The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts welcomes the appointment of Mr. Charles Yang Chuen-liang BBS JP as new Council Chairman

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), welcomes the appointment of Mr. Charles Yang Chuen-liang BBS JP as new Council Chairman of the Academy, Mrs. Helen Chan SBS as new Treasurer of the Academy Council and Mr. Jason Joseph Lee Kwong-yee, Dr. Irene Tang Mo-lin, Mr. Symon Wong Yu-wing, Professor Yiu Song-lam (staff representative) as new members of the Academy Council as appointed by the Chief Executive of HKSAR Government with effect from January 1, 2024. The Academy Director, Professor Gillian Choa, believes that the Academy will benefit enormously from the expertise and experience of Mr. Charles Yang BBS JP in the sectors of finance, performing arts and cultural developments; and looks forward to working even more closely with him.

Professor Choa would like to take this opportunity to express her heartfelt thanks to the outgoing Council Chairman, Mr. Edward Cheng GBS JP, for his leadership and invaluable contributions to the Academy in the past two years. She is also grateful to the outgoing members of the Council including Ms. Maisy Ho Chiu-ha BBS, Ms. Cynthia Liu Chiu-fun BBS and Professor Clarence Mak Wai-chu (staff representative) for their staunch support and committed service to the Academy over the years. 

The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (www.hkapa.edu) 
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA), established by The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Ordinance in 1984, is a leading tertiary institution in the performing arts in Asia. It provides professional undergraduate education and practice-based postgraduate studies. The study encompasses Chinese Opera, Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music, and Theatre and Entertainment Arts. Its educational philosophy reflects the cultural diversity of Hong Kong with emphasis on Chinese and Western traditions, and interdisciplinary learning. Since 2008, the Academy has attained the Programme Area Accreditation (PAA) status awarded by the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) to self-monitor and accredit its own undergraduate and post-secondary programmes in the five programme areas of Dance, Drama, Film and Television, Music, and Theatre and Entertainment Arts. Since 2016, the PAA status has been extended to cover Master’s Degree programmes and below; and since 2023, the programmes operated by the School of Chinese Opera accredited by HKCAAVQ has also received PAA status for its post-secondary and undergraduate programmes. 

Besides the main campus in Wanchai, Béthanie, the site of the Academy’s Landmark Heritage Campus in Pokfulam, has housed training facilities for the School of Film and Television since 2006. 

In the QS University Rankings announced in 2023, the Academy ranks 1^st in Asia and 13^th in the world in the Performing Arts category.