Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2021-22 Reply Serial No.

HAB135 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY

(Question Serial No. 1887)

Head: (95) Leisure and Cultural Services Department

Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified

Programme: (3) Heritage and Museums

Controlling Officer: Director of Leisure and Cultural Services (Vincent LIU)

Director of Bureau: Secretary for Home Affairs

Question: With regard to the promotion of intangible cultural heritage (ICH), please inform this Committee of the following:

1. In the second round of “Community-driven Projects” and “Partnership Projects” launched under the ICH Funding Scheme by the ICH Office in 2020, what are i) the projects to be funded, ii) the names of organisations or ICH bearers receiving funding support, iii) the details of the projects, and iv) the amount of funding support?

2. What are the manpower and expenditures involved in supporting the above projects? Please provide a breakdown by rank, work nature and salary.

Asked by: Hon LAU Ip-keung, Kenneth (LegCo internal reference no.: 57) Reply: 1. Projects funded in the second round of “Community-driven Projects” and “Partnership Projects” under the ICH Funding Scheme are at Annexes I and II respectively.

2. Under the staff establishment of the ICH Office, 3 civil servants are directly involved in supporting the ICH Funding Scheme. Their ranks, work nature and salaries are set out as follows:

Rank Nature of Work Salary Note ($) Assistant Curator I To organise and implement the ICH 58,635 - 73,775 Funding Scheme, including vetting Assistant Curator II of applications, monitoring of 30,235 - 55,995 project implementation, financial management, handling of public enquiries, publicity and promotion, etc.

Rank Nature of Work Salary Note ($) Assistant Clerical Officer To provide clerical and records 15,560 - 31,750 management support for the ICH Funding Scheme, and handle disbursement of funds. Note Based on the Master Pay Scale

Annex I to Reply Serial No. HAB135

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Funding Scheme Projects Funded under “Community-driven Projects 2020”

Amount of Project Name Grantee Details Grant ($) 1. Immersive theatre on Class 7A Drama Immersive drama 853,000 ICH Group Limited performances on ICH 2. Jiao Festival and Tin Po Toi Island Tin Hau Festival 808,300 Hau Festival of Poi Welfare celebration, Jiao Festival Toi Island Association celebration, traditional bamboo theatre building and guided tours 3. Heung Yee Kuk Hakka culture festival 798,700 Festival Foundation (including booths, Limited workshops, demonstration- cum-performance and lectures, exhibition and book launch), publicity activities and publication 4. Deciphering Ngai Tak Lung Lectures, workshops, 791,400 Guangcai: an ever - exhibition and publication innovative ICH of of Guangcai making technique 5. Continuity and Lum Man Yee Research and publication 770,700 transformation: the routine plays in opera 6. Preservation and Au Yeung Ping Chi Workshops and exhibition 673,400 promotion of Hong of paper crafting technique Kong traditional paper craftsmanship 7. The 6th Hong Kong Intangible Cultural ICH Mart (including 633,700 Culture Festival: Heritage performances, workshops The 5th Intangible Earthpulse Society and game booths) and music Cultural Heritage Limited concert Mart and the 6th Taoist Music Concert 8. Costume brilliance of Hong Kong Art Research, publication and 620,900 the : a Culture And database development on case study on the Education wearing heritage Development Cantonese opera Centre Limited 9. Workshops on paper Hui Ka Hung Training, exhibition and 593,100 crafting technique performances of paper crafting technique

Amount of Project Name Grantee Details Grant ($) 10. Courses and database Technological and Training, exhibition and 581,700 on Cheongsam Higher Education development of online Institute of Hong resources on sewing Kong techniques of Cheongsam 11. Sik Sik Yuen 100th Sik Sik Yuen Roving exhibition of Wong 526,490 anniversary “ belief and customs Tai Sin Belief & Customs” roving exhibition 12. From Tai O to Yim The Salt & Light Workshops, lecture-cum- 511,600 Tin Tsai: the Preservation Centre visit, school talks and transmission of salt Limited electronic booklet making technique 13. Hang Hau ICH Day Joint Association Training class, workshops, 443,410 (2021) and traditional of Traditional field study, training Hakka Unicorn Dance Hakka Unicorn in programme for conservation project Sai Kung and undergraduate on Unicorn Hang Hau, Dance and ICH Day Hong Kong (including lectures, workshops and demonstration-cum- performance) 14. Illustrating the Yu Lan Tse Tak Lung Research and publication 390,400 Festival at 30 Houses, Hong Kong 15. Tin Hau Festival at Hang Hau Tin Hau Festival 376,830 Hang Hau Tin Hau Kung celebration, traditional bamboo theatre building and guided tours 16. Inheriting Guangcai Tso Ip Ching Kiu, Training on Guangcai 366,860 in Hong Kong Ruby making technique 17. Ap Lei Chau Hung Ap Lei Chau Hung Shing Culture Festival 339,450 Shing Culture Festival Kai Fong Tung (including dragon boat 2021 Hing Association parade, guided tours and exhibition), traditional bamboo theatre building 18. The preservation and Wong Wai Ying Online courses on the Seven 334,200 promotion of the Star School of Praying Seven Star School of Mantis, converting Praying Mantis resources to electronic files, martial arts conducting oral history and producing martial arts teaching videos, and creating English webpages 19. Transmission The Heaven of Performances, training, 332,790 programmes of Angels roving school talks and “Dishui Nanyin” 2020 lectures of Nanyin

