The Government today (March 13) announced that the Chief Executive has appointed Dr Hubert Chan Chung-yee and Ms Amy Fung Dun-mi, and re-appointed Ms Karen Chan Ka-yin and Professor Ray Yep Kin-man, as members of the Communications Authority (CA) for a term of two years from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2022.
      
     Commenting on the appointments, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau, said, "I welcome the two new CA members who come from the communications and social service sectors respectively. Their rich experience and areas of expertise will be valuable to the CA's work."
      
     Mr Yau also thanked the outgoing members, Mr Hubert Ng Ching-wah and Dr Anthony William Seeto Yiu-wai, for their dedicated service and valuable contributions to the CA.
      
     Brief profiles of the newly appointed non-official members are as follows:
 
Dr Hubert Chan
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     Dr Hubert Chan is the Chairman of HKC International Holdings Ltd, an information and communications technology company. He was the Chairman of the Communications Association of Hong Kong from 2006 to 2012, and is currently a member of the Innovation and Technology Fund General Support Programme Vetting Committee.
 
Ms Amy Fung
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     Ms Amy Fung is the Chief Executive Officer of the New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association. She is a co-opted member of the Broadcast Complaints Committee under the CA. She is currently a member of the Betting and Lotteries Commission, the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education, the Community Investment and Inclusion Fund Committee, the Joint Commission on Information Technology for the Social Welfare Sector and the Steering Committee on the Child Development Fund.
 
     Membership of the CA from April 1, 2020, will be as follows:
 
Chairperson
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Ms Winnie Tam Wan-chi
 
Vice-chairperson
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Permanent Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development (Communications and Creative Industries)
 
Non-official members
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Dr Hubert Chan Chung-yee
Ms Karen Chan Ka-yin
Ms Amy Fung Dun-mi
Mr Stephen Hung Wan-shun
Professor Vincent Lau Kin-nang
Mrs Yvonne Law Shing Mo-han
Mr Benjamin Tang Kwok-bun
Mr Simon Wong Kwong-yeung
Professor Ray Yep Kin-man
 
Official member
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Director-General of Communications 

Ends/Friday, March 13, 2020
Issued at HKT 11:00

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