_GoBack - 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

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53 WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY NEWS JULY 2016 Editorial | Expert Point of View | Gastro 2016: EGHS-WGO | WDHD News | WGO & WGOF News | WGO Global Guidelines | Calendar of Events 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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