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Following is a question by the Hon Lee Cheuk-yan and a written reply by the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Tsang Tak-sing, in the Legislative Council today (February 24):
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council of the appointment of individual Legislative Council Members of the current term to advisory and statutory bodies (ASBs) as at the end of last year (including the names and types of ASBs, the tenure of their appointments, as well as their respective rates of attendance at meetings of such ASBs)?
Reply:
President,
As at December 31, 2009, 39 persons who were Legislative Council members of the current term were appointed on personal basis by the Government as non-official members of ASBs. They took up 107 posts of non-official members of the ASBs. Please refer to the Annex for the information provided by relevant bureaux.
Ends/Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Issued at HKT 14:44
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