Hospital Authority announces senior appointment (with photo)
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The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority (HA) spokesperson announced the following senior appointment today (May 21).
 
     Dr Alexander Law Chun-bon will be appointed as Cluster Chief Executive (Kowloon West) and Hospital Chief Executive (Princess Margaret Hospital and North Lantau Hospital) with effect from January 4, 2021, succeeding Dr Doris Tse Man-wah upon her retirement.
 
     Dr Law is a physician by background and has been the Consultant (Medicine and Geriatrics) of Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) since 1996. Dr Law is a seasoned senior clinician with ample hospital management experience by serving as Deputy Hospital Chief Executive and Chief of Service (Medicine and Geriatrics) of PMH, as well as Service Director (Quality and Safety) of Kowloon West Cluster (KWC). Dr Law has been instrumental in launching a series of programmes in KWC to increase service capacity and efficiency, such as the Jockey Club Integrated Neurological Rehabilitation Centre, the In-patient Medication Order Entry System, reform of the Integrated Care Model and promoting advance care planning in clinical practice.
 
     In addition, Dr Law has played an active role in service planning and quality improvement in the HA. He is the Chairman of the Coordinating Committee in Internal Medicine of the HA and the Chairman of the KWC Elderly Community Care Coordinating Committee. 
 
     The HA Chairman, Mr Henry Fan, and the HA Chief Executive, Dr Tony Ko, congratulated Dr Law on his new appointment and wished him every success in taking up the new post. Mr Fan and Dr Ko also expressed deep appreciation to Dr Tse for her dedicated service over the years and wished her a happy retirement.

Ends/Thursday, May 21, 2020
Issued at HKT 16:00

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