Youth Square Management Advisory Committee Welcomes New and Reappointed Members for 2025-2026 Term

Appointments to Youth Square Management Advisory Committee

The Home and Youth Affairs Bureau (HYAB) announced today (December 31) the reappointment of five incumbent members and the appointment of three new members, including two new members appointed through the Member Self-recommendation Scheme for Youth (MSSY), to the Youth Square Management Advisory Committee (MAC) for a two-year term from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026.

​The Chairperson and non-official members of MAC are as follows:

Chairperson

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Commissioner for Youth, HYAB

Ex-officio members

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Vice-Chairperson of the Youth Development Commission, or a representative

Chairperson of the Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education, or a representative

Representative from the Eastern District Council

Representative from the Board of Management of the Chinese Permanent Cemeteries

Newly appointed members

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Ms Hoo Yuk-wai

Mr Poon Pak-ki*

Mr Yeung See-chai*

Reappointed members

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Ms Debbie Cheung Sui-ki

Ms Dana Lau Sing-she

Dr Wendy Lee Woon-ming

Mr Eric Yeung Chuen-sing

Reappointed co-opted member

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Ms Susanna Lai Shuk-ching

Existing members

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Mr Victor Lam Tsz-hung

Ms Cherry Lee Suet-yee

Mr Leung Kwok-shing

Mr Jan Noel Shih

*Appointed through the MSSY

MAC also includes representatives from the HYAB, the Education Bureau and the Leisure and Cultural Services Department as members.

A spokesman for the HYAB thanked the outgoing members, Dr Wilson Choo Ming-yin, Mr Dave Ho and Mr Yeung Hok-lam, for their support and contributions since their appointment to MAC.

​MAC is a non-statutory advisory body which advises the Government on matters pertaining to the operation of Youth Square, including the overall strategy and objectives of Youth Square; themes and contents of youth development programmes; the use, allocation, leasing and charging arrangements of relevant facilities; the evaluation of the effectiveness of the use of Youth Square in promoting youth development programmes and monitoring the performance of the operator. Furthermore, the Government regularly recruits young persons aged between 18 and 35 who are eager to serve the community to join the Government's advisory committees through the MSSY with a view to providing more opportunities for young people to participate in policy discussions.

Authorized person disciplined for professional negligence

​The Authorized Persons', Registered Structural Engineers' and Registered Geotechnical Engineers' Disciplinary Board has completed a disciplinary inquiry and decided that an authorized person (AP) should be disciplined for professional negligence under section 7(1A)(b) of the Buildings Ordinance (BO).

The Board ordered the AP to be reprimanded and to pay $131,800, being the costs of the Board for conducting the inquiry.

The Board's written decision and order issued on December 20, 2024, was published in the Gazette today (January 3). Details are available at the following link: www.gld.gov.hk/egazette/pdf/20252901/egn2025290131.pdf.

The case involved a building construction project on Tai Shu Ha Road West in Yuen Long. Upon investigation by the Buildings Department (BD), it was found that the layout of the clubhouse in the project differed from the approved plans, as an additional floor slab was found between G/F and 1/F of the clubhouse. The AP advised in a letter to the BD in 2018 that one of the reasons for altering the layout of the clubhouse was a request from the Water Supplies Department to enlarge the water meter room, which turned out to be inaccurate. In view of the investigation results, the BD notified the Board for its consideration of disciplinary action against the AP under the provision of section 13(1) of the BO.

A spokesperson for the BD emphasised that persons registered under the BO may be disciplined if they are negligent or engage in misconduct.