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The Chief Executive had reappointed 11 serving members and appointed one new member to the Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) for two years, the Government announced today (March 14).
The reappointed members from April 1, 2008 to March 31, 2010 are:
Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim
Mrs Pamela Chan Wong Shui
Mr Henry Wu King-cheong
Mr Stephen Yip Moon-wah
Mr Andrew Chan Ping-chiu
Mr Joseph Fan Wai-kuen
Mr Augustine Wong Ho-ming
Mr Andy Lam Siu-wing
Dr Rebecca Chiu Lai-har
Mr Kwok Lit-tung
The reappointed member from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2010 is:
Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing
The newly appointed member from April 1, 2008, to March 31, 2010 is:
Ms Yeung Sin-hung
One member will retire from the Housing Authority on April 1. He is:
Mr Wong Kwun
"We are grateful to the new member for accepting the appointment and the 11 existing members for agreeing to serve on HA for another term," a spokesman for the Transport and Housing Bureau said.
"We also wish to thank the retiring member Mr Wong Kwun for his sterling contributions over the past years," he said.
Brief note on the new appointee and the membership of the authority for 2008-09 are listed below.
Brief Note on the newly appointed HA member:
Ms Yeung Sin-hung
Current Member of HA¡¦s Subsidised Housing Committee. Executive member of the Federation of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories Public Housing Estates Resident and Shopowner Organisations. Sha Tin District Councillor and member of Appeal Tribunal Panel (Buildings).
Membership of the Housing Authority - 2008-09:
Secretary for Transport and Housing (Chairman)
Director of Housing (Vice-chairman)
Non-official Members (26):
Hon Patrick Lau Sau-shing
Hon Chan Kam-lam
Hon Sin Chung-kai
Mr Liu Sing-cheong
Hon Tommy Cheung Yu-yan
Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim
Mrs Pamela Chan Wong Shui
Mr Henry Wu King-cheong
Mr Stephen Yip Moon-wah
Mr Shih Wing-ching
Mr Stanley Wong Yuen-fai
Prof Anthony Cheung Bing-leung
Dr Joseph Lee Kok-long
Hon Li Kwok-ying
Hon Fred Li Wah-ming
Mr Andrew Chan Ping-chiu
Mr Joseph Fan Wai-kuen
Mr Augustine Wong Ho-ming
Mr Andy Lam Siu-wing
Dr Rebecca Chiu Lai-har
Mr Kwok Lit-tung
Mr Simon Ip Shing-hing
Ms Lam Chui-lin
Ms Angela Lee Wai-yin
Mr Kenneth Leung Kai-cheong
Ms Yeung Sin-hung
Official Members:
Permanent Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury (Treasury)
Director of Lands
Ends/Friday, March 14, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:05
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