Appointments to Programme and Development Committee

     The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau announced today (November 1) appointments to the Programme and Development Committee (PDC) and its six Art Form Sub-committees (AFSCs), namely Music, Dance and Multi-Arts, Theatre, Chinese Traditional Performing Arts, Community and Festivals. All appointments are for a two-year term up to October 31, 2026.

     The PDC and its six AFSCs comprise members of different backgrounds with a great wealth of professional expertise and relevant experience. The PDC and its six AFSCs advise the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) on programme (including local, Mainland and overseas) strategies, plans, resource allocations and the support of budding and small-scale performing arts groups.

     A spokesman for the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau thanked the Chairperson and members of the PDC and its AFSCs for their ardent support and invaluable contributions in the past years, including the outgoing Community Sub-committee Chairperson, Professor Winton Au Wing-tung, two outgoing PDC members, namely Ms Icy Lai Yin-ting and Mr Hanjin Tan, and 21 outgoing AFSCs co-opted members, namely Dr Au Yi-man, Mr Chan Wing-chuen, Mr Leo Cheung Kwok-wing, Ms Pewan Chow Pui-wan, Ms May Fung Mei-wah, Mr Nick Ho Lik-ko, Mr Ip Sai-hung, Ms Monica Kwok Kit-ling, Dr William Lai Chi-fu, Dr Linda Lai Chiu-han, Mr Maurice Lai Yu-man, Ms Eliza Li Pui-yan, Professor Lui Yu-hon, Ms Susan Pau Suk-hang, Ms Tang Mi-ling, Professor Wong Chuen-fung, Mr Kevin Wong Kin-wang, Ms Wong Tin-yee, Mr Johnny Yim Lai-hang, Mr Jacky Yu Yan-wah and Professor Nancy Yuen Miu-fun. He looked forward to receiving the valuable advice of the new PDC and its AFSCs on the performing arts programme plans and their implementation.

     The membership list and terms of reference of the PDC are as follows:

Chairperson
Mr Tam Wing-pong
 
Members
Mr Chan Ching-kan
Mr Terence Chang Thomp-kwan
Ms Jessica Cheng*
Ms Amanda Cheung
Ms Margaret Cheung Kwok-wing
Mr Chiu Tsang-hei
Mr Ethan Kwok Chiu-lam*
Ms Stella Lau Yin-ling
Ms Andrea Leung Tsui-shan*
Ms Anna Lo Yee-kwan*
Professor Johnny Poon Ming-lun
Mr Seto Yok
Mr Tsang Man-tung
Mr Desmond Yip Koon-shing
Ms Karen Yu*
Mr Chris Ip Ngo-tung (Ex-officio Member, Chairperson of Committee on Venue Partnership)
Representative of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau (Official Member)
Representative of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (Official Member)
 
*Newly appointed members

Terms of reference

     To advise the Director of Leisure and Cultural Services on the strategies on performing arts programmes: 

• the consideration of long-term programme presentation strategies such as

       – Art Form Sub-committee's proposals on development strategies in support of budding and small-scale performing arts groups;
       – proportion of local and visiting programmes; and
       – venue-based programming and decentralisation of programmes;

• the consideration and endorsement of the LCSD's annual programme strategies/directions, resource allocation and programme plans;
• the review progress of the implementation of the annual programme plans; and
• the interface with the Committee on Venue Partnership.

     The membership lists and terms of reference of the six AFSCs are in the Annex.