The Committee on Education, Technology and Talents (CETT), led by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Chan Kwok-ki, held the first engagement session with the newly established Panel of Advisors to the CETT today (August 27). The theme of the session was "Building Hong Kong into an international hub for high-calibre talent".
      
     Since its establishment, the CETT has been closely engaging with different stakeholders across the community. It earlier met with the presidents of universities, representatives from the innovation and technology sector, etc. and attended the Ante Chamber Exchange Session of the Legislative Council to pool wisdom and ideas and enhance collaboration, with a view to further advancing the integrated development of education, technology and talent as well as the work of the CETT, and providing solid support for the reform and innovation of Hong Kong's development. The Panel of Advisors serves as a high-level exchange platform with members from various sectors of society, including community leaders and professionals from different fields. There will be a specific discussion theme for each engagement session to facilitate focused and in-depth exchanges.
      
     At the engagement session today, the Panel of Advisors to the CETT engaged in in-depth discussions on the objective of building Hong Kong into an international hub for high-calibre talent. The Panel of Advisors affirmed the effectiveness of talent attraction measures of the current-term Government. Given external challenges, Hong Kong should more precisely target the positioning of the eight centres and timely refine the measures to further enhance the diversity of the talent pool and effectiveness of the talent attraction measures. The Government should also enhance training and use of local talent to strengthen the talent support for the future development of Hong Kong. The Panel of Advisors also agreed to intensify efforts to attract teaching and research talent to establish an international education hub, and to leverage the Hong Kong Park of the Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Co-operation Zone to provide more development opportunities for promising technology start-ups and talent.
      
     The session also reviewed the latest situation regarding Hong Kong's overall population and labour force, the progress in talent attraction, and an overview of talent retention. In the face of an ageing population and pressure on labour supply, the Panel of Advisors supported the Government’s introduction of timely and appropriate measures in response to the challenges.
      
     Mr Chan expressed gratitude for the members' acceptance of the appointments, and looked forward to working closely with the members to pool wisdom and ideas for comprehensively promoting the integrated development of education, technology and talent. The Panel of Advisors has a two-year term, from August 25, 2025 to August 24, 2027. The membership list is as follows:
 
Dr Sunny Chai Ngai-chiu
Dr Bunny Chan Chung-bun
Mr Simon Chan Sai-ming
Mr Chow Chung-kong
Professor Chow Man-kong
Professor Chelsea Jiang Chang
Professor Gabriel Matthew Leung
Professor Daniel Long Zhuoyu
Mr Tim Lui Tim-leung
Mr Joseph Luc Ngai
Mr Hendrick Sin
Mr Peter Wong Tung-shun

Ends/Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Issued at HKT 20:12

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