Henry Tang becomes first non-official to head West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Tang, who served as chief secretary between 2007 and 2011, was the first chairman of the WKCDA when it was established in 2008
For the first time in nine years, Hong Kong’s arts and cultural hub will have a chairman who is not a government official – Henry Tang Ying-yen – to head the project as it enters a “new stage of development”.
It will be the first time a non-government official has chaired the board, which governs the planning, development, operation and maintenance of the arts and cultural facilities in the WKCD quarter.
Since the establishment of the board and the WKCD Authority in 2008, the board has been chaired by the chief secretary or the city’s No 2 official.
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Tang, 65, was the first chairman while serving as chief secretary, followed by Stephen Lam Sui-lung in 2011, Lam in 2012 and current Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung Kin-chung.