The Government announced today (March 29) the re-appointment of Ms Melissa Kaye Pang as the Chairperson of the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education (CPCE), as well as the appointment and re-appointment of non-official members to the CPCE for a term of two years with effect from April 1, 2019.
      
     The Home Affairs Bureau thanked outgoing members Dr Raymond Lee Man-chun, Professor Lena Lee Ying, Mr Wong Wai-kit and Mr Clement Woo Kin-man for their contributions during their term of service.
      
     The membership list of the CPCE for the new term is as follows:
 
Re-appointed members
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Ms Melissa Kaye Pang (Chairperson)
Ms Amy Fung Dun-mi
Miss Maisy Ho Chiu-ha
Mr Rex Ip Yik-nam
Reverend Peter Douglas Koon Ho-ming
Mr Lam Cheung-chi
Mr Liu Ah-chuen
Ms Shirley Marie Therese Loo
Mr Laurence Tang Yat-long
Mr Eric Yeung Chuen-sing
 
New members
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Miss Catherina Choy Mei-wa
Mr Kinsey Ho Ka-tsun
Dr Yan Wai-kiu
Ms Jennifer Yeung Yin-chi
 
     Other non-official members of the Committee are as follows:
 
Dr Chan Cheuk-hay
Dr Andrew Chiu Ka-yin
Mr Stanley Choi Tak-shing
Mr Andrew Fan Chun-wah
Miss Sammi Fu Hiu-lam
Miss Hung Wing-ki
Mr Roger Kwan Ho-yeung
Mr Lai Chin-hong
Mr George Lau Ka-keung
Mrs Christine Lau Ma
Mr Timmy Lee Tan-chun
Ms Fonnie Leung Fung-yee
Miss Bella Lo Sung-yi
Ms Helen Lu Hai
Mr Tang Kwong-shing
Dr Wong Kwok-yan
 
     The official members of the Committee include representatives from the Home Affairs Bureau, the Education Bureau, the Information Services Department, the Department of Justice, the Social Welfare Department, the Hong Kong Police Force, Radio Television Hong Kong and the Independent Commission Against Corruption.
      
     The CPCE is a non-statutory advisory body. It advises the Government on the objective and scope of civic education, promotes civic education outside schools through a range of publicity and educational programmes, and assists in the implementation of various funding schemes to support non-governmental organisations in carrying out civic education projects.

Ends/Friday, March 29, 2019
Issued at HKT 17:00

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