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Labour Advisory Board members appointed
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     The Government today (December 19) announced the appointment of 12 members to the Labour Advisory Board (LAB) for a term of two years starting from January.

     The appointed members include five employee representatives elected by registered employee unions, namely:

*    Mr Leung Chau-ting
*    Ms Ng Wai-yee
*    Mr Chung Kwok-sing
*    Mr Lee Tak-ming
*    Mr Tsui Sai-cheung

and five employer representatives nominated by major employer associations, namely:

*    Mr Ho Sai-chu (representing the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce)
*    Dr Kim Mak Kin-wah (representing the Employers' Federation of Hong Kong)
*    Mr Stanley Lau Chin-ho (representing the Federation of Hong Kong Industries)
*    Mr Stanley Hui Hon-chung (representing the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce)
*    Mr Irons Sze (representing the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong)

     Meanwhile, Mr Cheng Kai-ming and Mr Cheung Sing-hung are re-appointed on an ad personam basis as the employee member and employer member of the LAB respectively.

     Mr Tsui Sai-cheung and Mr Irons Sze are new members to the LAB while the others are incumbent members. Mr Tsui is a deputy director of the Rights and Benefits Committee of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions. Mr Sze is the Vice-President of the Chinese Manufacturers' Association of Hong Kong and Executive Director of Hang Tung Resources Holding Limited.

     The Commissioner for Labour and also chairman of the LAB, Mrs Cherry Tse Ling Kit-ching, welcomed the new and re-appointed members.  She said she looked forward to working closely with them in the LAB's new term.

     Mrs Tse thanked the outgoing members, employee representative Mr Ip Wai-ming and employer representative Mr Paul Yin Tek-shing, for their sterling contributions to the LAB.  

     "During their terms of office as LAB members, they offered constructive and valuable advice on a wide range of important labour issues. This helped the Government in formulating labour policies as well as introducing measures to foster labour relations and improve employees' rights and benefits," she said.

     The LAB, comprising representatives of employees, employers and the Government, has been a high level and representative tripartite consultative body on labour matters since 1946. It plays a key role in the formulation of labour laws and policies.

Ends/Friday, December 19, 2008
Issued at HKT 11:02

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