2006 Hong Kong Arts Festival Launched

19 October 2005

The 2006 Hong Kong Arts Festival Kick-off Press Conference was held on 18 October, announcing details on the 48 different programmes which will be presented from 9 February through 12 March 2006. The press conference was attended by close to 200 guests and more than 60 members of the press.

The press conference was hosted by Mr Charles Lee, Chairman of Hong Kong Arts Festival Society; Mr Douglas Gautier, Executive Director; and Ms Grace Lang, Programme Director.  There were guests from the arts community, and the supporting and sponsoring organisations.  Local artists who are participating in the 2006 Festival also attended the press conference.  They included the cast of The Unexpected Man, Mr Chung King-fai and Ms Sheren Tang, and Director, Tang Wai-kit; actors and the creative team of Actors' Family's The Legend of the White Snake; singer-songwriter Pong Nan; leading actress Ng May Ying of 'The Artistry of Gender Switching in Cantonese Opera'; and 15 bright ascending stars of 'Cantonese Opera - New Stars' who came with Artistic Director, Mr Yuen Siu-fai, and Project Executive, Ms Barbara Tang.  Journalists were enthusiastic and eager to know more about the exciting programmes to be staged by these artists.

Due to health reasons, Charlie Haden has had to cancel his concert with his Quartet West in Hong Kong on 3-4 February 2012. Ticket holders can obtain a refund in the following ways:

REFUND IN PERSON (Cash) Please visit the URBTIX outlets at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre or