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Hu Fa-kuang appointed ACC Chairman

The Government announced today (Friday) the appointment of Mr Hu Fa- kuang as the Chairman of the Consultative Committee on the New Airport and Related Projects (ACC) on January 3, 1996.

Fifty-four other members have also been re-appointed to the Committee for the new term expiring on October 31, 1997.

The ACC was set up in 1991 pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Construction of the New Airport in Hong Kong and Related Questions signed by the British and Chinese Governments.

Its purpose is to provide a forum in which community views on the development of the new airport and related projects can be discussed and brought to the attention of the Government.

Mr Hu has been an active member of the ACC since 1991 and during the last term was the convenor of the ACC Traffic and Transport Sub-committee as well as the Ad Hoc Study Group on the Airport Corporation/Authority Bill. Having served on the Legislative Council, Urban Council, Land Development Corporation, and the Housing Authority since the 1970s, Mr Hu has a long and impressive record of public service. He is currently a member of the Aviation Advisory Board.

The Director of the New Airport Projects Co-ordination Office, Mr Billy Lam, said: "Since its establishment in 1991, the committee, with membership drawn from a wide cross section of the community, has given much valuable advice to the Government on matters related to the Airport Core Programme. The Government will continue to provide the ACC with information on project progress, financing and cost in a timely manner, and listen to the reasonable views and proposals of the members of the ACC."

The ACC members are:

1.

Mr Hu Fa-kuang (Chairman)

2.

Mr Payson Cha Mou-sing

3.

Mr Steven Chan Hung-kwan

4.

Dr Thomas Chan Man-hung

5.

Mrs Ena Chan Yuen Yin-hung

6.

Mr Chau How-chen

7.

Mr Cheng Hon-Kwan

8.

Mr Christopher Cheng Wai-chee

9.

Mr Cheng Yiu-tong