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The Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated has re-appointed Professor Chan Wing-wah as Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund for a period of three years from April 1, 2001.

The Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated has also re-appointed 11 members and appointed 3 new members for a three-year term commencing on April 1, 2001.

The following is a full list of the members of the Board of Trustees:

Professor Chan Wing-wah, JP (Chairman)

Mr Anson Chan

Ms Flora Cheong-Leen

Ms Barbara Fei

Ms Linda Fung

Mr Frank Lee King-ting

Mr Wayne Leung Wai-yin

Mr Willy Tsao Sing-yuen, BBS

Ms Yip Wing-sie

Mr Yiu Kai-wing

Professor Lo King-man, JP, Director, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Mr William Y Yiu, Executive Director, Charities and Corporate Secretariat, The Hong Kong Jockey Club

Mr Wai Sing-fat, Administrative Secretary, The Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association

Director of Education or Chief Curriculum Development Officer (Arts Education) of Education Department

Principal Assistant Secretary (Culture), Home Affairs Bureau

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund was set up in 1980 with a donation of $10 million from the Hong Kong Jockey Club for the promotion and development of music and dance. It is a non-statutory trust fund, administered by a board of trustees. In 1994, the Jockey Club provided a further capital injection of $22 million to meet the increase in demand for support.

Each year, the Fund offers scholarships to exceptionally talented candidates to pursue integrated programmes of post-diploma studies, post-graduate studies or professional training in music or dance outside Hong Kong at world-renowned institutions.

Since its establishment, about 200 scholarships amounting to more than $17 million have been awarded to outstanding young musicians and dancers. Many of the scholarship recipients are now contributing to music and dance in Hong Kong and nurturing the new generation of local artists.

A similar amount of financial assistance has also been granted to schools and various organisations for the purchase and repair of musical instruments and dance equipment, and the establishment of orchestras or dance groups. Many of them have achieved outstanding results in open competitions such as Schools Music Festival and the Schools Dance Festivals.

End/Tuesday, April 3, 2001

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