Appointments to Advisory Committee of Accounting and Financial Reporting Council announced
The Government announced today (July 31) that the Financial Secretary has reappointed 12 members of the Advisory Committee of the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) for a term of two years from August 1, 2026 to July 31, 2028.
The reappointments are made in accordance with the Accounting and Financial Reporting Council Ordinance (Cap. 588).
The membership of the Advisory Committee with effect from August 1, 2026 is as follows:
Chairman
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Dr David Sun Tak-kei (Chairman of the AFRC)
Members (reappointed members marked with *)
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Mr Clement Chan Kam-wing*
Ms Ivy Cheung Wing-han*
Mr Stephen Fung Sing-hong*
Ms Janey Lai Chui-pik (Chief Executive Officer of the AFRC)
Mr Edward Lau Fu-keung*
Ms Elizabeth Law*
Mr Patrick Law Fu-yuen*
Ms Doris Lian Shaodong*
Dr Webster Ng Kam-wah*
Dr Christopher To Wing*
Ms Flora Wang Fang*
Mr Edmund Wong Chun-sek*
Ms Daisy Yeung*
A spokesman for the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said, "The Advisory Committee has been rendering constructive advice on the regulatory objectives and policies of the AFRC. We would like to express our gratitude to the reappointed members of the Advisory Committee for their valuable contributions during the previous terms, and are confident that they will continue to serve as a conduit between the AFRC and the sector, thereby assisting the AFRC in discharging its important function of promoting and supporting the development of the profession."
The Advisory Committee was established on August 1, 2022 to advise the AFRC on matters of policy regarding any of the AFRC's objectives and functions under the new regulatory regime of the accounting profession. It comprises the AFRC Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, as well as government-appointed members who are practitioners, service users and other stakeholders of the accounting profession. The government-appointed members are empowered to second nominations of candidates in the Council elections of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Approved Kwai Chung Outline Zoning Plan amended
The Town Planning Board today (July 31) announced amendments to the approved Kwai Chung Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).
The amendments mainly involve (i) rezoning a site at the junction of Lei Muk Road and Kwok Shui Road from "Other Specified Uses" ("OU") annotated "Buildings with Historical and Architectural Interests Preserved for Social Welfare Facility Use", "Open Space" and an area shown as 'Road' to "Residential (Group A)5"; (ii) revision to the building height restriction of the "OU" annotated "Columbarium" ("OU(Columbarium)") zone at Tsing Tsuen Road; (iii) rezoning three strips of land at Tsing Tsuen Road from "Green Belt" and "Industrial" ("I") to "OU(Columbarium)"; (iv) rezoning three parcels of land near Wing Kei Road and to the east of Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery (TWCPC) from "OU(Columbarium)", "OU" annotated "Cemetery" ("OU(Cemetery)") and "OU" annotated "Funeral Parlours and Crematorium" ("OU(FPC)") to "I"; (v) rezoning a parcel of land to the east of TWCPC from "OU(Cemetery)" and "I" to "OU(FPC)"; and (vi) rezoning a site at Wo Yi Hop Road from "OU" annotated "Business" to "Residential (Group E)2".
The Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP are amended to take into account the above amendments. Opportunity is also taken to update the general information of various land use zones and the planning scheme area, where appropriate.
The draft Kwai Chung OZP No. S/KC/33, incorporating the amendments, is available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Tsuen Wan and West Kowloon District Planning Office, and (iv) the Kwai Tsing District Office.
Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before September 30, 2026. Any person who intends to make a representation is advised to read the Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29C on "Submission and Processing of Representations and Further Representations" (TPB PG-No. 29C).
Submission of a representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29C. In particular, the representer should take note of the following:
* If the representer fails to provide his or her full name and the first four alphanumeric characters of his or her Hong Kong identity card or passport number as required under TPB PG-No. 29C, the representation submitted shall be treated as not having been made; and
* The Secretariat of the Town Planning Board reserves the right to require the representer to provide identity proof for verification.
The Guidelines and the submission form are available at the above locations (i) and (ii) and the Town Planning Board's website (www.tpb.gov.hk).
Copies of the draft Kwai Chung OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centre in North Point. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed on the Town Planning Board's website (www.tpb.gov.hk).
