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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1994

MEMBERS INCLUDE MR HERBERT LIANG, DR YORK LIAO, MR VICTOR LO, PROFESSOR PATRICK Y C CHENG, PROFESSOR CHARLES KAO, PROFESSOR CHIA-WEI

MR

AND WOO,

S K CHAN, DR JAMES LIU, PROFESSOR PING-KEUNG KO,

FROM OF INDUSTRY, MISS DENISE YUE AND OFFICERS DIRECTOR-GENERAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY BRANCH AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT,

THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE STEERING GROUP ARE:

THE THE

ΤΟ ADVISE THE INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (ITDC) ON HOW THE CENTRE SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED;

TO FORMULATE THE BASIC CRITERIA, GUIDELINES AND NECESSARY FOR THE EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING SCHEME;

AND

COUNCIL

PROCEDURES

OF THE NEW

ΤΟ ADVISE ON ANY OTHER MATTERS PERTINENT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CENTRE.

THE STEERING GROUP HAS EXAMINED SOME PAPERS AT

JTS

FIRST

MEETING.

THE MEETING ALSO CONSIDERED WHETHER THE PROPOSED

CENTRE

THE COULD TAP THE EXISTING RESOURCES UNDER RESEARCH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FUND SCHEME.

APPLIED APPLIED

THE SECRETARY OF THE STEERING GROUP, MR RAYMOND YOUNG, SAID THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING THAT THERE HAD BEEN VERY USEFUL ACTIVE DISCUSSIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

AT

AND

FOR

"HOWEVER, SOME TECHNICAL MATTERS STILL REQUIRE FURTHER DELIBERATION. THE ITDC SECRETARIAT WOULD PREPARE DETAILED PAPERS DISCUSSION

SCHEDULED NEXT STEERING GROUP MEETING

AT THE

SEPTEMBER, HE SAID.

FOR

MID-

WELFARE SECTOR BIDS FAREWELL TO SHW

BOTH

MORE THAN 300 MEMBERS OF THE WELFARE SECTOR FROM GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS ATTENDED A DINNER RECEPTION AT HOTEL FURAMA TONIGHT (TUESDAY) TO BID FAREWELL OUTGOING SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE, MRS ELIZABETH WONG.

то THE

THE DINNER PARTY WAS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE TO HONOUR MRS WONG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIAL WELFARE IN THE TERRITORY OVER THE PAST

HELD TENURE EIGHT YEARS, DURING WHICH SHE

AS DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND LATER, AS SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE.

MRS WONG ASSUMED HER PRESENT POST OF SECRETARY FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE IN 1990. SHE WILL PROCEED ON PRE-RETIREMENT LEAVE ON THURSDAY (SEPTEMBER 1).

ALSO PRESENT AT THE RECEPTION WERE THE WELFARE, MR IAN STRACHAN, AND THE CHAIRMAN OF THE OF SOCIAL SERVICE, MRS PAMELA CHAN.

DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL HONG KONG COUNCIL

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