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Appointments to Expert Committee on Food Safety
The Government announced today (September 14) the appointment of Professor
Ma Ching-yung as the Chairman of the Expert Committee on Food Safety.
At the same time, the appointment of nine new members and re-appointment of
10 incumbent members to the Expert Committee were also announced.
All the appointments are for a term of two years with effect from September
15.
Eight new members are local representatives. They are Dr Albert Chan Yan-wo,
Professor Chen Zhen-yu, Ms Sylvia Chung Wai-man, Professor Vincent Lee Hon-leung,
Mr Anthony Lock Kwok-on, Professor Wang Wen-xiong, Ms Jaime Wong Shuk-fong
and Ms Rosa Wong Wan-ming. The new overseas member is Dr Chew Siang Thai.
Dr Chan is the Director and Consultant Chemical Pathologist of the Hospital
Authority Toxicology Reference Laboratory, Princess Margaret Hospital. His
expertise is in chemical pathology and toxicology.
Professor Chen is a Professor of the School of Life Sciences, the Chinese
University of Hong Kong. He is also the Director of the Food and Nutritional
Sciences Programme.
Ms Chung is the General Manager of L'hotel Island South. She is a member of
the Tourism Strategy Group and a member of the Hong Kong Export Credit
Insurance Corporation Advisory Board.
Professor Lee has been Professor and Director of School of Pharmacy, the
Chinese University of Hong Kong, since September 2006 and is a
world-renowned scholar in drug delivery.
Mr Lock is the Chief Executive Officer of Tsui Wah Group and the President
of the Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants and Related Trades. Mr Lock is
currently serving as a member of the Business Facilitation Advisory
Committee and the convenor of its Food Business and Related Services Task
Force.
Professor Wang is a Professor in the Division of Life Science, the Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology. Professor Wang is a member of the
Working Group on Amendment to Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination)
Regulations under the Expert Committee.
Ms Jaime Wong is the General Manager at Wai Yuen Tong, Hong Kong. She has
rich experience in the Chinese pharmaceutical and retailing industries, and
supplying food and beverage products to customers globally.
Ms Rosa Wong is the Principal Research and Trade Practices Officer, Consumer
Council. Ms Wong has years of experience working for the Consumer Council
and is also a member of the Electricity Ordinance Appeal Board Panel.
Dr Chew is concurrently the Director-General and Deputy Chief Executive
Officer (Regulatory Programmes and Operations Group) of Agri-Food &
Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore. Dr Chew has been closely involved
in key areas of food safety and veterinary public health in Singapore.
The Secretary for Food and Health, Dr Ko Wing-man, welcomed the new members
and those re-appointed to the Expert Committee. He said the community looked
forward to benefiting from their wise counsel to the Director of Food and
Environmental Hygiene on strategic and operational aspects of different food
safety issues.
Dr Ko also thanked the outgoing chairman - Professor Kwan Hoi-shan and
outgoing members - Dr Chan Pui-kwong, Professor Thomas Chan, Mrs Jenny Fung,
Ms Connie Lau, Professor Jonathan Wong, Mr Lawrence Wong, Mr Simon Wong and
Dr Chua Sin-bin from Singapore - for their valuable contributions to the
work of the Expert Committee during their term of appointment.
The Expert Committee advises the Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene
on existing or new food safety operational strategies and measures to
protect public health. It also sets standards/guidelines relating to food
safety and food composition having regard to international practices, trends
and developments.
Following is the membership list of the Expert Committee as from September
15:
Chairman:
Professor Ma Ching-yung
Local Members:
Dr Albert Chan Yan-wo
Professor Chen Zhen-yu
Ms Sylvia Chung Wai-man
Mr Allen Ho
Dr Michael H W Lam
Professor Vincent Lee Hon-leung
Professor Annisa Lee Lai Chun-hing
Dr Edmund Li Tsze-shing
Ms Lina Lim Lay-nak
Mr Anthony Lock Kwok-on
Dr Matthew Ng
Professor Wang Wen-xiong
Dr Wong Man-sau
Ms Jaime Wong Shuk-fong
Ms Rosa Wong Wan-ming
Overseas Members:
Dr Paul Brent
Professor Chen Jun-shi
Dr Chew Siang Thai
Professor Qiao Xiong-wu
Ex-officio Members:
Representative of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department
Representative of the Department of Health
Ends/Friday, September 14, 2012
Issued at HKT 15:01
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