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The Government today (March 30) announced the appointments to the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC) for a new term of two years with effect from April 1, 2016.
Professor Matthew Lee Kwok-on, Vice-President (Development & External Relations) and Chair Professor of Information Systems and Electronic Commerce of the City University of Hong Kong, has been appointed as Chairman of the HKCPEC. Three members from academia, six members from the business sector and two government officials are also appointed.
"We are very pleased that Professor Lee has agreed to serve as the new Chairman and lead the HKCPEC in contributing constructively to regional economic co-operation. We are also very grateful to the outgoing Chairman, Professor Stephen Cheung Yan-leung, for his dedicated service in the work of the HKCPEC in the past four years," a Government spokesperson said.
The HKCPEC has 11 other members as follows:
Academic sector:
- Professor Lim Chin Leng
Professor of Law,
The University of Hong Kong
- Professor Shirley Lin
Adjunct Associate Professor, Master of Social Science in Global Political Economy Programme, Faculty of Social Science,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Professor Emily Nason
Associate Dean (Undergraduate Student Affairs);
Director of Global Business Program;
Associate Professor of Business Education of Management, School of Business and Management,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Business sector:
- Mr Guy Chambers
Managing Director,
James Finlay Limited (Swire Group)
- Miss Winnie Chiu
President and Executive Director,
Dorsett Hospitality International Limited
- Ms Chow Yuen-mei
Director and CEO,
Sea Horse (HK) Limited
- Mr Buston Chu
Executive Director,
Service Cybernetics Consulting Limited
- Mr Nicholas Kwan
Director of Research,
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
- Ms Pamela Mar
Director, Sustainability,
Fung Group
Government:
- Miss Winky So
Deputy Director-General of Trade and Industry
(Vice Chairman of the HKCPEC)
- Mr Eric Lee
Principal Economist
The HKCPEC was established in March 1990 to co-ordinate Hong Kong's participation in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). In line with the nature of the PECC, the composition of the HKCPEC is tripartite, comprising members from the academic, business and government sectors.
The PECC is a non-governmental organisation set up in 1980 to develop closer co-operation in trade and economic issues among economies in the region. For more information, please visit www.pecc.org.
Ends/Wednesday, March 30, 2016
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