FDRC 2018 Annual Report

The Appointment Committee 遴選委員會 Financial Dispute Resolution Centre 金融糾紛調解中心 14 The FDRC Appointment Committee (AC) is in charge of approving applications for admission to the FDRC List of Mediators and the FDRC List of Arbitrators (the Lists) and ensuring that the assessment and admission processes are fair and independent. The AC also makes recommendations to the Board on matters relating to the maintenance and development of standards of mediators and arbitrators on the Lists. In 2018, the AC continued to be chaired by Mr Frederick KAN Ka- chong. It resolved a variety of matters including: • reviewing 15 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities and awarding CPD points to attendees who were mediators and arbitrators on the Lists. The CPD activities enriched the knowledge of mediators and arbitrators on the Lists on financial products and market practices with a view to maintaining their high standards and encouraging professional advancement; • considering and approving 4 applications for admission to the FDRC List of Mediators; • considering and approving 2 applications for admission to the FDRC List of Arbitrators; • considering and approving applications for membership renewal under the Lists; and • recommending guidelines on the Procedures of Removal of Arbitrators, the Role of the FDRC and the Ethics Codes for FDRC Mediators and Arbitrators. 調解中心遴選委員會（ 選委會 ）負責審批所有有 意加入調解中心調解員名單和調解中心仲裁員名 單（ 名單 ）之人士的申請，確保審核及取錄過程 公平獨立，並就維持和提升調解員及仲裁員名單 成員資格水平的有關事宜，向董事局提出建議。 於 2018 年，選委會繼續由簡家驄先生擔任主席， 並於年內審議多項事宜，包括： • 檢討十五項持續專業發展培訓活動，並向 出席活動的調解員和仲裁員名單成員授予 持續專業發展積分。有關培訓活動旨在豐 富調解員和仲裁員名單成員就金融產品及 市場運作的知識，以維持他們的高度水平 和鼓勵持續專業發展； • 審核及批准 4 份要求加入調解中心調解員名 單的申請； • 審核及批准 2 份要求加入調解中心仲裁員名 單的申請； • 審核及批准調解中心調解員和仲裁員名單 成員的續會申請；及 • 就撤換仲裁員的程序、調解中心的角色及 調解中心《 調解員及仲裁員操守守則 》， 作出建議指引。