Appointments to Committee on Home-School Co-operation
announced
****************************************************** The Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) announced today (September 21) that Prof Wong Po-choi had been appointed as Chairman of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation (CHSC).
Prof Wong succeeds Dr Cheung Kwok-wah for a term of two years ending August 31, 2007.
The Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mrs Fanny Law, said she believed that Prof Wong's enthusiasm and knowledge of education would bring many benefits to the committee.
Mrs Law extended her heartfelt thanks to Dr Cheung for his contribution to the promotion home-school co-operation in previous years.
Prof Wong works in the Faculty of Information Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has two sons, one in primary and the other in secondary school.
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 parent involvement in education.
It is also tasked with encouraging the setting up of parent-teacher associations (PTAs). To date, some 1,400 PTAs have been established in Hong Kong.
The new CHSC has 19 members from different walks of life, including parents and professionals in the education, clinical psychology, accountancy, parent education, broadcasting, commercial and medical sectors.
The new membership list is as follows:
Name Capacity
Chairman
Prof WONG Po-choi Parent – Primary School
Members
Mr NG Si-man Parent – Primary School
Ms LAM Kwai-lan, Julia 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
Mr YIU Man-hoi Parent – Kindergarten
Ms MOK Fung-yee, Emily Educator – Primary School
Mr LEUNG Cheung-choi Educator – Primary School
Ms AU Yuet-ching, Constance Educator – Secondary School
Mr YAN Chi-hung Educator – Secondary School
Mr NG Hon-shing Educator – Special School
Ms KWOK Chor-kiu Educator – Kindergarten
Dr TSANG Kit-man, Sandra Professional – Clinical Psychology
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 – Medicine
Mr Joachim CHU Professional – Commerce
announced
****************************************************** The Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) announced today (September 21) that Prof Wong Po-choi had been appointed as Chairman of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation (CHSC).
Prof Wong succeeds Dr Cheung Kwok-wah for a term of two years ending August 31, 2007.
The Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mrs Fanny Law, said she believed that Prof Wong's enthusiasm and knowledge of education would bring many benefits to the committee.
Mrs Law extended her heartfelt thanks to Dr Cheung for his contribution to the promotion home-school co-operation in previous years.
Prof Wong works in the Faculty of Information Engineering of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has two sons, one in primary and the other in secondary school.
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 parent involvement in education.
It is also tasked with encouraging the setting up of parent-teacher associations (PTAs). To date, some 1,400 PTAs have been established in Hong Kong.
The new CHSC has 19 members from different walks of life, including parents and professionals in the education, clinical psychology, accountancy, parent education, broadcasting, commercial and medical sectors.
The new membership list is as follows:
Name Capacity
Chairman
Prof WONG Po-choi Parent – Primary School
Members
Mr NG Si-man Parent – Primary School
Ms LAM Kwai-lan, Julia 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
Mr YIU Man-hoi Parent – Kindergarten
Ms MOK Fung-yee, Emily Educator – Primary School
Mr LEUNG Cheung-choi Educator – Primary School
Ms AU Yuet-ching, Constance Educator – Secondary School
Mr YAN Chi-hung Educator – Secondary School
Mr NG Hon-shing Educator – Special School
Ms KWOK Chor-kiu Educator – Kindergarten
Dr TSANG Kit-man, Sandra Professional – Clinical Psychology
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 – Medicine
Mr Joachim CHU Professional – Commerce
Ends/Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Issued at HKT 14:31
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