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Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Under the Memorandum and Articles of the Association of the Hong Kong Press Council, chairman and vice-chairmen must not be employees in newspaper industry to ensure the independence, impartiality and integrity of the Council.

The Chairman shall be nominated by the Ordinary Corporate Members and shall be elected by a two-third majority of members who attend an annual general meeting. The Vice-chairmen should be Public Members being elected by Council members.

The tenure of the Chairman and Vice-chairmen is one year.

2010 Chairman and Vice-chairmen

Chairman:

Prof. Joseph M. Chan
Professor of Journalism and Communication
Chinese University of Hong Kong

Vice-Chairmen:

Mr Au Pak Kuen
Chief Treasurer, Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union

Dr. Cheung Kwai Yeung
Head, Training & Development, Radio Television Hong Kong