Relevant Boards and Committees

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• Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Arts Centre
  
  
• Council of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
  
  
• Hong Kong Arts Development Council
  
  
• Advisory Committee on Cantonese Opera Development Fund
  
  
• Executive Committee on Cantonese Opera Development Fund
  
  
• Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee
  
  
• Committee on Performing Arts
  
  
• Funding Committee for the Performing Arts
  
  
• Board of Trustees of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
  
  
• Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
  
  
• Board of Trustees of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund
  
  
• Intangible Cultural Heritage Advisory Committee
  
  
• Public Libraries Advisory Committee
  
  
• Culture and Heritage Commission

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Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Arts Centre

• Website : http://www.hkac.org.hk

Terms of Reference

The Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Arts Centre is the governing and executive body of the Hong Kong Arts Centre and, as such, shall perform all the duties imposed on the Hong Kong Arts Centre by the Hong Kong Arts Centre Ordinance as follows:-

1. to promote, sponsor, encourage and provide for the appreciation of and participation in the visual, literary, musical and performing arts of whatever nature;
   
   
2. to promote, exhibit, display and perform such arts, publicly and otherwise;
   
   
3. to promote, support, sponsor, encourage and provide facilities for the learning and practising of such arts;
   
   
4. to initiate, support and sponsor the creation, composition and production of such arts;
   
   
5. to co-operate with and assist persons, companies, societies, bodies and associations which have as their objects any of the objects specified in paragraphs (a) to (d);
   
   
6. such objects ancillary and incidental to the objects specified in paragraphs (a) to (e) as the Board may consider appropriate; and
   
   
7. to apply its profits howsoever derived solely towards the promotion of its objects specified in this section, in and outside Hong Kong.

Membership

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Council of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

• Website: http://www.hkapa.edu

Terms of Reference

The Council shall be the governing and executive body of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and, as such, may exercise all the powers conferred and shall perform all the duties imposed on the Academy by the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance (Cap. 1135).

Membership

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Hong Kong Arts Development Council

• Website: http://www.hkadc.org.hk

The Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) was established as a non-statutory body on 15 April 1994 and as an independent statutory body under its own Ordinance on 1 June 1995 as a result of the Government's arts policy review conducted in 1993. Its mission is to plan, promote and support the broad development of the arts, including the literary, performing, visual and film arts, and to develop and improve the participation and education in and the knowledge, practice, appreciation, accessibility and informed criticism of the arts, with a view to improving quality of life for the whole community.

Currently, the HKADC receives funding support from the Government through a recurrent one-line subvention, which amounts to $84 million in 2008/2009. In addition, the Government has granted a seed money of $100 million to HKADC in 1994-95 to form a seeding grant from which HKADC could draw on to meet expenditure in excess of the amount of its recurrent subvention. Besides, the $300 million Arts and Sport Development Fund was set up in January 1997 to assist the HKADC and the Hong Kong Sport Development Board to implement projects under their strategic plans.

Function of the Council

The functions of the Council are:-

1. to plan, promote and support the broad development of the arts, including the literary, performing, visual and film arts and to develop and improve the participation and education in and the knowledge, practice, appreciation, accessibility and informed criticism of the arts, with a view to improving the quality of life of the whole community;
   
   
2. to formulate and implement strategy for the planning, development, promotion and support of the arts;
   
   
3. to uphold the principle of, and encourage, freedom of artistic expression;
   
   
4. to encourage excellence, innovation, creativity and diversity in the arts;
   
   
5. to encourage interest, understanding, knowledge and skill in the arts at all level within the formal education system as well as through extracurricular, part-time and voluntary systems;
   
   
6. to strive for the creation of an environment conducive to ensuring that-
   
   
   1. all person in Hong Kong have the opportunity to enjoy, partake in and have access to the arts; and
      
      
   2. those with the ability and desire to pursue a career in the arts have the opportunity to do so and receive tuition;
      
      
7. to advise the Government on the policies, standard of provision of facilities, educational programmes, levels of funding and any other matters that may affect the planning, development, promotion and support of the arts; and
   
   
8. to engage in other activities conducive to the planning, promotion and support of the development of the arts that the Chief Executive, after consultation with the Council, permits or assigns to it.

Membership

Members of the HKADC are appointed by the Chief Executive. The current membership of the Council is as follows :-

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Advisory Committee on Cantonese Opera Development Fund

• Website: http://www.coac-codf.org.hk
  
  
• Introduction to Cantonese Opera Development Fund (PDF)
  
  
• Application Guidelines and Application Form for Cantonese Opera Development Fund (deadline 31 December 2009) (Chinese version only)

Terms of Reference

Advise generally on matters relating to the administration and management of the Cantonese Opera Development Fund including:

• Encourage community support for the Fund;
  
  
• Set up policies on the use, custody and investment of the Fund;
  
  
• Monitor the operation of the Fund; and
  
  
• Review the effectiveness of the research, projects, services and other matters funded by the Fund.

Membership

(Term of office is from 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2011)

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Executive Committee on Cantonese Opera Development Fund

Terms of Reference

Advise generally on matters relating to the administration and management of the Cantonese Opera Development Fund including:

• Draw up procedures for inviting applications and direction of funding of the Fund;
  
  
• Draw up guidelines for assessment of application and criteria for making allocations from the Fund;
  
  
• Assess applications, monitor and evaluate the progress and effectiveness of funded-projects; and
  
  
• Assist the Advisory Committee in motivating the public to support the Fund.

