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The Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) today (August 29) announced the appointment of Dr Cheung Kwok-wah as Chairman of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation (CHSC) and seven new members with effect from September 1, 2003.
Dr Cheung will succeed Dr Tsang Kit-man upon completion of the latter's service for a term of two years ending August 31, 2005.
The Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mrs Fanny Law, believed that with the knowledge of education and proven experience of Dr Cheung, the Committee under Dr Cheung's leadership would scale new heights in deepening home-school co-operation and enhancing education quality.
Mrs Law was glad that Dr Tsang Kit-man had accepted the re-appointment as a member of the Committee. She also extended her heartfelt thanks to eight outgoing members for their invaluable efforts in promoting home-school co-operation in previous years.
Dr Cheung, a father of three children, is an Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Education in the University of Hong Kong. He is currently the Chief Editor of "Hong Kong Teachers' Centre Journal", and was a member of EMB's Education Reform Liaison Team from 2000 to 2002. Being a member of the CHSC since September 2000, Dr Cheung has contributed many innovative ideas and his enthusiasm for promoting home-school co-operation is well noted.
The CHSC, established in 1993, is an advisory body under the EMB. Its main roles include promoting home-school co-operation and advising the Bureau and other government departments and non-government organisations on ways to promote positive parental involvement in education.
It is also tasked to encourage the setting up of parent-teacher associations (PTAs). To date, some 1,400 PTAs have been established in Hong Kong.
The new CHSC will comprise a total of 20 members from different walks of life, including full-time parents as wells as professionals in the Education, Clinical Psychology, Legal, Accountancy, Parent Education, Broadcasting, Medical and Commercial sectors.
The new membership list is as follows:
Name Capacity
Chairman
Dr CHEUNG Kwok-wah Parent - Kindergarten
Members
Ms LAM Kwai-lan, Julia Parent - Primary School
Ms TSANG Woon-yee, Karen Parent - Primary School
Prof WONG Po-choi Parent - Secondary School
Mr YU Wing-fai, Chris Parent - Secondary School
Mrs CHAN LAU Yuk-lin* Parent - Secondary School
Mr KWOK Lit-tung Parent - Special School
Ms KOONG May-kay, Maggie Educator - Kindergarten
Mr LAM Seung-wan Educator - Primary School
Ms LI Wun-lin Educator - Primary School
Mrs TAM CHEUNG Kit-ying, Grace Educator - Secondary School
Mr CHUEN Chi-ming, Rainer Educator - Secondary School
Ms LEE Ho-ching, Piera* Educator - Special School
Dr TSANG Kit-man, Sandra Professional - Clinical Psychology
Mr MO Sik-keung, Gilbert Professional - Legal
Mrs LAU WU Kwai-king, Lauren* Professional - Accountancy
Mrs TSOI LAI Yuet-sum, Susanna* Professional - Parent
Education
Mr TAI Keen-man* Professional - Broadcasting
Dr TSANG Fan-kwong* Professional - Medical
Mr Joachim CHU* Professional - Commercial
Note: * new members
Ends/Friday, August 29, 2003
Issued at HKT 14:58
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