The Government announced today (April 11) the reappointment of Professor Raymond Liang Hin-suen as the Chairperson of the Council on Human Reproductive Technology, as well as the appointment of six new members and the reappointment of two serving members to the Council, with effect from April 11, 2025, for a term of three years.

     The newly appointed members are Professor Ernest Ng Hung-yu, Mr James Mathew Fong, Mr Philip Chiu Kwok-leung, Ms Iris Hsu Mei-kuen, Ms Lau Tsz-on and Ms Yip Lai-wa. The reappointed serving members are Dr May Lam Mei-ling and Mr Ng Chak-hang.

     The Secretary for Health, Professor Lo Chung-mau, welcomed the new members to the Council. He also expressed gratitude to the outgoing members Dr Cheung Tak-hong, Ms Shum Hin-han, Dr Abril Choy Fung-peng, Ms Wu Shuk-yin and Mr Christopher Yu Wing-fai for their invaluable contributions and unfailing support to the Council.
 
     Established in 2001 under the Human Reproductive Technology Ordinance, the Council on Human Reproductive Technology is tasked to regulate reproductive technology activities, including regulating the provision of reproductive technology procedures and embryo research, in Hong Kong through a licensing system, and formulate the Code of Practice for the relevant sectors.

     Formed under section 4(2) of the Ordinance, the Council consists of 26 members from a wide range of disciplines, including medical specialists, legal professionals, a social worker, religious personnel or scholars in theology/philosophy/ethics, psychiatrists or psychologists, sociologists, local community leaders and government representatives.

     The membership list of the Council with effect from April 11, 2025, is as follows:

Chairperson
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Professor Raymond Liang Hin-suen

Deputy Chairperson
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Professor Wong Man-sau

Members
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Mr Philip Chiu Kwok-leung
Ms Eva Choi Doi-kwan
Mr James Mathew Fong
Dr Go Wing-wa
Ms Iris Hsu Mei-kuen
Mr Frederick Hui Cheuk-kit
Dr May Lam Mei-ling
Ms Lau Tsz-on
Dr Leung Kwok-yin
Reverend Leung Yuen-yiu
Mr Jeffrey Lo Cheuk-fei
Mr Ng Chak-hang
Professor Ernest Ng Hung-yu
Reverend Ng Sui-lung
Ms Ng Wing-wing
Dr Charas Ong Yeu-theng
Ms Vanessa Wan Lai-shan
Professor Kelvin Wang Man-ping
Professor Dennis Wong Sing-wing
Ms Yip Lai-wa
Principal Assistant Secretary, Health Bureau
Assistant Director, Department of Health
Assistant Director, Home Affairs Department
Chief Social Work Officer, Social Welfare Department

Ends/Friday, April 11, 2025
Issued at HKT 11:16

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