The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau announced today (December 31) appointments to the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Advisory Committee and its two sub-committees, namely the Sub-committee on ICH Funding Scheme and the Sub-committee on ICH Items, with the reappointments of Professor Ricardo Mak King-sang as Chairperson of the ICH Advisory Committee and Mr Cheung Kin-yip as Chairperson of the Sub-committee on ICH Funding Scheme, and the appointment of Professor Stephanie Chung Po-yin as Chairperson of the Sub-committee on ICH Items. All appointments are for a two-year term from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026.
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 ICH.
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 committees over the years, including the seven retiring members of the ICH Advisory Committee (Professor Ching May-bo, Ms Candice Leung Wai-yee, Ms Stella See Sau-ying, Dr Chloe Suen Yin-wah, Mr Brian Sze Pak-hung, Professor Timothy Wong Man-kong and Professor Yau Chi-on), three retiring members of the Sub-committee on ICH Funding Scheme (Mr Ronald Kan Yu-him, Professor Joshua Mok Ka-ho and Professor Poon Shuk-wah) and Professor Liu Tik-sang of the Sub-committee on ICH Items, and looks forward to receiving valuable advice from the new committees on the preservation, promotion and transmission of ICH.
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 Chan Sai-leong
Mr Cheung Kin-yip
Mr Jason Chong Chin-ming *
Ms Quince Chong Wai-yan
Professor Stephanie Chung Po-yin
Dr Law Lok-yin
Dr John Lee Sam-yuen
Ms Lee Yan-kwan
Ms Emba Leung Wun-man *
Dr Matt Ma Kin-hang *
Dr Agnes Pang Suk-man *
Dr Tai Suk-yan *
Dr Tam Ka-chai
Mr Tong Cheuk-pan
Mr James Tong Wai-pong
Mr Aaron Tsang Kin-shing
Mr Brian Tsang Yui-kan
Ms Alison Tsoi Kai-wing *
Professor Tsui Lik-hang
Ms Gigi Wong Ching-chi
Ms Vivian Wong Man-lei
Ms Anna Yau Wai-yu *
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 (UNESCO)'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 the safeguarding of ICH; and
- To advise on any other issues related to ICH as proposed by the Government of the HKSAR.
The membership lists and terms of reference of the two sub-committees are attached in Annexes 1 and 2.
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