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Mr Simon C Penney, Deputy Chief Financial Officer of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd, has also been appointed a member to the Board from January 1, 1995.
Professor David Todd and Mr Peter Wong Hong- yuen have been re- appointed to serve on the Board from December 1, 1994.
Meanwhile, Mrs Lee Lo Yuk-sim has resigned from the Board and Mr. James C S Rankin has tendered his resignation which will take effect from December 31, 1994.
Dr William H P Lewis has already left the Board when his term of appointment expired at the end of November, 1994.
A Government spokesman paid tribute to Mrs Lee Lo Yuk-sim, Mr James C S Rankin and Dr William H P Lewis for their advice and contributions to the Hospital Authority which is dedicated to improving and enhancing the quality of medical services in Hong Kong.
end/Friday, December 2, 1994
$54M award to boost language proficiency
A total of 35 language improvement projects amounting to $54.4 million today (Friday) received the green light from the Acting Director of Education and Trustee of the Language Fund, Miss Elaine Chung.
The 35 projects are among the first batch of 177 applications to the government's $300 million Language Fund, and have been recommended by the Language Fund Advisory Committee chaired by Professor Rosie Young.
Miss Chung said the successful applicants were being notified separately and that it was the intention of the trustee to enter into an agreement with each grantee before funds were allocated.
Of the 35 successful applications aimed at improving the language proficiency of teachers, students and members of the public, 23 are Chinese
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