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* MR TANG CHILEUNG, A MERCHANT, CHAIRMAN OF THE KAM TIN

RURAL COMMITTEE AND A MEMBER OF THE YUEN LONG DISTRICT BOARD;

MR YOUNG WING-YAU, AN INDUSTRIALIST AND AN APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE ISLANDS DISTRICT BOARD;

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* MRS CHAN HO ON-NEI, CHAIRWOMAN OF THE SOUTH KWAI CHUNG YIN

NGAI SOCIETY;

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MR WILLIAM CHAU CHUN-WING, A MERCHANT AND A FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE YAN CHAI HOSPITAL:

MR CARLOS CHEUNG HON-KAU, A CONSULTING CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEER AND A FORMER MEMBER OF THE TA! PO DISTRICT BOARD;

MR CHONG KAM-NING, A MERCHANT AND A FORMER MEMBER OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD

DR RICHARD HO MAN-WUI, A LECTURER IN CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG;

* MRS MIRIAM LAU KIN-YEE, A SOLICITOR WHO HOLDS OFFICE IN

SEVERAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATIONS, AND

* DR PANG HOK-TUEN, A MEDICAL PRACTITIONER AND A FORMER

MEMBER OF THE NORTH DISTRICT BOARD.

MR CHEUNG YAN-LUNG AND MR NATHAN MA ARE AT PRESENT CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL AND THE TEN OTHER PEOPLE APPOINTED ARE ALSO SERVING AS APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE PROVISIONAL REGIONAL COUNCIL.

THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE NEWLY APPOINTED MEMBERS WILL BE

ONE YEAR FROM APRIL 1.

THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP WILL COMPRISE NINE MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED BY THE NINE DISTRICT BOARDS IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA, THREE EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS, WHO ARE THE CHAIRMAN AND THE TWO VICE-CHAIRMEN OF THE HEUNG YEE KUK, AND 12 MEMBERS TO BE ELECTED DIRECTLY TO THE COUNCIL FROM CONSTITUENCIES IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA IN THE REGIONAL COUNCIL ELECTION IN MARCH.

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BABY SCREENING PROGRAMME EXTENDED

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THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT ITS COMBINED NEONATAL SCREENING PROGRAMME FOR NEW BORN BABIES HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND MATERNITY HOMES.

BEGINNING THIS MONTH, PRIVATE HOSPITALS AND MATERNITY HOMES ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT BLOOD SPECIMENS OF THEIR NEW BORNS TO THE GOVERNMENT NEONATAL SCREENING UNIT FOR SCREENING OF CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM AND G-6-PD DEFICIENCY.

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