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WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS JULY 2016
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35th Annual General Meeting cum
Scientific Meeting of The Hong
Kong Society of Gastroenterology
Justin C.Y. Wu, MBChB, MD, FRCP (Lond, Edin),
FHKAM, FHKCP, AGAF
President, The Hong Kong Society of Gastroenterology
Wanchai, Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Society of Gastro-enterology’s
annual scientific meeting
was successfully held 31 March 2016
at Cordis, Hong Kong at Langham
Place, Kowloon. The meeting was
attended by 133 healthcare profession-als.
Dr. Wai-Fan Luk served as Orga-nizing
Chairperson for the conference.
During the meeting, the honorary
fellowship of our Society was bestowed
upon distinguished guest, Professor
Suk-Kyun Yang, Chief of the Depart-ment
of Gastroenterology at the Asan
Medical Center in Seoul, South Korea.
He is among the 19 honorary fellows
of our Society who are renowned
scholars in the specialty.
Professor Yang delivered an
enlightening lecture on “Inflamma-tory
Bowel Disease (IBD) in Korea”
and joined a panel discussion with
Professor Wai-Keung Leung and Dr.
Hester Y.S. Cheung on a case with
“IBD” presented by Dr. Patrick K.F.
Tsang. Delegates participated actively
throughout the discussion.
The annual general meeting then
followed, which was attended by 42
Prof. Suk-Kyun Yang.
From left to right: Dr. Wai-Cheung Lao pres-ents
Prof. Suk-Kyun Yang with an honorary
fellowship.
fellows and members. During the
general meeting, the Society’s annual
report and financial statements for
the year of 2015 were presented.
Seven fellows were then elected to the
Council for the term of 2016-2018.
A Certificate of Appreciation was
presented to each of the nine industry
sponsors in appreciation of their sup-port
and contributions towards the
meeting.
Most meeting participants stayed
for the dinner and continued ex-changing
their views.
Dr. Patrick K.F. Tsang.
From left to right: Prof. Suk-Kyun Yang, Dr. Hester Y.S. Cheung, & Prof. Wai-Keung Leung.
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