Jockey Membership and Institute of Philanthropy collaborate with the Palace Museum to advertise Chinese language tradition and nurture arts tech expertise in Hong Kong and the Mainland
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The Hong Kong Jockey Membership and the Institute of Philanthropy (“IoP”), a charitable organisation established by the Membership and its Charities Belief, are happy to announce final Friday (10 Might) the signing of a Memorandum of Co-operation with the Palace Museum, which incorporates the institution of The Palace Museum Hong Kong Cultural Change Hub in Beijing. Underneath the Memorandum, the IoP will donate roughly HK$440 million (RMB￥370 million) to advertise Chinese language tradition and values in Hong Kong, the Mainland and worldwide and to help expertise improvement initiatives within the arts expertise and cultural sectors.
The Memorandum of Co-operation, particularly “Promotion of Chinese language Tradition and Arts Tech Expertise Improvement within the Mainland and Hong Kong” was signed by Membership Chairman Michael Lee and Dr Wang Xudong, Member, Get together Management Group of the Ministry of Tradition and Tourism and Director of the Palace Museum. The signing ceremony was attended by Kevin Yeung, Secretary for Tradition, Sports activities and Tourism of the Hong Kong Particular Administrative Area (“HKSAR”) Authorities; Xu Li, Degree II Bureau Rank Official of the Hong Kong and Macau Work Workplace of the CPC Central Committee; and Kong Lun, Deputy Director-Normal of the Division of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs of the Ministry of Tradition and Tourism.
The Memorandum of Co-operation is signed by Membership Chairman Michael Lee (proper) and Dr Wang Xudong, Member, Get together Management Group of the Ministry of Tradition and Tourism and Director of the Palace Museum.
Talking on the signing ceremony, Membership Chairman Michael Lee stated that the five-year venture, drawing on the precious cultural sources of the Palace Museum in Beijing, will combine arts and expertise to launch numerous cultural alternate, exhibition, expertise capability constructing and academic programmes. Residents within the Mainland and Hong Kong, particularly younger folks, will be capable of acquire a deeper understanding of Chinese language historical past and tradition.
Dr Wang Xudong, Member, Get together Management Group of the Ministry of Tradition and Tourism and Director of the Palace Museum stated that the mission of the Palace Museum is to guard and carry ahead the easiest of conventional Chinese language tradition. This co-operation with The Hong Kong Jockey Membership is a vital contribution to creating Hong Kong as an East-meets-West centre for worldwide cultural alternate as outlined within the 14th 5-Yr Plan. It additionally displays the Palace Museum’s dedication to sharing its cultural sources and to forging relationships with new companions within the spirit of openness and cultural alternate.
Membership Chairman Michael Lee delivers a speech on the signing ceremony.
Membership CEO and Director of the Institute of Philanthropy Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges stated that the intention of the IoP is to turn out to be a worldwide “think-fund-do” tank for China and Asia. Particularly to facilitate philanthropic conversations between the East and the West. Right here it’s notable that the tenth China Charity Annual Convention recognized the institution of the IoP as some of the vital philanthropic developments within the nation final 12 months.
The Memorandum of Co-operation includes the next proposed gadgets:
The institution of The Palace Museum Hong Kong Cultural Change Hub on the Palace Museum. This consists of restoration and conservation of the historic Chengqiangong, the organisation of thematic exhibitions on the horse in historical past and tradition or as associated to the palace, and cultural exchanges between younger arts tech expertise in Hong Kong and the Mainland.
Touring exhibitions in Beijing and Hong Kong accompanied by associated academic actions to foster cultural alternate between the Mainland and Hong Kong.
Digital exhibitions and pop-up actions to deepen the appreciation of Chinese language historical past and tradition among the many youthful technology within the Mainland and Hong Kong. As well as, cell digital exhibitions will journey to varsities in Hong Kong and the Mainland to advertise Chinese language tradition and values.
Capability constructing for arts tech expertise within the Mainland and Hong Kong, together with nurturing aspiring arts tech skills.
Data dissemination and training initiatives to advertise Chinese language tradition, together with boards, archaeological analysis and the manufacturing of documentaries.
The collaboration with the Palace Museum underlines the Membership’s dedication to selling Chinese language tradition in help of the Central Authorities’s imaginative and prescient of creating Hong Kong into an East-meets-West centre for worldwide cultural alternate, as outlined within the Nationwide 14th 5-Yr Plan. Notably, the Hong Kong Palace Museum, funded by a donation of HK$3.5 billion from the Membership’s Charities Belief – the Membership’s largest single charity donation to this point – is organising a collection of exhibitions and academic initiatives with the Membership’s help.
The collaboration additionally displays the Membership’s dedication to constructing an inclusive, inventive and vibrant Hong Kong, the place everybody’s life might be improved by way of the humanities. Like all its donations, it’s made potential by the Membership’s distinctive built-in enterprise mannequin by way of which racing and wagering generate tax contributions, charity help and employment alternatives for the group.
