It is announced in the Gazette today (Friday) that the Chief Executive has re-appointed 12 members and appointed 8 new members to the Antiquities Advisory Board from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2004, bringing the total number of Board members to 23.

The Board is a statutory body to advise the Government on matters relating to antiquities and monuments.

The following is the full list of the members of the Board:

Prof David Lung Ping-yee, SBS, JP (Chairman)

Dr Chan Wai-kwan

Ms Teresa Cheng Yeuk-wah, SC

Mr Cheung Hok-ming, SBS, JP

Dr Jeffrey William Cody

Mr Daniel Heung Cheuk-kei, JP

Mr James Hong Shu-kin

Prof Kwok Siu-tong

Mr Billy Lam Chung-lun, SBS

Mr Peter Lam Yip-keung

Prof Patrick Lau Sau-shing, SBS

Dr Michael Lau Wai-mai

Mr Lee Cho-jat, SBS

Ms Paddy Lui Wai-yu

Dr Michael Luk Yan-lung

Dr Elizabeth Sinn Yuk-yee, BBS

Prof Victor Sit Fung-shuen

Mr John Estmond Strickland, GBS, JP

Dr the Honourable Tang Siu-tong, JP

Mr Samson Wong San

Mr Kennedy Wong Ying-ho, JP

Miss Sylvia Yau Siu-fee, JP

Ms Lisa Yip Sau-wah

End/Friday, January 17, 2003

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