Amount of Project Name Grantee Details Grant ($) 20. Production and Chan Kam To Lectures, demonstrations 326,400 transmission of and performances of hand Guangdong hand puppets puppets 21. Transmission of Leung Mee Ping Exhibition, guided tours, 296,000 floating colours lectures and demonstrations parade at Cheung of floating colours parade at Chau Cheung Chau 22. Discovering Southern District School talks, experience 222,800 traditional dragon boat Dragon Boat activities, exhibition and @ Aberdeen Racing Committee guided tours of dragon boat races 23. Fat Tong Mun Tin Fat Tong Mun Tin Hau Festival and Jiao 217,460 Hau Jiao Festival Tin Hau Festival celebration and Jiao Festival field study Association

Annex II to Reply Serial No. HAB135

Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) Funding Scheme Projects Funded under “Partnership Projects 2020”

A. Research and Publication on the Items of the “Representative List of the ICH of Hong Kong” Amount of Grantee Details Grant ($) 1. Lingnan University (Hong Kong 2 items 2,193,000 and South Historical Spring and Autumn ancestral Research Programme) worship of clans Bamboo theatre building technique 2. Hong Kong Baptisit University Sek Pun (Basin Feast) 1,479,000 (Department of History) 3. The Chinese University of Hong Nanyin 987,000 Kong (Centre for Chinese Music Studies, Department of Music) 4. The Conservancy Association Yu Lan Festival of the Hong Kong 857,000 Centre for Heritage Limited Chiu Chow Community (Authorised representative of Federation of Hong Kong Chiu Chow Community Organization Ltd) 5. The Conservancy Association Cheung Chau Jiao Festival 857,000 Centre for Heritage Limited (Authorised representative of Hong Kong Cheung Chau Bun Festival Committee)

B. Research and Survey for Enriching the “ICH Inventory of Hong Kong” Amount of Grantee Details Grant ($) 6. Dr Wong Tin Kei 13 items 618,000 Tai Chi: Wu’s Tai Chi, Beliefs and practices Tung’s Tai Chi and related to the supernatural: other Tai Chi not yet Shamans, jitong, spirit included in the ICH medium and others Inventory of Hong Skills of abacus Kong calculation Technique of leaf Pancake with sugar whistling cracker production Gongche notation technique Sixty Years’ Jiao Shanghai cuisine Festival of Sheung Shui Fujian shrimp oil Heung production technique Belief and practices of Technique and social Western Pure Land practice of ginger and Buddhism: Three vinegar making Times Observance, Yu Lan Festival Seven-day Buddha (Zhongyuan Festival) of Session and Seven-day Cheung Chau Guan Yin Session, Jiao Festival at Lam chantings, Pentatonic Tsuen, Tai Po Buddist Chanting and others 7. Dr Yip Tak Ping 15 items 313,000 Jiao Festival at Tin Kung Fu Tea making Sam Village, Sha Tin technique Yu Lan Festival at The yearly praying for Sham Tseng blessings and thanking Southern school of deities at Ma Wan massage and bone Traditional table games: setting Chinese domino, Hakka Seal carving technique card game and others Traditional bamboo Traditional construction scaffolding technique technique Lantern lighting at Hakka pattern band Shan Ha Wai (Tsang making technique Tai Uk), Sha Tin Making technique of Tin Hau Festival at Chinese brush and brush Kowloon City of newborn hair Double-steamed rice wine production technique Signboard and neon light tube production technique

C. Survey on ICH Items of Different Groups in Hong Kong Amount of Grantee Details Grant ($) 8. The Chinese 9 groups 1,046,000 University of Hong Thai group Indian group Kong (Centre for the Jewish group Parsee group Study of Islamic Muslim group Russian group Centre) (non-Chinese) Nepalese group Sri Lankan group Hawaiian group

D. Monograph Series on ICH of Hong Kong Amount of Grantee Details Grant ($) 9. The Chinese Topic of monograph 1,389,000 University of Hong The transmission stories of herbal tea in villages Kong (Institute of Future Cities) 10. The Open University Topic of monograph 775,000 of Hong Kong From Lingnan folk culture to Hong Kong ICH: theory and practice

E. Picture Book Series on ICH of Hong Kong Amount of Grantee Details Grant ($) 11. Ng Chi Ching, Leslie  To publish a set of 10 picture books on ICH 2,663,000  To organise children puppet shows for publicity of picture books

F. ICH Hub Amount of Grantee Details Grant ($) 12. Siu Kwok Kin, Stanley  To plan, interpret, design and set up the ICH Hub 5,858,000  To design, produce and install multimedia programmes and interactive games to complement the content of the exhibition

G. ICH Domain Amount of Grantee Details Grant ($) 13. UNESCO Hong Kong To organise a series of activities for teachers as well 3,017,000 Association as secondary, primary and pre-primary students in the ICH Centre

H. ICH for All Amount of Grantee Details Grant ($) 14. Hong Kong Network To organise a series of workshops, guided tours, 631,000 for the Promotion of visits and experience activities on ICH for people Inclusive Society with visual or hearing impairment Limited

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