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The Government today (January 10) announced the re-appointment and appointment of 20 non-official members to the Business Facilitation Advisory Committee for a new term ending December 31, 2009 :
Incumbent non-official members re-appointed
* Mr Anthony Nightingale, Managing Director, Jardine Matheson Ltd
* Ms Emily Lau, Legislative Councillor
* Mr Tommy Cheung, Legislative Councillor
* Mr Dennis Kwok, member of the legal profession
* Mr Leung Kam-leung, General Manager, Henderson Land Development Co Ltd
* Mr Jack Maisano, President, the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong
* Mr Eddie Ng, Chairman, Human Capital Management Consulting Ltd
* Mr Yu Pang-chun, Director and Deputy General Manager, Yue Hwa Chinese
Products Emporium Ltd
* Dr Allan Zeman, Chairman, Lan Kwai Fong Holdings Ltd
New non-official members
* Mr Richard Au Yeung, Chairman & CEO, Enew (Carbon Credit) Limited
* Miss Florence Chan, Partner, Ernst & Young Tax Services Ltd
* Mr Oscar Chow, Executive Director, Chevalier International Holdings Ltd
* Mr Philip Fan, Executive Director & General Manager, China Everbright International Ltd
* Dr Aron Harilela, Director, The Harilela Group
* Ms Angela Lee, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
* Ms Caroline Mak, Group Specialty Retail Director, The Dairy Farm Group
* Mr Raj Sital Motwani, Director, Style Asia Ltd
* Prof Raymond So, Associate Professor, Department of Finance, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
* Mr Joseph Wong, Managing Director, China Overseas Hotel and Land Development Ltd
* Mr Stephen Yip, Chairman, Brilliant Rise Holdings Ltd
The committee will continue to be chaired by Mr Anthony Nightingale with Legislative Councillor Ms Emily Lau as deputy chairman in the new term.
Established in January 2006, the committee is tasked to advise and report to the Financial Secretary the development and implementation of programmes and measures to facilitate business. The committee provides steering for the work of four task forces - Pre-construction Task Force, Town Planning Task Force, Retail Task Force and Food Business Task Force - in taking forward regulatory reviews or other business facilitation initiatives.
Over the past two years, the committee has completed a number of major regulatory reviews which help streamline the business licensing processes and reduce compliance costs to business. The Government is confident that the committee will continue to help make Hong Kong a good place to do business.
The Financial Secretary thanked the retiring non-official members of the committee, including Mr Andrew Brandler, Professor Stephen Cheung, Mr Gary Fan, Mr Thomas Kwok and Mr Roger Li, for their invaluable contribution to the work of the committee and its task forces over the past two years.
Ends/Thursday, January 10, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:00
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