Nomination of Representatives of Arts Interests for the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) 2007

Phase IV:

Electioneering and polling (3 to 30 September 2007)

The candidate nomination process for the respective arts interests has been completed. A total of 25 eligible candidates are standing for nomination.

Seats for four of the ten arts interests (Arts Administration, Arts Education, Drama and Film Arts) are uncontested and no polling is necessary. Nominations for the following six arts interests (Arts Criticism, Dance, Literary Arts, Music, Visual Arts and Chinese Opera (Xiqu)) will be determined by polling. Candidates for the ten arts interests are -

Arts Interest	Candidate (Please click the name of the candidate to view his/her personal candidate platform)	Remarks
Arts Administration	Mr WU Shou Nan (NG Kang Fai)	Uncontested
Arts Criticism	Mr John Stuart BATTEN
	Mr CHAN Ching Kiu, Stephen
Arts Education	Ms WONG So Lan	Uncontested
Dance	Mr HO Ho Chuen
	Ms SIT Chin Wa
	Mr PO Kwong Hon
	Mr CHOW Man Fai
	Ms LEUNG Chui Yan, Janny
	Mr TSAO Sing Yuen, Willy
Drama	Mr KO Tin Lung	Uncontested
Film Arts	Mr TO Kei Fung	Uncontested
Literary Arts	Mr HAN Shan Bi (HON Man Po)
	Mr WONG Chi Wa
Music	Ms FEI Barbara
	Mr WONG Shing Hoi
	Ms CHEN Chia Lu, Sylvia
	Ms CHENG Wai
	Mr TO Wang Hei
	Mr CHING Sau Wing
Visual Arts	Mr LEE Kam Yin
	Mr FONG Kin Sang
Chinese Opera (Xiqu)	Mr YUEN Siu Fai
	Ms WONG Yee Man
	Mr YEUNG Ming

To enable voters to learn more about the candidates, a Candidate Forum was organised on 15 September (Saturday) from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, Kowloon Park, Haiphong Road, Tsimshatsui. At the forum, candidates presented their platforms and answer questions from voters. Please click here for details of the Candidate Forum.

Polling is scheduled as follows -

Date :	28 to 30 September 2007 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
Time :	9:00am - 9:00pm
Venue :	Permanent Exhibition Gallery, 1/F, Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre, Kowloon Park, Haiphong Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon (Please click here for the map of the polling station)
Enquiry :	2520 2857
Note :	Registered voters must vote in person and present their ID cards for verification before voting

A cross-interest voting system, which was used in the previous nomination exercises, will continue to be adopted this year. Voters from all the ten arts interests may cast votes for candidates standing for nomination in the six contested arts interests. A list of the nominated representatives will be submitted to the Chief Executive for consideration of appointment to the Council for the next term, which will begin on 1 January 2008.

Note: The contents of this Homepage pertaining to the candidates' personal information and candidate platforms are sole contributes of the candidates. Neither the Government nor the Nomination Agent is responsible for the accuracy of such information.