Bangkok--15 Nov--Francom Asia The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) welcomes the appointment of five new Members to the Board. Appointed by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government for a three-year term, the new Members are: Ms Shirley Chan Suk-ling, Dr Michael Chan Yue-kwong, Messrs Ko Chi-sum, Larry Kwok Lam-kwong and Stanley Hui Hon-chung. The appointment will be effective on 1 November 2007. The appointees are elites in their profession: Ms Shirley Chan Suk-ling is the Managing Director of YGM Trading Limited; Dr Michael Chan Yue-kwong, the Chairman of Caf? de Coral Holdings Limited; Messrs Ko Chi-sum, the Chief Executive Officer and Producer of Spring-Time Group Limited; Larry Kwok Lam-Kwong, the Managing Partner of China, Mallesons Stephen Jaques and the former Vice-chairman of the Consumer Council; and Stanley Hui Hon-chung, the Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong Airport Authority. The Hon James Tien, Chairman of the HKTB, welcomed the HKSAR’s appointment and said that the five appointees are all elites in their own field. “We are hopeful that the new Members will provide guidance and inject new ideas to HKTB’s work. I look forward to working closely with them to further promote our tourism industry,” Mr Tien said. In addition, five other Members namely Dr James Wu, Messrs Yu Pang-chun, Michael Hui Koon-man, Tang Kwai-nang and Prof Andrew Chan Chi-fai will retire by end of October, after having served the HKTB for six years. Mr Tien wishes to extend his gratitude to the retiring Members for their dedications and contributions to the HKTB during the many challenges in the past six years.