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Published in the Government Gazette today (April 2) is the composition of the Town Planning Board for a two-year term from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2006.
It comprises as Chairman, the Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning & Lands), as Vice-chairman, Professor Patrick Lau Sau-shing, and five official and 33 non-official members. All these appointments were made by the Chief Executive.
Professor Patrick Lau, currently Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Hong Kong, has been a member of the Town Planning Board since 1998. He has been appointed vice-chairman of the board in place of the Director of Planning. The latter will continue to serve as a board member.
Among the 33 non-official members, 18 are re-appointments while the remaining 15 are new appointments. They come from a diverse professional background and will provide the Town Planning Board with the needed knowledge and community input in discharging its statutory role.
Members of the Town Planning Board are also appointed to serve on the Board's Planning Committees, namely the Metro Planning Committee and the Rural & New Town Planning Committee.
Following is the full membership:
Chairman
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Permanent Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning & Lands)
Vice-chairman
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Professor Patrick Lau Sau-shing, SBS
Official Members
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Director of Planning
Deputy Secretary for the Environment, Transport and Works (Environment & Transport)T1, or alternate member
Director of Home Affairs, or alternate member
Director of Environmental Protection, or alternate member
Director of Lands, or alternate member
Non-official Members
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The 18 re-appointed members are :
Name Profession
Dr Rebecca Chiu Lai-har Housing
Mr Wong Chi-kui Landscape Architecture
Mr Alex Lui Chun-wan Architecture
Mr Erwin A Hardy, BBS Business/Industry
Ms Carmen Chan Ka-mun Education
Dr Alex Chan Siu-kun Engineering
Dr Peter Wong King-keung, BBS, JP Engineering
Mr Francis Lui Yiu-tung Engineering/Construction
Dr Greg Wong Chak-yan, JP Engineering
Dr Robert Moir Kennard Engineering
Professor Ho Kin-chung Environment
Professor Nora Tam Fung-yee Environment
Dr Pamela Rumball Rogers Heritage
Mrs Angelina Lee Wong Pui-ling, JP Legal
Mr Michael Lai Kam-cheung, JP Social Welfare
Mr Ng Shui-lai, JP Social Welfare
Mr Keith Gordon McKinnell Surveying
Mr Tony Tse Wai-chuen Surveying
The 15 new appointees are:
Dr Ng Cho-nam Environment/Conservation
Professor David Dudgeon Environment/Ecology
Professor Bernard Vincent Lim Wan-fung Architecture
Mr Leslie H C Chen Landscape Architecture
Ms Sylvia Yau Siu-fee, JP Business/Finance
Dr Lily Chiang Business/Engineering
Mr Nelson Chan Wah-yu Business/Industry
Mr David Chan Wai-ming Business/Service
Mr Daniel To Boon-man Business/Design
Mr Stanely Wong Yuen-fai Finance
Mr Edmund Leung Kwong-ho, JP Engineering
Professor Leung Nai-kong, JP Medical & Health
Mr Tony Kan Chung-nin, BBS, JP Legal
Mr Alfred Donald Yap, JP Legal
Professor Peter Ronald Hills Environmental Policy
/Town Planning
Secretary
Deputy Director of Planning (District)
A government spokesman said today that all TPB members were appointed on an ad personum basis.
"The government thanks those retiring members who have dedicated their efforts to the work of the TPB. We look forward to a very productive new two-year term of the board. We have confidence in the ability, independence and dedication of all the members appointed," he said.
Ends/Friday, April 2, 2004
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