Urban Renewal Authority 2018-19 Annual Report

102 MEMBERS OF BOARD AND PROFILES Ms Elaine LO Yuen-man Ms Elaine Lo is the Hong Kong Senior Partner of Jingtian & Gongcheng LLP ( 競天公誠律師事務所有 限法律責任合夥 ). She previously served as the Hong Kong Senior Partner and Asia Chair of Mayer Brown JSM ( 孖士打律師行 ), and on Mayer Brown’s Global Management Committee from January 2008 to May 2016. Ms Lo is a corporate lawyer who focuses on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, structuring joint ventures, infrastructure project financing and corporate restructuring. She has extensive experience in acting for government authorities, project sponsors, lenders and equity participants in project finance deals. She advises banks and financial institutions on M&A, asset and project finance. Ms Lo was named “Managing Partner of the Year” by Asian Legal Business Awards in 2008, 2009 and 2015. Ms Lo actively participates in public service. She has been appointed by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) to various government advisory and statutory bodies, including: • the Advisory Committee on Post-office Employment for Former Chief Executives and Politically Appointed Officials of the HKSAR • the Independent Commission on Remuneration for Members of the Executive Council and the Legislature, and Officials under the Political Appointment System of the HKSAR • the Independent Commission on Remuneration for Members of the District Councils of the HKSAR • the Standing Commission on Civil Service Salaries and Conditions of Service of the HKSAR • the Women’s Commission Ms Lo is admitted to practise in Hong Kong, England, Australia and Singapore, and is also a China Appointed Attesting Officer. Dr LEE Ho-yin Dr Lee Ho-yin is a founder of the postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in the Division of Architectural Conservation Programmes (ACP) at The University of Hong Kong. He was instrumental in amalgamating the conservation programmes to establish the Division in 2015, and became the Founding Head of the Division. Before joining HKU in 2000, he was an Associate Director of an architectural practice, and has been involved in architectural projects in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Mainland China and Singapore. A well-published academic and an experienced practitioner in built-heritage conservation, he has been appointed by government agencies in Hong Kong, Mainland China and overseas as an expert advisor or a consultant for conservation projects and the designation and monitoring of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. He has been appointed to a number of heritage conservation statutory boards and committees, including the Hong Kong Government’s Antiquities Advisory Board, Tai Kwun Advisory Committee, Tai Kwun Heritage Working Group (as Chairman), and Urban Renewal Authority Board of Directors (as an Non- Executive Director). In 2017, he was cited in the award certificate for the highest UNESCO conservation award for the “Blue House Cluster” revitalisation project. Professor the Honourable Joseph LEE Kok- long, SBS, JP Prof. Hon. Joseph Lee is a Member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Fonnding Dean and Honorary Professor & Advisor of School of Nursing & Health Studies at the Open University of Hong Kong. Prof. Lee was awarded Justice of Peace in 2006 and the Silver Bauhinia Star in 2009 by the Government of the HKSAR. He has been appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR as member of a number of community services, including the Housing Authority and the Lantau Development Advisory Committee. Prof. Lee is also the Chairman of Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff, member of the Hospital Governing Committee of Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals, and honorary research fellow of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Studies at Lingnan University of Hong Kong.