Appointments to Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal

     The Government announced today (March 25) that the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury has appointed Ms Chan Yuen-shan and re-appointed Ms Joan Ho Yuk-wai as well as Professor Tam Kar-yan as panel members of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Review Tribunal for a term of three years. All appointments will take effect on April 1, 2022.

     The Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr Christopher Hui, said, "I am confident that their expertise and experience will contribute to the effective operation of the Tribunal." 

     Mr Hui also expressed his gratitude to the outgoing member, Mr Anthony Chiu Ling-cheong, for his valuable contributions in the past period.

     The Tribunal was established under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance (Cap. 615) to review specified decisions made under the Ordinance by a relevant authority (including the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Securities and Futures Commission, the Insurance Authority and the Customs and Excise Department), any decision of the Commissioner of Customs and Excise on licensing matters in respect of money service operators, and any decision of the Registrar of Companies on licensing and disciplinary matters in respect of trust or company service providers. 

     The above appointments were gazetted today.