The Government announced today (September 28) that the Financial Secretary, in exercise of the authority under the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Ordinance (MPFSO) delegated to him by the Chief Executive, has appointed Ms Yvo… read more
The Government announced in the Gazette today (September 28) appointments to the Occupational Retirement Schemes Appeal Board (ORSAB).
The Financial Secretary, in exercise of the authority under the Occupational Retirement Schemes Ordinance (Cap 426) (ORSO) delegated to him by the Chief Executive, has re-appointed Ms Cynthia Chung Wing-suet and Ms Giovanna Kwong Fung-ping as the Chairlady and Deputy Chairlady of the ORSAB respectively.
At the same time, the Financial Secretary has also appointed Mr Eric Tong and re-appointed Mr Kenny Chan Ngai-sang and Ms Miranda So Man-wah as members of the ORSAB.
The above appointments and re-appointments will take effect from October 1, 2018, for a period of two years until September 30, 2020, both dates inclusive.
Welcoming the appointments and re-appointments, the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury, Mr James Lau, said, “The ORSAB is made up of distinguished members from the legal and accounting sectors. With members’ professional expertise and experience, I am confident that the Appeal Board will continue to operate effectively and uphold its impartiality.”
Mr Lau also thanked Ms Ivy Cheung Wing-han, the outgoing member of the ORSAB for her dedicated service on the Board.
The ORSAB was established in accordance with Section 61 of the ORSO to determine appeals against decisions of the Registrar of Occupational Retirement Schemes as specified in the ORSO.
The membership of the ORSAB with effect from October 1, 2018, is as follows:
Chairlady
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Ms Cynthia Chung Wing-suet
Deputy Chairlady
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Ms Giovanna Kwong Fung-ping
Members
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Mr Kenny Chan Ngai-sang
Ms Miranda So Man-wah
Mr Eric Tong read more
The Government today (September 28) announced the re-appointment of Mr Antonio Kwong Cho-shing and Ms Yolanda Ng Yuen-ting as the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health respectively, as well as the… read more
The Highways Department (HyD) today (September 28) invited tenders for the Central Kowloon Route – Kai Tak East (Contract No. HY/2018/02). The works are scheduled to commence in March 2019… read more
Following is a reminder of the press releases on statistical data to be issued between October and December 2018. The schedule for issuing press releases on statistical data in 2018 was provided to the media in September 2017. No change has been made to the original schedule.
October 2018
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Date Press Release
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2 Retail sales statistics for August 2018
18 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for August 2018
19 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for July – September 2018
19 Business expectations for fourth quarter 2018
23 Consumer Price Index for September 2018
25 External merchandise trade statistics for September 2018
26 Salary indices for managerial and professional employees for June 2018
November 2018
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Date Press Release
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1 Retail sales statistics for September 2018
5 Restaurant receipts and purchases statistics for third quarter 2018
15 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for September 2018
16 Gross Domestic Product for third quarter 2018 : data
contained in the press release entitled “Economic
Situation in the Third Quarter of 2018 and Latest GDP
and Price Forecasts for 2018″ issued by the Office of the
Government Economist under the Financial Secretary’s
Office (Note)
16 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for August – October 2018
20 Consumer Price Index for October 2018
26 External merchandise trade statistics for October 2018
30 Retail sales statistics for October 2018
December 2018
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Date Press Release
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6 Statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for third quarter 2018
10 Quarterly business receipts indices for service industries for third quarter 2018
11 Construction output statistics for third quarter 2018
11 Statistics on trade involving outward processing in the mainland of China for third quarter
2018
14 Index of industrial production and producer price index for the industrial sector for third
quarter 2018
17 Gross National Income and external primary income flows for third quarter 2018
18 Unemployment and underemployment statistics for September – November 2018
18 Employment and vacancies statistics for September 2018
20 Consumer Price Index for November 2018
20 Volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for October 2018
20 Chain volume measures of Gross Domestic Product by economic activity for third quarter
2018
21 Balance of Payments and International Investment Position statistics for third quarter
2018
27 External merchandise trade statistics for November 2018
28 Wage and payroll statistics for September 2018
Note: The Office of the Government Economist under the Financial Secretary’s Office will issue a press release on the “Third Quarter Economic Report 2018” and final update of the GDP and price forecasts for 2018 as a whole. The GDP for the third quarter of 2018 will also be released there. No separate press release on the GDP for the third quarter of 2018 will be issued by the Census and Statistics Department on that day.
The schedule for regular press releases in 2019 can be downloaded at the website of the Census and Statistics Department (www.censtatd.gov.hk/press_release/index.jsp).
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