," Mr Chau continued.
The appointments will take effect from May 7, 2001 until June 30, 2003.
End/Friday, April 27, 2001
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