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Mrs Angela Cheung has served on the Education Commission since January 1989. She is re-appointed for a further year so that as Chairman of the Working Group on Language Proficiency, she can help the Commission to complete Education Commission Report No. 6, containing the Commission's final recommendations on language proficiency in the light of the public consultation exercise which concluded in October.
Mr Cheung Man-kwong is curently the Legislative Council member of the teaching constituency and President of the Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union.
Three serving members are re-appointed for a further two-year term. They are:
Dr Cheng Kai-ming, Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. Dr Cheng also serves as Chairman of the Commission's working group on educational standards, whose report was published on December 7; Ms Sansan Ching Teh-chi, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Council of Early Childhood Education and Services; and Mr Peter Lee Ting-chang, Director of the Lee Hysan Estate Company Ltd.
The four new Members are: Mr Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen, Mr Tai Hay-lap, the Rev Margaret Wong and Mr Norman Yuen Lee-tong.
Mr Andrew Leung Kwan-yuen is the Managing Director of Sun Hing Knitting Factory Ltd. He is active in the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and serves as an employers' representative on the Labour Advisory Board.
Mr Tai Hai-lap is the Principal of Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School in Tuen Mun. He is well-known for his press articles on educational issues.
The Rev Margaret Wong is the Principal of St Paul's Convent School. She is also a member of the Governing Council of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.
Mr Norman Yuen Kee-tong is the Operations Director of the Hongkong Telecom. He is also a member of the Language Fund Advisory Committee.
The chairmen of the Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and Qualifications, the Board of Education, the University Grants Committee and the Vocational Training Council, and the Director of Education will continue to serve as ex-officio members of the Commission. The Secretary for Education and Manpower will continue to be Vice-Chairman of the Commission.
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Mr Leung thanked the four outgoing members - Mr Cho Yu-fun, Ms Kathy Chiu Kam-hing, Dr Alexander Fung Chi-wah and Mr James Tien Pei-chun for their support and contribution to the compilation of the three working group reports and other important Commission deliberations in the past two years.
End/Friday, December 9, 1994
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