Appointments to Museum Advisory Committee announced
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All appointments are for a two-year term up to October 19, 2028.
The MAC and its three standing sub-committees, established on October 20, 2016, comprise members of different backgrounds with a great wealth of professional expertise and experience relevant to the work of museums, including professionals, academics, museum experts, collectors, art promoters, entrepreneurs, marketing and public relations experts, and community leaders. The MAC and its three standing sub-committees advise the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) on strategies for development, promotion and management of the public museums.
A spokesman for the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau thanked all the Chairpersons and members of the MAC and its standing sub-committees for their ardent support and invaluable contributions in the past years, including one outgoing MAC member (Dr Ng Tsz-yan), and four outgoing co-opted members (Professor Edwin Chan Ho-yin, Ms Sabrina Leung Heung-ying, Professor Tam Ka-chai and Professor Raymond Tong Kai-yu), and looked forward to receiving the valuable advice of the new MAC and its standing sub-committees on the development of the public museums.
The membership list and terms of reference of the MAC are as follows:
Chairperson
Professor Douglas So Cheung-tak
Members
Professor Karen Chan Ka-yin
Mr Michael Chan Sze-wah
Ms Rowena Cheung Po-man
Ms Amanda Cheung Zee-yin
Mr Chiu Tsang-hei
Mr Stanley Choi Tak-shing
Professor Apple Chui Pui-yi*
Dr Crystal Fok Lo-ming
Ms Elizabeth Fung Hoi-yung
Mr Andy Hei Kao-chiang
Professor Desmond Hui Cheuk-kuen
Mr Christopher Kwok Kai-wang
Mr Edmund Lai Man-kit
Ms Tendy Lam Pui-tung
Mr Lam Shu-kam
Ms Josephine Lee Yuk-chi
Dr James Li Tsz-shu
Mr Warren Luk Hua
Ms Erica Ma Yun
Professor Joshua Mok Ka-ho
Ms Joyce Ng Sheung-ching
Dr Provides Ng Tsing-yin
Dr Chloe Suen Yin-wah
Mr James Tong Wai-pong
Professor Alexander Wai Ping-kong
Dr Jimmy Wong Kam-yiu
Ms Anna Yau Wai-yu
Official members
Principal Assistant Secretary (Culture)2, Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau
Assistant Commissioner for Cultural and Creative Industries (1)
Deputy Commissioner for Tourism, Tourism Commission
Principal Education Officer (Curriculum Development)1, Education Bureau
Assistant Director (Heritage and Museums), Leisure and Cultural Services Department
*Newly appointed member
Terms of Reference
To advise the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services on a wide range of subject matters concerning the public museums and related offices managed by the LCSD:
- positioning, image-building and branding;
- business development strategies including but not limited to acquisition and use of museum collections, organisation of exhibitions and education programmes, identification of research projects, sponsorship and partnership initiatives;
- marketing and publicity strategies on the promotion of the museums locally, in the Chinese Mainland and overseas;
- development of community engagement strategies to reach out to a wider community and stakeholders (e.g. local artists, collectors, local and overseas museums, cultural organisations, and educational institutions);
- measures to strengthen the operational efficiency and accountability of public museums; and
- any other matters as proposed by the LCSD.
The membership lists and terms of reference of the three standing sub-committees are attached in Annexes 1 to 3.
Ends/Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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