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The Government today (April 29) announced appointments to the Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee (COAC) and Prof Andrew Chan Chi-fai as Chairman of the COAC for the period from May 1, 2016, to April 30, 2018.
The Home Affairs Bureau thanked the outgoing Chairman, Mr Charles Chow Chan-lum, and seven outgoing members (Mr Lui Hung-kwong, Mr Tam Wing-pong, Ms Brenda Chan Yuen-hung, Ms Candice Leung Wai-yee, Dr Kitty Tai Suk-yan, Mr Li Kin-hung and Ms Eliza Li Pui-yan) for their valuable contributions to the work of the COAC. Mr Chow has served as the Chairman of the COAC for six years and has been actively supporting and promoting the development of Cantonese opera. Under his leadership, the COAC has rendered the Government valuable advice on the sustainable development of Cantonese opera. The Bureau looks forward to working closely with the new term of the COAC to promote the development of Cantonese opera, facilitating the transmission of this world intangible cultural heritage item.
The membership of the new term of the Committee is as follows:
Prof Andrew Chan Chi-fai (Chairman) *
Dr Cham Lai Suk-ching
Ms Jeanette Chan
Ms Corona Cheuk Au Ching-mei
Prof Ching May-bo*
Dr Agnes Ko Po-yee*
Ms Kung Ling-fook (Tse Suet-sum)
Mr Lai Yiu-wai*
Ms Lam Yan-yin (Lam Kwan-ling)*
Ms Alice Lau Kok-ying
Ms Wendy Lee Kam-ming*
Dr Lee Siu-yan
Ms Angel Leung Sum-yee*
Mr Wyborn Leung Wai-hong
Dr Li Siu-leung
Ms Cynthia Liu Chiu-fun*
Mr Liu Kwok-sum
Mr Ng Chin-wang (Ng Chin-fung)
Ms Susan Pau Suk-hang (Yum Tsz-yu)*
Dr Elizabeth Wang Ming-chun
Ms Wong Shui-kwan (Wong Chiu-kwan)
Ms Peggy Wu I-ying
Mr Vigo Yau Ah-kwai*
Mr Frankie Yeung Wai-shing (Chairman of the Cantonese Opera Development Fund Advisory Committee)
Representative of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Representative of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Representative of the Hong Kong Tourism Board
Representative of the Education Bureau
Representative of the Home Affairs Bureau
Representative of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
*New appointees
Ends/Friday, April 29, 2016
Issued at HKT 15:03
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