Advisory Committee on Arts Development

Appointed by Secretary for Home Affairs

Enquiry :	Advisory Committee on Arts Development, 25/F, Wanchai Tower 12 Harbour Road, Wanchai
Telephone :	3102 2934
Fax:	3102 5997

(Term of office is from 1 Nov 2010 to 31 Oct 2012)

Chairman
Mr Chung Shui-ming, GBS, JP
Members
Ms Kelly Chan Yuen-sau Mr Irving Koo Yee-yin, SBS, JP Dr Lam Pun-lee Professor Harold Mok Kar-leung Miss Stella Lee Wai-fun Mr Maurice Lee Wai-man, JP Ms Cecilia Leung Oi-ting Ms Nancy Loo Ms Mui Cheuk-yin Dr Dorothy Ng Fung-ping Mr Ernie Suek Ka-lun
Official members
Representative from the Home Affairs Bureau
Representative from the Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Representative from the Hong Kong Arts Development Council

Terms of reference

To advise the Secretary for Home Affairs on the following matters relating to local arts development:

(a)	issues in relation to the use of the arts portion of the Arts and Sport Development Fund (ASDF), including the formulation of themes and priorities for inviting arts and cultural proposals, as well as the assessment of applications received;
(b)	issues in relation to the operation of matching grants under the arts portion of the ASDF, including the assessment of applications received for matching grants;
(c)	funding policies and strategies, including the review of the funding mechanism for the major performing arts groups;
(d)	the promotion of cultural exchange and assessment of applications received under the Arts Development Fund to enhance the profile of the arts and culture of Hong Kong in the Mainland and overseas;
(e)	strengthening of the cultural software, including arts programme development, audience building, arts education and manpower training, and other issues pertaining to the promotion of arts and culture in Hong Kong.

Four sub-committees have been established under the Advisory Committee on Arts Development to take forward its different areas of work and make recommendations to the Committee as appropriate.  The four sub-committees are Sub-committee on the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme, Sub-committee on Funding for the Performing Arts, Sub-committee on the Arts Development Fund and Sub-committee on Arts Education.