To ensure that the needs of various sectors of the community can be suitably taken into account in the development of government statistical activities, a Statistics Advisory Board was established by the government in 1972.  The Statistics Advisory Board is a non-statutory advisory body which advises the Commissioner for Census and Statistics on matters pertaining to government statistical work.  Its membership consists of professionals from the business sector, the academia and the community, which provides for a wide representation to assist the Commissioner in integrating views of data users, data suppliers and statisticians.

Terms of Reference

To advise the Commissioner for Census and Statistics on all statistical matters referred to the Board by the Commissioner.

Composition

The Board is a non-statutory advisory body, comprising a Chairperson, 11 non-official members and 3 official members.  The term of the Board members is two years.

The current membership of the Board is as follows:

Chairperson (ex officio)
Ms Marion CHAN Shui-yu, JP	Commissioner for Census and Statistics
Non-official Members
Ms Clara LAU Wai-ping	Group Credit Officer Credit Strategy and Standards, Corporate Finance, Asia Pacific Moody’s Investors Service Hong Kong Limited First appointed to the Board in June 2014
Professor LEUNG Siu-fai, MH	Professor Department of Economics The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology First appointed to the Board in June 2014
Professor TSUI Kwok-leung	Chair Professor of Industrial Engineering School of Data Science City University of Hong Kong   Director Centre for System Informatics Engineering City University of Hong Kong   First appointed to the Board in June 2014
Mr Augustine WONG Ho-ming, JP	Executive Director Henderson Land Development Company Limited First appointed to the Board in June 2014
Mrs CHEUNG ANG Siew-mei, JP	Executive Director Christian Action First appointed to the Board in June 2016
Ms Nicole YUEN Shuk-kam	Former Managing Director & Head of Equities, North Asia and Vice Chairman, Greater China Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited First appointed to the Board in June 2016
Mr Victor CHAN Kok-wai	General Manager Harbour Grand Kowloon    Appointed to the Board in June 2018
Mr Samuel LAU Kin-pui	Deputy Managing Director – Integrated Logistics Kerry Logistics (Hong Kong) Limited   Appointed to the Board in June 2018
Ms Michelle LEUNG Oi-pui	Senior Vice President Fung Omni Services (Hong Kong) Limited   Appointed to the Board in June 2018
Dr Vivian LOU Wei-qun	Associate Professor Department of Social Work and Social Administration The University of Hong Kong   Director Sau Po Centre on Ageing The University of Hong Kong   Appointed to the Board in June 2018
Mr Gavin POON Ka-ming	Medical Advisor Novartis Pharmaceuticals (Hong Kong) Limited   Appointed to the Board in June 2018
Official Members
	Director of Planning (or representative) Government Economist (or representative) Representative from the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau
Secretary (ex officio)
	Senior Statistician (General) Census and Statistics Department