FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1988
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COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SET UP
OF APPOINTMENT
A IT ON SCIENTIFIC AND
THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (FRIDAY) ANNOUNCED THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO ADVISE TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES.
THAT THE SETTING UP OF A A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED CENTRAL COMMITTEE
ADVISE THE
ON
AND GOVERNMENT
SCIENTIFIC
NEEDED TECHNOLOGICAL
AS SUCH ISSUES WERE ASSUMING INCREASING IMPORTANCE IN HONG KONG'S ECONOMY AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENT.
TO
WAS ISSUES
LAST
ENUNCIATED BY THE SPOKESMAN SAID SUCH A NEED HAD ALREADY BEEN
THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THE GOVERNOR IN HIS POLICY ADDRESS TO OCTOBER.
ON SCIENCE AND THE GOVERNOR SAID: "THE TASK OF THE COMMITTEE
NEW SCIENTIFIC IDEAS OF TECHNOLOGY WILL BE TO SEEK OUT AND DEVELOP
GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS ON RELEVANCE TO HONG KONG AND TO ADVISE THEY MIGHT BEST BE APPLIED.
THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE ARE:
HOW
AND DEVELOPMENT APPLICABLE TO THE
(A)
TO ACT AS THE CATALYST FOR THE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL IDEAS CIRCUMSTANCES OF HONG KONG;
EXCHANGE
(B)
APPLICATION
WHERE AND WHEN APPROPRIATE TO AND
RECOMMEND THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THESE IDEAS THROUGH THE RELEVANT DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY;
(C)
TO OFFER ADVICE ON POLICY; AND
GOVERNMENT'S SCIENCE
AND
TECHNOLOGY
(D)
TO REPORT REGULARLY TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY.
THE COMMITTEE, HEADED BY PROFESSOR POON CHUNG-KWONG, 14 MEMBERS FROM AMONG HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS AND VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY.
COMPRISES ACADEMIC
TODAY.
STEPHEN LAU MR STEVEN
GAZETTE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WERE ANNOUNCED IN THE MEMBERS FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR ARE MISS LILY CHIANG, MR
TIN-PUI, PROFESSOR ARTHUR LI KWOK-CHEUNG, KA-MEN, MR LEUNG POON KWOK-LIM, MR TAM CHUNG-DING AND DR DONALD FRANK TAYLOR.
ARE THE DATA
THE
PROCESSING
DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MEMBERS FROM GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS MANAGER, THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES,
SERVICES, THE DIRECTOR OF ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL
THE DIRECTOR
THE OF INDUSTRY, PROTECTION,
DIRECTOR OF OBSERVATORY, AND THE GOVERNMENT CHEMIST OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.
ROYAL
/THE MEMBERS