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Senior staff and advisors appointed for heritage project
17/04/2015

Following the announcement on the operating model for the Central Police Station Revitalisation Project in February 2015, The Jockey Club CPS Limited (JCCPS) today announced the appointments of senior staff to lead the development and implementation of site-wide heritage and art programmes.

Ms Winnie Yeung Wing-yin has been appointed Head of Heritage to lead a dedicated team to devise and implement heritage programmes and in-house activities, beginning in late April 2015.  She was the heritage manager for Tai O Heritage Hotel and participated in other heritage projects in Hong Kong and Singapore.  She specialises in heritage interpretation, education and community engagement.  Ms Yeung is a trained architectural conservationist with a Masters’ Degree from the Architectural Conservation Programme at The University of Hong Kong.
 
Mr Tobias Berger has been appointed Head of Art to lead a professional team to drive contemporary art operation with the participation of art groups under the collaborative model, effective in May 2015.  Mr Berger has extensive curatorial experience in Hong Kong, having worked as the curator for Visual Arts at M+, Museum for Visual Culture in the West Kowloon Cultural District for more than four years and as executive director and curator of Para/Site Art Space for over three years.  He has also curated or co-curated nearly 100 art events for art museums, art spaces and art biennials in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia, Oceania and Europe.  Mr Berger holds a Master of Art degree in art history and economics from Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Germany and completed the de Appel Curatorial Programme in Amsterdam, the Netherland.

To prepare for the opening of the CPS site, two voluntary working groups of experts, the Heritage Working Group and the Art Working Group have been set up.  The working groups will assist JCCPS in the development of policy, provide comments and suggestions on proposed programmes, and provide expert advice on the content of the heritage programmes and art programmes respectively.  The Heritage Working Group is chaired by Dr Lee Ho-yin and the Art Working Group is chaired by The Hon. Bernard Chan.  A full list of the working group members can be found in the appendices.

Mr Euan Upston, Director of CPS, JCCPS, said, “The two heads will bring a wealth of international experience and local knowledge to the project, while the appointments of the heritage and art working groups ensure the programmes are guided by expert advice and community input.  These appointments signify a major step forward for the project, injecting new energy to take the revitalisation vision to reality.”

While the heritage team will devise and implement quality and professional heritage interpretation programme and activities in-house, the art team will drive contemporary art operation under the collaborative model, working closely with the local and overseas art communities in rolling out the contemporary art programmes. The two teams will seek partners to develop programme and exhibitions, outreach and learning activities, while ensuring synergy and integration between the heritage and art programmes and the provision of quality programmes that will establish the CPS compound as an important part of the cultural life of Hong Kong.

Appendices:
1.    Heritage Working Group
2.    Art Working Group