Appointments to sixth term of New Energy Transport Fund Steering Committee
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The new term of the Steering Committee is chaired by Mr Conrad Wong Tin-cheung, Committee Member of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong, with members comprising representatives elected by the transport sectors, experts and academics in green innovative transport technologies, as well as representatives of relevant government departments.
The EPD thanked the outgoing Chairman, Professor Wong Yuk-shan, and members, Dr Lawrence Chan Wan-ching, Mr Benny Chu Kwok-ki, Professor Dennis Leung Yiu-cheong, Professor Man Hau-chung, Mr So Sai-hung and Mr Tam Wai-to, for their enormous contribution to the Steering Committee. The EPD was also deeply grateful for the invaluable advice from all members of the last term rendered to the Government on the approval of funding support for testing green innovative transport technologies and the review of the scope of the Fund.
The membership of the Steering Committee in the new term is as follows:
Chairman
Mr Conrad Wong Tin-cheung
Members
Professor Christopher Chao Yu-hang
Dr Lawrence Cheung Chi-chong
Mr Andy Chung Wai-leung
Mr Kent Lam Wing-keung
Professor Lo Hong-kam
Mr Wilson Or Chong-shing
Dr Daniel Yan Ting-kwan
Mr Chan Sam-choi
Mr Ling Chi-keung
Mr Ng Kwan-sing
Mr Matthew Wong Leung-pak
Representative of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department
Representative of the EPD
Representative of the Innovation and Technology Commission
Representative of the Transport Department
Secretary
Principal Environmental Protection Officer (Corporate Affairs), EPD
The Government has put in place the Fund (previously named the Pilot Green Transport Fund) since March 2011 to subsidise and encourage the testing and more widely the use of green innovative transport technologies for a variety of commercial transport tools, including goods vehicles, taxis, light buses, buses, vessels, motorcycles, non-road vehicles and the aforesaid transport tools of charitable/non-profit making organisations providing services to their clients. There are two categories of application under the Fund - the Applications for Trial (AT) and the Applications for Use, respectively. The former is to subsidise trials of green innovative transport technologies, whilst the latter is for direct procurement of products of technologies that have been proved under AT to be relatively mature and suitable for local adoption. The Steering Committee advises the Government on the operation of the Fund and the approval of funding for applications.
For more information on the Fund, please visit the EPD website (www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/air/prob_solutions/new-energy-transport-fund.html) or call the enquiry hotline on 2824 0022.
Ends/Thursday, April 1, 2021
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