Eleven members have been re-appointed and eight new members were appointed to the Manpower Development Committee for a term of two years with effect from January 1, 2005. The committee is chaired by Secretary for Education and Manpower Professor Arthur Li.

Established in October 2002, the committee advises the Government on Hong Kong's manpower needs, vocational training and retraining, post-secondary and continuing education, as well as the setting up of a qualifications framework and its associated quality assurance mechanism.

The Education and Manpower Bureau says the committee has enabled the Government to adopt a more systematic and participatory approach to manpower planning and development, which is more responsive to the changing needs of Hong Kong's social and economic development.

Membership of the committee comprises key stakeholders including employers, employees, training providers, academics, professional bodies and the Government.

* Permanent Secretary for Education and Manpower Fanny Law

* Victor Stanley Apps (Employers' Federation of Hong Kong)

* Professor Leonard Cheng (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

* Christine Fang (Hong Kong Council of Social Service)

* Lau Chin-shek (Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions)

* Professor Liu Pak-wai (Chinese University of Hong Kong)

* Dr Dennis Sun (Hong Kong Management Association)

* Tam Yiu-chung (Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions)

* Michael Tien (Employees Retraining Board)

* Yeung Kai-yin (Vocational Training Council)

* Professor Enoch Young (Federation for Continuing Education in Tertiary Institutions)

* Government Economist Kwok Kwok-chuen

* Jonathan Choi (Chinese General Chamber of Commerce)

* Virginia Choi (Continuing Professional Development Alliance)

* Li Fung-ying (Federation of Hong Kong and Kowloon Labour Unions)

* Dr York Liao (Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation)

* Michael Vernon Stone (University Grants Committee)

* Kenneth Ting (Federation of Hong Kong Industries)