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The Government announced today (May 30) that the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury has appointed members to the Statistics Advisory Board for a new term of two years from June 1, 2014, to May 31, 2016.
The Statistics Advisory Board of the new term includes eight serving members and six newly appointed members. The six new members are Professor Alfred Chan Cheung-ming (Chair Professor of Social Gerontology, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University), Ms Clara Lau Wai-ping (Group Credit Officer, Credit Policy, Corporates, Asia Pacific, Moody's Investors Service Hong Kong Limited), Dr Law Chi-kwong (Associate Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong), Professor Leung Siu-fai (Head of Department of Economics, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), Professor Tsui Kwok-leung (Head and Chair Professor of Industrial Engineering, Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management, City University of Hong Kong) and Mr Augustine Wong Ho-ming (Executive Director of Henderson Land Development Company Limited).
The Commissioner for Census and Statistics, Mr Leslie Tang, said, "Members of the Statistics Advisory Board are established professionals in different disciplines. Their diverse backgrounds will provide the Census and Statistics Department with valuable insights and help ensure that its statistical work will continue to meet the evolving needs of our community."
Mr Tang added, "We are grateful to the outgoing members, Professor Chan Ngai-hang, Professor Leonard Cheng Kwok-hon and Dr Look Guy, for their unfailing support and wise counsel to the Statistics Advisory Board that has helped foster the government statistical development over the past years."
The Statistics Advisory Board is an advisory body established in 1972 to advise the Commissioner for Census and Statistics on matters pertaining to official statistical work. Its membership is broadly based and consists of professionals from the business sector, academia and the community to assist the Commissioner in integrating views of data users, data suppliers and statisticians.
Following is the membership of the Statistics Advisory Board for the new term from June 1, 2014, to May 31, 2016:
Chairman (Ex-officio)
Commissioner for Census and Statistics
Official members
Director of Planning (or representative)
Government Economist (or representative)
Principal Assistant Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Financial Services) (or representative)
Non-official members
Ms Alexa Chow Yee-ping
Ms Margaret Fong Shun-man
Mr Tse Kam-keung
Ms Wendy Yung Wen-yee
Ms Christina Law Sau-mui
Mr Anthony Leung Ming-tim
Mr Patrick Ting Siu-yin
Mr Jason Wong Chun-tat
Professor Alfred Chan Cheung-ming*
Ms Clara Lau Wai-ping*
Dr Law Chi-kwong*
Professor Leung Siu-fai*
Professor Tsui Kwok-leung*
Mr Augustine Wong Ho-ming*
* Newly appointed
Ends/Friday, May 30, 2014
Issued at HKT 14:30
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