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The Home Affairs Bureau today (May 5) announced the appointment of members for the new term of the Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee, including five new members who are professionals from the Cantonese opera sector.
The membership list of the Committee is as follows:
Chairman
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Dr Stephen Chow Chun-kay, BBS, JP
Chairman
Chows Electronic Ltd.
Members
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Ms Chan Kim-sing
Chairperson
The Chinese Artists Association of Hong Kong
Professor Chan Sau-yan
Professor
Department of Music, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mrs Cheng Li Kam-fun, Eva
Senior Vice President
Amway Corporation
Mr Chow Chan-lum, Charles
Partner
Wong Brothers & Co
Mr Ip Sai-hung
Head of Channel 1 (Radio), Radio Television Hong Kong
Hon. Lau Chin-shek, JP
Legislative Councillor
Mr Leung Hon-wai
Director
Hon Fung Cantonese Opera Institute
Mr Lung Koon-tin
Actor, Cantonese Opera
Mr Ma Ho-fai, JP
Partner
Woo Kwan Lee & Lo
Mr Rex Ng
Chairman
Utopia Cantonese Opera Workshop
Ms Shi Fung-ling
Principal
Yan Chai Hospital Lan Chi Pat Memorial Secondary School
Mrs Marilyn To
Director of Cantonese Opera Performance Troupe
Mr Wen Choy-bon, MH
Member, Kowloon City District Council and
Instructor of Cantonese Opera
Ms Wan Fei-yin
Actress, Cantonese Opera
Mr Yip Shiu-tak
Cantonese Opera playwright
Representative from the Home Affairs Bureau
Representative from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Representative from the Education and Manpower Bureau
Representative from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Representative from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Representative from the Hong Kong Tourism Board
Representative from the Hong Kong Schools Music and Speech Association
The five new members are Mr Yip Shiu-tak, Ms Wan Fei-yin, Mr Lung Koon-tin, Mrs Marilyn To and Mr Rex Ng.
A spokesman for the Home Affairs Bureau said that since the establishment of the Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee, members had made dedicated efforts to help the development of Cantonese opera in Hong Kong. "In its last term, the Committee set up the Cantonese Opera Development Fund to provide concrete support to develop Cantonese opera," the spokesman said. "It has also promoted Cantonese opera and related training, in addition to facilitating communications between the sector and the Government."
The Committee has reflected views of the Cantonese opera sector on improvements to facilities which are useful in fostering the growth of the art form. It has also been instrumental in facilitating exchange and co-operation on Cantonese opera and the preservation of its heritage in the Greater Pearl River Delta Region.
"We hope that members of this new term will continue to enhance communication between the Government and the Cantonese opera groups and to follow up on items under discussion in the last term. These will include, in particular, the promotion and preservation of the heritage of this traditional art form, as well as studies on developing permanent venues for training, performances and promotional activities for the sector," the spokesman said.
Members are appointed for a two-year term, effective from May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2008.
The Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee is an advisory body set up by the Home Affairs Bureau in 2004 to advise the Government on the promotion, preservation, study and development of Cantonese opera and to assist the Government in formulating policies to develop this art form.
Ends/Friday, May 5, 2006
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