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The Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated has reappointed Professor Chan Wing-wah as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund from April 1, 2004 to March 31, 2007.

The Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated has also reappointed nine members and appointed four new members for the same period.

Following is a full list of the members of the board of trustees:

Professor Chan Wing-wah, JP (Chairman);

Mr Anson Chan;

Mr Chan Ho-choi, MH;

Ms Linda Fung;

Mr Frank Lee King-ting;

Mr Pun Siu-fai;

Mr Stephen Tan;

Ms Yip Wing-sie, JP;

Mr Thomas Yiu Yu-ho;

Mr William Y Yiu, Executive Director of Charities and Corporate Secretariat of the Hong Kong Jockey Club;

Professor Lo King-man, JP, Director of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts;

Mr Wai Sing-fat, Administrative Secretary of the Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association;

Secretary for Education and Manpower or his representative; and

Principal Assistant Secretary (Culture) 2, 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 (HKJC) for the promotion and development of music and dance training and education in Hong Kong. It is a non-statutory trust fund administered by a board of trustees. In 1994, the HKJC provided a capital injection of $22 million to the fund to meet increasing demand for its support.

Each year, the fund offers scholarships to exceptionally talented candidates to pursue post-diploma studies, post-graduate studies or professional training in music and dance outside Hong Kong at world-renowned institutions. Since its establishment, about 230 scholarships amounting to more than $27 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 a new generation of local artists.

The trust fund also offers grants to schools for the promotion and development of music, dance and other related activities. So far, about 3,000 grants amounting to about $24 million have been awarded and many recipients have achieved outstanding results in open competitions and school music and dance festivals.

Ends/Wednesday, March 31, 2004

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