Appointments to Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee
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@กกก The ICH Advisory Committee was established in 2008 comprising local academics, experts and community personalities. The ICH Advisory Committee and its two sub-committees advise the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government on the research of ICH and the measures to safeguard and promote the ICH.
@กกก A spokesman for the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau thanked all the chairpersons and members of the ICH Advisory Committee and its sub-committees for their ardent support and contributions to the work of the ICH Advisory Committee over the years, including the four retiring members (Dr Dominic Chan Choi-hi, Ms Fanny Iu Kai-fan, Mr Ronald Kan Yu-him and Ms Vanessa Cheung Tih-lin), and looks forward to receiving the valuable advice of the new committees on preservation, promotion and transmission of ICH.
@กกก The membership list and terms of reference of the ICH Advisory Committee are as follows:
Chairperson:
Professor Ricardo Mak King-sang
Members:
Ms Au Yeung Wai-yin
Ms Chan Hoi-yan
Ms Carmen Chan Ka-mun *
Mr Cheung Kin-yip
Professor Ching May-bo
Ms Qunice Chong Wai-yan *
Professor Stephanie Chung Po-yin
Mr Ip Cheung-ching
Dr Law Lok-yin *
Dr John Lee Sam-yuen *
Ms Candice Leung Wai-yee
Ms Stella See Sau-ying
Ms Chloe Suen Yin-wah
Mr Brian Sze Pak-hung
Dr Tam Ka-chai *
Mr Tong Cheuk-pan *
Mr James Tong Wai-pong
Mr Tsang Kin-shing
Mr Brian Tsang Yui-kan
Dr Tsui Lik-hang *
Ms Gigi Wong Ching-chi *
Professor Timothy Wong Man-kong
Miss Vivian Wong Man-lei
Professor Yau Chi-on
Mr Adrian Yip Chun-to
Representative of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau
Representative of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
(* new appointees)
Terms of Reference:
- To advise on the compilation and updating of the inventory and the representative list of ICH in Hong Kong;
- To advise on the selection and nomination of Hong Kong's ICH items for application for inscription onto the national list or the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's list;
- To advise on the measures for the safeguarding of ICH including research on and promotion, enhancement, transmission and revitalisation of ICH;
- To advise on the issues related to the implementation of the ICH Funding Scheme for engaging the community in safeguarding of ICH; and
- To advise on any other issues related to ICH as proposed by the HKSAR Government.
The membership lists and terms of reference of the two sub-committees are attached in Annexes 1 and 2.
Ends/Saturday, December 31, 2022
Issued at HKT 12:00
Issued at HKT 12:00
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