Appointments to Advisory Committee on Arts Development announced

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     The Home Affairs Bureau today (November 2) announced the re-appointment of Mr Vincent Chow Wing-shing as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development (ACAD). The new appointments and re-appointments are made for a two-year term from November 1, 2018 to October 31, 2020.

     The membership of the ACAD in its new term is as follows:

Chairman
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Mr Vincent Chow Wing-shing

Members
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Mr Arnold Chan Kwan-yeung *
Ms Susanna Chiu Lai-kuen
Professor Gilbert Fong Chee-fun
Dr Ho Siu-kee
Miss Cecilia Ho Chung-chee *
Mr Chris Ip Ngo-tung *
Ms Catherine Kwai Yuk-nin
Mr Ronald Kwok Wing-chung
Mr Lau Hang-on *
Mr Danny Lee Chin-fai *
Ms Candice Leung Wai-yee
Mrs Margaret Leung Ko May-yee *
Professor Lui Yu-hon
Professor Christopher Pak Tak-wan
Ms Helen So Hiu-ming *
Miss Agnes Tang In-kwan
Ms Lina Yan Hau-yee
Dr Royce Yuen Man-chun

Ex-officio Members
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Representative from the Home Affairs Bureau
Representative from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Representative from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council

(* new appointees)

     The ACAD advises the Secretary for Home Affairs on matters relating to local arts development, including issues in relation to the use of the Arts and Sport Development Fund (Arts Portion) and the operation of the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme, funding policies and strategies, issues in relation to the strategies for supporting the development of visual arts, the promotion of cultural exchange and assessment of applications received under the Arts Development Fund, and the strengthening of cultural software.

Ends/Friday, November 2, 2018
Issued at HKT 11:36

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