Advisory Committee on Travel Agents member Vivien Chan will assume the chairman's post for two years from November 1. She will take over from out-going chairman Tang Kwai-nang who has served the committee for 12 years.

Meanwhile, Chan Kin-por has been made a committee member for two years to fill Ms Chan's vacancy.

The committee is a statutory body under the Travel Agents Ordinance. It advises the Government on matters relating to the regulation of the travel agent trade and on issues affecting the interests of the travel trade and consumers.