The Government today (December 18) announced that Mr Stanley Wong Yuen-fai has been re-appointed as the Chairman and Professor Nora Tam Fung-yee as the Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Council on the Environment (ACE) for two years from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. 

     Six new members are appointed to the ACE. They are Ms Ada Fung Yin-suen, Professor Alexis Lau Kai-hon, Dr Ma Kwan-ki, Dr Jeanne Ng Chi-yun, Dr Wong Kwok-yan and Dr Raymond Yau Man-hung.

     The Secretary for the Environment, Mr Wong Kam-sing, said, "I warmly welcome Mr Wong and Professor Tam to be re-appointed as the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman respectively of the ACE and the appointment of the six new members to the Council. I am looking forward to the continued support of the ACE for the development of environmental protection and conservation policies.

     "I thank the outgoing members, namely Mr Cary Chan Wing-hong, Mr Adam Koo Tze-cheung, Dr Michael Lau Wai-neng, Professor Albert Lee, Professor Irene Lo Man-chi, Mr Ma Lee-tak and Mr Conrad Wong Tin-cheung, for their valuable advice and contributions to the ACE in the past years."

     The appointments, published in the Gazette today, will be effective from January 1, 2021.

     The full membership of the new term of the ACE is as follows: 

Chairman: 
* Mr Stanley Wong Yuen-fai 

Deputy Chairman
* Professor Nora Tam Fung-yee

Members: 
* Ms Carmen Chan Ka-mun
* Ms Sylvia Chan May-kuen
* Miss Samantha Kong Wing-man
* Ms Lam Chung-yan
* Professor Lau Chi-pang
* Ms Julia Lau Man-kwan
* Dr Winnie Law Wai-yi
* Mr Andrew Lee Chun-lai 
* Professor Kenneth Leung Mei-yee
* Dr Sung Yik-hei
* Ms Christina Tang Pik-han
* Mr Simon Wong Kit-lung
* Professor Wong Sze-chun
Ms Ada Fung Yin-suen
Professor Alexis Lau Kai-hon
Dr Ma Kwan-ki
Dr Jeanne Ng Chi-yun
Dr Wong Kwok-yan
Dr Raymond Yau Man-hung

* Serving members

Ends/Friday, December 18, 2020
Issued at HKT 14:00

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