Press Releases

Appointment to the Steering Committee on Study of Family Commission

The Government today (March 29) announced the appointment of the incoming Chairman of the Commission on Youth Mr Joseph Lee Chung-tak and the re-appointment of the commission's outgoing chairman, Dr Philemon Choi Yuen-wan, to the Steering Committee on Study of Family Commission from April 1 to June 30, 2007.

A spokesman for the Health, Welfare and Food Bureau said that since Mr Lee would take up the chairmanship of the Commission on Youth on April 1, he would become an ex-officio member of the steering committee from this date. Also, Dr Choi would be re-appointed in his personal capacity as a non-official member on the same date.

The steering committee is tasked to study whether a Family Commission responsible for policies and initiatives relating to family support should be set up, and if so, the re-organisation and resource re-allocation that need to follow. The report on the study is expected to be finished by mid-2007.

The Chief Executive announced in his 2006-07 Policy Address that the Administration would seriously study whether an integrated, holistic and high-level Family Commission should be established to study and address problems from a cross-policy perspective with a view to achieving more effective co-ordination of policies and initiatives relating to family support. To take the study forward, the Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food set up a Steering Committee in December, 2006, to advise on the study.

The membership of the steering committee from April 1 is as follows:

Chairperson
Permanent Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food (Health and Welfare)

Official Members
Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs or representative
Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower or representative
Permanent Secretary for Economic Development and Labour (Labour) or representative
Director of Social Welfare or representative
Member, Central Policy Unit, Prof Lee Ming-kwan, PhD, JP

Chairpersons of Advisory Bodies
Chairperson of Women's Commission, Ms Sophia Kao Ching-chi, JP
Chairman of Commission on Youth, Mr Joseph Lee Chung-tak, BBS, JP
Chairman of Elderly Commission, Dr Leong Che-hung, GBS, JP
Chairman of Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education, Dr Pang King-chee
Chairman of Social Welfare Advisory Committee, Mr Wilfred Wong Ying-wai, JP

Non-official Members
Dr Chan Yuk-chung
Dr Lily Chiang
Ms Virginia Choi
Dr Philemon Choi Yuen-wan, SBS, JP
Prof Nelson Chow, SBS, JP
Ms Esther Chyu
Ms Angie Lai
Mr Christopher Law
Prof. Daniel Shek, BBS, JP
Ms Theresa Tao
Prof Wong Po-choi, MH
Mr Wilson Wu
Ms Constance Yue




Ends/Thursday, March 29, 2007
Issued at HKT 15:14

NNNN