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Appointments to the HKCPEC for a new term
Friday, March 29, 2002

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today (March 29) announced the appointments to the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation (HKCPEC) for two years, effective from April 1, 2002.

Professor Edward Chen, President of Lingnan University, has been newly appointed as the Chairman of the HKCPEC. The new term of the HKCPEC will have 11 academics, 9 businessmen and 9 Government members.

Established in March 1990, the HKCPEC comprises business leaders, academics and Government officials, who advise the Government on matters related to Hong Kong's participation in the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC). Hong Kong became a member of PECC in May 1991.

PECC, tripartite in nature, serves as an independent forum for discussing trade and economic issues, and fostering closer economic co-operation in the Pacific region.

PECC has 23 full members which include Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; China; Colombia; Ecuador; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Peru; the Philippines; Russia; Singapore; Chinese Taipei; Thailand; the United States; Viet Nam and the South Pacific Forum. There are also 2 associate members: France (Pacific Territories) and Mongolia. In addition, PECC also has 2 institutional members, which are the Pacific Trade and Development Conference (PAFTAD) and Pacific Basin Economic Council (PBEC).

"We are very pleased that Prof. Chen has agreed to take up the chairmanship amid his heavy commitments in academic affairs and other public services. He has been involved in the work of PECC for a number of years and was the Coordinator of the PECC Trade Policy Forum during 1999 to 2001. We are confident that, under his capable leadership, the HKCPEC will continue to contribute constructively to regional economic co-operation," a Government spokesman said.

"We are also very grateful to Dr. William Fung, the outgoing HKCPEC Chairman, for his invaluable contributions to the Committee during his tenure, especially for his strong leadership in the last 2 years that led to the success of PECC XIV which Hong Kong hosted last November," the Government spokesman added.

The list of members is as follows:

Members from the business sector are:

- Mr. Jason Kwok, Director, Corporate Planning and Advisory, Citibank

- Mr. Kwok Kwok-chuen, Chief Economist, NE Asia, Economics Department of Standard Chartered Bank

- Mr. Jeffrey Lam, Managing Director of Forward Winsome Industries Limited

- Mr. Lee Jark-pui, Director of Lippo Limited

- Mr. George Leung, Chief Economist (Hong Kong) of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

- Mr. David Lie, Executive Chairman of China Concept Consulting

- Mr. Sebastian Man, Chief Executive, Chung Mei International Holdings Limited

- Mr. Peter Tsang, Chairman of Infa Telecom Group

- Miss Annie Wu, Managing Director of the Hong Kong Beijing Air Catering Limited

Members from the academic sector are:

- Professor Edward Chen, President, Lingnan University (Chairman of HKCPEC)

- Professor Edwin Cheng, Chair Professor, Department of Management of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University

- Professor Leonard Cheng, Head, Department of Economics, School of Business and Management of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

- Dr. David Cheung, Director of the Centre for E-commerce Infrastructure Development, Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, the University of Hong Kong

- Professor Stephen Cheung, Chair Professor of Finance, Department of Economics and Finance, City University of Hong Kong

- Professor Fan Yiu-kwan, Dean, School of Business of the Hong Kong Baptist University

- Professor Ho Lok-sang, Head, Department of Economics, and Director, Centre for Public Policy Studies of Lingnan University

- Professor Richard Ho, Provisional Provost, College of Higher Vocational Studies, City University of Hong Kong

- Professor Liu Pak-wai, Professor of Economics and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong

- Dr. Alan Siu, Lecturer of Department of Economics, Executive Director of Hong Kong Centre for Economic Research, and Executive Director of the Hong Kong APEC Study Centre of the University of Hong Kong

- Dr. John Ure, Director, Telecommunications Research Project, Centre of Asian Studies of the University of Hong Kong

Members from the Government are:

- Mr. Raymond Young, Deputy Secretary for Commerce and Industry

(Vice Chairman of HKCPEC)

- Ms. Miranda Chiu, Deputy Secretary for Economic Services

- Mr. Philip Chok, Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower

- Miss Susie Ho, Deputy Secretary for Financial Services

- Mr. Alan Siu, Deputy Secretary for Information, Technology and Broadcasting

- Mr. Tang Kwong-yiu, Government Economist

- Mr. Philip Yung, Deputy Director-General of Trade and Industry

- Ms. Julia Leung, Executive Director (External) of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority

- Miss Jenny Yip, Assistant Director-General of Trade and Industry

(Secretary General of HKCPEC).

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