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Appointments to Consumer Council

     The Government announced today (December 22) the appointment of five new members and the reappointment of two incumbent members to the Consumer Council for a term of two years with effect from January 1, 2024.
 
     The new members are Professor Chung Chi-yung, Mr Ma Tak-yan, Professor Jack Poon Sik-ching, Ms Siu Suk-yu and Mr Andy Wong Man-kit. The reappointed incumbent members are Ms Veronica Fung Kit-ming and Ms Miranda Kwan Ching-yi.
 
     In addition, the Government expressed gratitude to the outgoing members, namely Dr Catherine Chan Po-ling, Dr Wilton Fok Wai-tung, Ms Kitty Lee Wing-lan, Mr Raymond Mak Ka-chun and Mr Siu King-wai, who are about to complete their tenure, for their contributions to various aspects of the Council’s work.
 
     The composition of the Council with effect from January 1, 2024, is as follows:
 
Chairman
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Mr Clement Chan Kam-wing
 
Vice-Chairman
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Mr Tony Pang Chor-fu
 
Members
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Mr Kenneth Chan Kin-nin
Ms Ivy Cheung Wing-han
Mr Holden Chow Ho-ding
Professor Chung Chi-yung
Ms Veronica Fung Kit-ming
Mr Edward Ho Man-tat
Ms Miranda Kwan Ching-yi
Mr Victor Lam Hoi-cheung
Mr Matthew Lam Kin-hong
Ms Doris Lian Shaodong
Mr Alan Lui Siu-lun
Dr Lui Wing-cheong
Mr Ma Tak-yan
Professor Jack Poon Sik-ching
Ms Siu Suk-yu
Ms Iris Wan Lai-sze
Mr Wong Kin-wai
Mr Andy Wong Man-kit
Mr Selwyn Yu Sing-cheung, SC read more

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Appointments to Toys and Children’s Products Safety Appeal Board Panel announced

     The Government announced today (December 22) appointments to the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Appeal Board Panel.
 
     Miss Queenie Fiona Lau and Ms Stephanie Hung Yu-jie are appointed as the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Panel respectively.
 
     In addition, three incumbent members, viz., Dr Mak Shu-lun, Miss Tse Pui-pui and Miss Wong Men-chu have been reappointed while Mr Bryant Chan, Ms Vanessa Lau Chi-wan, Dr Jimmy Li Chi-ho, Mr Ivan Ting Tien-li, Mr Tse Tsz-fung and Miss Yasmine Zahir have been newly appointed to the Panel.
 
     The tenure of their appointments is two years with effect from January 1, 2024.
 
     Established under section 15 of the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance, the Toys and Children’s Products Safety Appeal Board Panel is responsible for hearing appeals against enforcement decisions or actions taken by the Commissioner of Customs and Excise under the Ordinance.
 
     The Panel’s membership with effect from January 1, 2024, will be as follows:
 
Chairman
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Miss Queenie Fiona Lau
 
Deputy Chairman
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Ms Stephanie Hung Yu-jie
 
Members
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(1) Scientists or technologists with relevant expertise in toys or children’s products
 
Dr Jimmy Li Chi-ho
Dr Mak Shu-lun
Miss Tse Pui-pui
 
(2) Persons from the toys or children’s products industry
 
Mr Bryant Chan
Mr Ivan Ting Tien-li
Miss Wong Men-chu
 
(3) General public
 
Ms Vanessa Lau Chi-wan
Mr Tse Tsz-fung
Miss Yasmine Zahir read more

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Property owner fined over $7,000 for failing to comply with fire safety direction

     An owner was convicted and fined $7,540 at the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts on December 13 for failing to comply with a fire safety direction issued under the Fire Safety (Industrial Buildings) Ordinance (FS(IB)O) (Cap. 636). This is the first prosecution case in connection with the non-compliance of fire safety direction issued under the FS(IB)O since its implementation on June 19, 2020.
      
     The Buildings Department (BD) issued a fire safety direction under section 5(1) of the FS(IB)O to the owner of a 51-year-old industrial building at Fui Yiu Kok Street, Tsuen Wan, requiring the owner to comply with certain fire safety construction requirements which include replacing fire-rated doors of the escape staircases, lifts, riser duct, switch room and the fireman’s lift lobbies, providing fire-rated enclosures to non-emergency services in the escape staircases, replacing windows of the escape staircases and the fireman’s lift lobbies with fire-rated fixed lights and providing separate liftwell for the fireman’s lift.
      
     Failing to comply with the statutory direction, the owner was prosecuted by the BD and was convicted and fined by the court.
      
     “According to the FS(IB)O, failing to comply with a statutory direction issued under the ordinance without reasonable excuse is a serious offence. The BD may instigate prosecution proceedings against the owner”, a spokesman for the BD said today (December 22).
      
     Pursuant to section 11(1) and (2) of the FS(IB)O, any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a statutory direction commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4 ($25,000 at present) and to a further fine of $2,500 for each day of non-compliance. Upon conviction, an application may also be made to the court for a Fire Safety Compliance Order against the owner under section 13(1) of the FS(IB)O directing the owner to comply with the requirements of the direction.    read more

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