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The Government announced today (September 22) the appointment of 19 non-official members to the Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee.
The appointments will take effect from October 1, 2006 for a term of two years.
The committee, chaired by the Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology, Mr Joseph W P Wong, advises the Government on the formulation and implementation of the Digital 21 Strategy, the blueprint for information and communications technology (ICT) development in Hong Kong.
"The new committee comprises a good mix of talent from the industry, business community, academia and the social welfare sector.
"I am confident that the committee will continue to provide the Government with valuable advice and insights on how to advance ICT development and sustain Hong Kong's position as a leading digital city," Mr Wong said.
The membership of the Digital 21 Strategy Advisory Committee (for the term from October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2008) is as follows:
Chairman:
Mr Joseph W P Wong, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
Non-official Members:
Ms Christina Cheng, Cluster General Manager (Finance), Kowloon Central Cluster and General Manager (Finance), Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hospital Authority
Mr John Chiu, Chairman, Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association
Mr Paul Chow, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
Ms Cordelia Chung, Vice President, Business Partners, IBM Asia Pacific Service Corporation
Ms Christine Fang, Chief Executive, Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Mr Alexander Huang, Regional Director, Greater China Region, Microsoft Corporation
Dr Chih-lin I, Vice President, Communications Technologies Group, Applied Science and Technology Research Institute
Mr Sunny Lee, President, Hong Kong Computer Society
Ms Anna Lin, Chief Executive, GS1 Hong Kong
Professor Helen Meng, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering
Professor and Director, Human-Computer Communications Laboratory, Department of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mr Charles Mok, Director, Computancy Limited
Professor James Moy, Dean, School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong
Mr Ng Cheung-shing, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Computer and Technologies Holdings Limited
Mr Hubert Ng, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong CSL Limited
Dr Elizabeth Quat, President, Internet Professional Association
Professor Vincent Shen, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Honourable Sin Chung-kai, Member of Legislative Council (IT Functional Constituency)
Mr Samson Tam, Chairman, Group Sense (International) Limited
Dr Winnie Tang, Chief Executive Officer, ESRI China (Hong Kong) Limited
Ex-Officio Members:
Mr Francis Ho, Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Industry & Technology (Communications & Technology)
Mr Anthony Wong, Commissioner for Innovation and Technology
Mr M H Au, Director-General of Telecommunications
Mr Howard Dickson, Government Chief Information Officer
Ends/Friday, September 22, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:00
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