Membership

(Term of Office is from 10 August 2009 to 31 July 2011)

Chairman		Dr Stephen Chow Chun-kay, SBS, JP
Members		Prof Andrew Chan Chi-fai, SBS, JP Ms Chan Hang-kwai (Chan Kim-sing), MH Ms Jeanette Chan Mr Charles Chow Chan-lum Mr Ko Wai-tak, Roy Mr Li Hon-kwong Dr Li Siu-leung Prof Lui Yu-hon Mr Mo Yu-tin (Sun Kim Long) Mr Wen Choy-bon, MH Ms Wong Shui-kwan (Wong Chiu-kwan) Mr Frankie Yeung Wai-chung (Yeung Wai-shing), MH Mr Ho Tak-sum, MH (Representative of the Board of Management of Chinese Permanent Cemeteries) Representative of the Education Bureau Representative of the Home Affairs Bureau Representative of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Secretary		Ms Alice WONG Senior Project Manager (Culture), Home Affairs Bureau Tel: (852) 2594 6612

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Cantonese Opera Advisory Committee

• Website: http://www.coac-codf.org.hk

Terms of Reference

Cantonese opera as a unique indigenous art is an important part of our local culture. For better development of the Cantonese operatic art, an advisory committee has been established to advise the Home Affairs Bureau on the promotion, preservation, study and development of Cantonese opera.

The terms of reference of this Committee are as follows:

• To promote interest in and training of Cantonese opera, and facilitate cooperation between the Cantonese opera sector and other organisations (including the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
  
  
• To mobilise participation of various sectors, including the general public, the Cantonese opera sector, the academic sector, the media, the tourism industry, the district organisations and private bodies, in promoting Cantonese opera
  
  
• To support exchanges with other regions, especially the cooperation within the Pearl River Delta region.
  
  
• To examine, preserve and study the history and heritage of Cantonese opera
  
  
• To assist in exploring financial resources
  
  
• To consider possible ways of promoting the social recognition and status of Cantonese opera

Membership

(Term of office is from 1st May 2008 to 30th April 2010)

Chairman		Dr Stephen CHOW Chun-kay, SBS, JP
Members		Prof. Andrew CHAN Chi-fai, SBS, JP Mr Charles CHOW Chan-lum Ms CHOI Yuen-ling Mr IP Sai-hung Mr LAU Kam-yiu Ms LAU Wai-ming Mr LAW Hang-tong (LAW Ka-ying) Mr LEUNG Hon-wai Mr LI Hon-kwong, MH Mr MO Yu-tin (SUN Kim-long) Dr Dorothy NG Fung-ping Mr SETO Yok (LOONG Koon-tin) Ms SHI Fung-ling Ms Marilyn TO WAI Sau-ming Ms Christina WAN Fai-yin Mr WEN Choy-bon, MH Prof YU Siu-wah 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
Secretary		Ms Alice WONG Senior Project Manager (Culture), Home Affairs Bureau Tel:(852) 2594 5672

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Board of Trustees of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust

• Website: http://www.lordwilson-heritagetrust.org.hk

Terms of Reference

The main function of the Board of Trustees is to manage the investment of the Trust capital and related financial matters and to decide broad policy parameters for the promotion of the Trust's objects which are the preservation and conservation of the human heritage of Hong Kong.

Sections 4 to 6 of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust Ordinance, Chapter 425 stipulate the functions and powers of the Board of Trustees. The composition of the Board of Trustees from now up to 31 March 2011 is as follows:

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Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust

• Website: http://www.lordwilson-heritagetrust.org.hk

Terms of Reference

To advise the Board of Trustees on ways and means of promoting the objects of the Trust and to implement activities to promote these objects within the financial and policy parameters set by the Board of Trustees.

Section 8 of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust Ordinance, Chapter 425 stipulates the functions and powers of the Council. The composition of the Board of Trustees from now up to 31 March 2011 is as follows:

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Board of Trustees of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund (the Fund) was set up in 1980 with a donation of $10 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club (the Club) for the promotion and development of music and dance training and education in Hong Kong. It is a non-statutory trust fund, administered by a board of trustees. In 1994, the Club injected a further $22 million into the Fund to meet increasing demand for its support.

Scholarships are awarded to assist exceptionally talented candidates to pursue integrated programmes of post-diploma studies, post-graduate studies or professional training in music or dance at world-renowned institutions or to undertake less formal studies, projects or creative work outside Hong Kong.

The Fund's Board of Trustees is appointed by its Custodian Trustee i.e. the Secretary for Home Affairs Incorporated. The composition of the Board of Trustees from now up to 31 March 2010 is as follows :

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Culture and Heritage Commission

• Culture and Heritage Commission Policy Recommendation Report (PDF)
  
  
• Culture and Heritage Commission Consultation Paper 2002 (PDF)
  
  
• Culture and Heritage Commission Consultation Paper 2001 (PDF)

The term of the Culture and Heritage Commission's membership ended on 31 March 2003. The Commission completed its Policy Recommendation Report on 31 March 2003 and submitted the Report to the SAR Government on 25 April 2003.

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