Appointments to URA Board announced
The Government today (April 25) announced that the Chief Executive has, pursuant to section 4 of the Urban Renewal Authority Ordinance, reappointed MrChow Chung-kong as Chairman of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) Board from May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2027. The Chief Executive has also, pursuant to the Ordinance, appointed six new non-official non-executive directors, and reappointed four non-official non-executive directors and four official non-executive directors of the URA Board for a term of three years from May 1, 2025, to April 30, 2028.
The six newly appointed non-official non-executive directors are Mr Chan Hok-fung, Mr Chan Kin-por, Mr Chiu Kam-kuen, Ms Lilian Law Suk-kwan, MsJasmine Lee Shun-yi and Ms Florence Leung Chi-hang. The four reappointed non-official non-executive directors are Dr Chan Ka-kui, Ms Janice Lai Wai-man, Mrs Sylvia Lam Yu Ka-wai and Ms Yvonne Yeung Kin-ha.
The Secretary for Development, Ms Bernadette Linn, welcomed the reappointment of Mr Chow as Chairman of the URA Board. "I am grateful to Mr Chow for accepting the appointment and continuing to lead the URA. With Mr Chow's strong leadership, rich experience and his understanding of the work of the URA, I am confident that under his leadership, the URA will continue to discharge its important and challenging mission of urban renewal in Hong Kong," she said.
"The six newly appointed non-official non-executive directors come from different sectors of the community. I am sure their expertise and extensive experience will help contribute and provide invaluable insights and suggestions to the various work areas of the URA," she added.
Ms Linn also expressed gratitude to the six retiring non-official non-executive directors, namely Mr Vincent Cheng Wing-shun, Ms Ivy Chua Suk-lin, Mr Ho Wing-cheong, Ms Elaine Lo Yuen-man, Professor Tang Bo-sin and Ms Judy Tong Kei-yuk, for their invaluable contributions to the URA.
The new URA Board will comprise 16 non-official non-executive directors (including the appointments announced today and the five non-executive directors whose terms of appointment have not yet expired), four official non-executive directors and three executive directors. All the non-official non-executive directors are appointed in their personal capacity. The membership list will be gazetted in due course.
The membership of the URA Board is set out below.
Chairman
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Mr Chow Chung-kong
Non-Executive Directors (Non-official)
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Mr William Chan Fu-keung
Mr Chan Hok-fung
Dr Chan Ka-kui
Mr Chan Kin-por
Mr Chiu Kam-kuen
Mr Kwok Wai-keung
Ms Janice Lai Wai-man
Mr Alexander Lam Tsan-wing
Mrs Sylvia Lam Yu Ka-wai
Ms Lilian Law Suk-kwan
Mr Lee Chun-keung
Ms Jasmine Lee Shun-yi
Ms Florence Leung Chi-hang
Mr Tony Tse Wai-chuen
Ms Yvonne Yeung Kin-ha
Non-Executive Directors (Official)
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Director of Buildings
Director of Lands
Director of Planning
Deputy Director of Home Affairs (2)
Executive Directors
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Managing Director/Deputy Chairman
Two Executive Directors
Enrolled Nurse (General) Training Programme for Welfare Sector 2026-27 invites applications
The Social Welfare Department (SWD) announced that the full-time Enrolled Nurse (General) Training Programme for the Welfare Sector 2026-27 is inviting applications starting today (January 12). The programme, which will last for two years, with a total of 427 places, aims to train students to become enrolled nurses to alleviate the shortage of nurses in the welfare sector and enhance the quality of care services.
In response to the keen demand for nurses in the welfare sector, the SWD has commissioned the Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Saint Francis University and the Tung Wah College to provide the Enrolled Nurse (General) Training Programme for the Welfare Sector for five consecutive years starting from the 2023-24 academic year.
An SWD spokesman said, "Applicants for the programme must be permanent Hong Kong residents with right of abode in Hong Kong and have attained the age of 18 by the time the training programme commences. They must also have attained Level2 or above in five subjects, including Chinese Language, English Language, Mathematics and any two other subjects in Categories A (Note) and B, in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination; or an equivalent qualification. Applicants are also required to take note of other entry requirements as specified by respective training institutes."
The spokesman added, "To encourage young people and frontline staff currently serving the welfare sector to upgrade their professional skills, priority will be accorded to applicants who have successfully completed the two-year Diploma Programme and obtained the diploma under the Navigation Scheme for Young Persons in Care Services launched in 2015 (or under the First-hire-then-train Pilot Scheme from 2013 to 2016) by the SWD; or those who are currently working full-time in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or private organisations providing elderly, rehabilitation, family and child care, youth or correctional services. Individuals who aspire to pursue a career as enrolled nurses in the welfare sector are also welcome."
Tuition fees will be reimbursed to trainees in full on the condition that they have successfully completed the training programme and qualified to register as enrolled nurses within two years. Trainees will be required to sign an undertaking to work as an Enrolled Nurse (General) in NGOs or private organisations recognised by the SWD for providing elderly, rehabilitation, family and child care, or correctional services for a continuous period of no less than three years after completion of the training.
Information seminars on the training programme will be held by the three institutes starting from January. Details of the information seminars are set out in the table below:
Training institute |
Date and time of information seminar |
Website |
Enquiry number |
Hong Kong Metropolitan University |
2pm,
January 27 |
Programme content (Chinese only)
www.hkmu.edu.hk/nhs/tc/programmes-courses/nursing-and-health-studies/sub-degree-programmes/hdngf1_hdngosf1/
Application
admissions.hkmu.edu.hk/ug/online-application |
3970 2928 /
3970 2957 |
Saint Francis University |
3pm, February 6 |
Programme content
www.sfu.edu.hk/en/programmes/sub-degree-programmes/higher-diploma-in-enrolled-nursing-general-hden-swd/introduction/index.html
Application
onlineapplication.sfu.edu.hk/oa/admission/hdenswdForm |
3702 4388 |
Tung Wah College |
3.30pm, January 28 |
Programme content
www.twc.edu.hk/en/Programmes/hdn_swd
Application
www.twc.edu.hk/admission/ |
3190 6672 |
Applications will be closed at 5pm on March 2. For enquiries, please call the enquiry numbers of the training institutes.
Note: "Attained" in Citizenship and Social Development will be accepted as Level 2.
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