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The Government has appointed two new members, Mr Wong Mau-chung and Miss Lee Wing-yun, to the Commission on Youth for a two-year term starting April 1, 2002.

Meanwhile, six serving members are re-appointed for a two-year term starting from the same date. The re-appointees are Messrs Kennedy Wong Ying-ho, Cheng Yan-kee, Eddy Li Sau-hung, Patrick Yung Kwok-tai, Wilfred Lam Kwok-hing and Ms Ho Kim-fai.

The Commission on Youth is an advisory body set up to advise the Government on matters relating to youth. The members are drawn from a wide spectrum of the community to facilitate co-operation and exchange ideas on youth-related matters.

The following is a full list of the members of the Commission on Youth commencing April 1, 2002:

* Dr Choi Yuen Wan (Chairman)

* Professor Daniel Shek

* Mr Kwok Ka-ming

* Mr Mak Kwai-po

* Mr Joseph Lee Chung-tak

* Mr Wilfred Wong Ying-wai

* Dr Alice Lui So Yee-lai

* Ms Scarlett Pong Oi-lan

* Mr Kennedy Wong Ying-ho (re-appointee)

* Mr Cheng Yan-kee (re-appointee)

* Mr Eddy Li Sau-hung (re-appointee)

* Mr Patrick Yung Kwok-tai (re-appointee)

* Mr Wilfred Lam Kwok-hing (re-appointee)

* Ms Ho Kim-fai (re-apppointee)

* Mr Wong Mau-chung (new member)

* Miss Lee Wing-yun (new member)

* Representatives from various Government Bureaux and Departments

End/Thursday, March 14, 2002

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