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WANG Weiwei

WANG Weiwei Wang Weiwei is currently the Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at CHAT. From 2010 to 2017, Wang was the curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (MoCA Shanghai). In 2017, Wang participated at the Curator-in-Residence Programme at the Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan, and the International Researcher Programme at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Seoul, South Korea. Wang was then appointed as the co-curator at the 12th Shanghai Biennale and awarded […]

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Benny SY Li

Benny SY Li is a writer with multiple identities, he is also an amateur photographer, a traveller, a novice painter and a seeker for wonderful things. He was the former Chief Editor of Hong Kong Ming Pao Supplement and Sing Pao Supplement. He has published more than 50 novels, collections and photo album, held many TV shows and played roles in movies. Moreover, he also wrote several screenplays and participated in numerous painting and photo exhibitions.

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Yu Miu Po

Yu Miu Po is a registered coach (level 1) of Dragon Boat (Traditional Boat) and Canoe in Hong Kong Canoe Union. He has been the team leader and coach of the dragon boat team of Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School of Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery since 2018 and teaches members with positive spirit. The team has won the champion of the International Secondary Women Championships of Centum Charitas Foundation 20th Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Championships (2018), the champion […]

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The Dragon Boat Team of Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School Of Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery

The Dragon Boat Team of Madam Lau Kam Lung Secondary School of Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery was established in the summer of 2018. With the attitude of perseverance and fearlessness, the team won all the secondary school championships in the category for girls in 2019. Challenging the traditionally male-dominated Dragon Boat competitions, their performance has won the approval of the senior and experienced dragon boat rowers. After 3 years of the pandemic, the team is ready to make great achievements […]

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Cheng Tim Tim

Cheng Tim Tim is a poet and a teacher from Hong Kong, currently based in the UK. Before completing the MSc in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh, she double-majored in English and English Language Teaching at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her pamphlet Tapping at Glass is out with Verve Poetry Press in 2023. Her poems are published or anthologised in POETRY, The Rialto, Ambit, Voice and Verse Poetry Magazine, Our Time is a Garden, and elsewhere. She also […]

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Jamie Cheung

Jamie Cheung is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of GLO Travel, a travel company which specialises in cultural and in-depth tours to uncommon destinations such as North Korea, Iran, and Central Asia. He is also an university lecturer, best-selling author, TV host and columnist.

Lee Shing Hung Casey

Lee Shing Hung Casey is a young up-and-coming cheongsam tailor in Hong Kong, who has been learning the traditional craftsmanship from a number of registered Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) bearers and experienced master tailors. As a member of the Hong Kong Cheongsam Association, he participates proactively in the promotion and preservation of the Hong Kong Cheongsam Making Technique. Works of Lee have been exhibited in different cheongsam exhibitions in Hong Kong and some are even in the permanent collection of […]

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Lee Chun Sze Eunice

Lee Chun Sze Eunice is a designer, lecturer and researcher with special interest in traditional cheongsam and sustainability. Ms Lee is a committee member of the Hong Kong Cheongsam Association. She was invited to present her designs on contemporary cheongsam in Muse Fest HK 2018: Experiencing the Tales of the Old Hong Kong – Cheongsam & Nanyin Party, at Hong Kong Museum of History and Faithful to the Craft – The Oral Legacies: Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Hong Kong […]

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Wong Chi Chung

Wong Chi Chung is a veteran radio DJ, music critic and curator. He is also the head of General Education at The University of Hong Kong since 2011. Dr Wong actively promotes international and local arts and culture through radio and TV programmes and curated numerous cross-cultural projects including the Putonghua version of David Bowie’s song Seven Years in Tibet (1997) , Centennial Exhibition of Chinese Records (2006), Gen-S Concert for Shanghai Expo (2010), Hong Kong Week in Taipei (2012), […]

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Ng Chun Hung

Ng Chun Hung was a former Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Hong Kong. Dr Ng specialises in research on popular culture and Hong Kong society with selected publications including Cultural Chichat, Pop Hong Kong: Reading Hong Kong Popular Culture 2000-2010, and Sam Hui Here and Now. In 2005, together with Dr Wong Chi Chung and others, he initiated the long-term project Conserving Popular Culture in Hong Kong – James Wong Study. Over the years, the project […]

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CHAT will be closed from 24 February to 4 March for exhibition changeover, and will be reopened on 5 March. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and look forward to welcoming you back soon with exciting new exhibitions!