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12 November, 2013
Mr. Kit Szeto Appointed Consultant to the Cultural Professional Committee of the Guangdong Association for the Promotion of Cooperation
between Guangdong, Hong Kong & Macau.
On November 12, the inauguration of the second Cultural Professional Committee of the Guangdong Association for the Promotion of Cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong & Macau (CPC) was held in Guangzhou. The ceremony was attended by over 150 cultural industry representatives from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. Mr. Kit Szeto, Director & CEO of Dim Sum TV, was appointed Consulting Member of the Cultural Professional Committee.
Ms. Zhao Yufang, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province, presenting Mr. Kit Szeto, Director & CEO of Dim Sum TV (3rd from right), with the appointment certificate.
The new leadership of the Cultural Professional Committee was chosen by committee election. Besides Mr. Kit Szeto, the other consulting members included Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau leading cultural figure Ms. Hong Xiannv, Mr. Ma Fung Kwok, Mr. Peter Lam, Mr. Ng See Yuen, and Mr. Zhang Huijian, President of Southern Media Corporation.
Ms. Zhao Yufang, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province (6th from right), with some of the newly elected consulting members: Mr. Kit Szeto (8th from right), and Mr. Mr. Zhang Huijian, President of Southern Media Corporation (1st from right).
The Cultural Professional Committee was established in April, 2011. In the more than two years since, it has been working to fulfill its mandate by rallying cultural experts, scholars and entrepreneurs from Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau and the mainland, exploring new frameworks for trilateral cooperation, and acting as a conduit for the interface between government, market, capital and culture.
The special guests at the inauguration included Ms. Zhao Yufang, Vice Governor of Guangdong Province; Mr. Tang Hao, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference of Guangdong; Mr. Liao Jingshan, Director of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of Guangdong Province. During the inauguration, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition was also officially opened, with the aforementioned guests conducting the lighting ceremony.
Mr. Kit Szeto (left), Mr. Zhang Huijian (center) and Mr. Guo Zilong, Director of the Cultural Professional Committee & Chairman of the Guangdong Zoke Cultural Group (right) next to the embroidery entitled Good Fortune Comes at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition. Marked by a vividly three-dimensional effect, the embroidery is the creation of Mr. Sun Qingxian, National Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritor & Senior Artist. It is designated by the State Council as a Ministry of Foreign Affairs national diplomatic gift.
With the inauguration, the Cultural Professional Committee has been augmented to 417 members. In the future, the new committee will continue to organize large-scale projects and activities, assemble overseas and domestic competitive resources, and act as a platform for cultural collaboration and exchange.
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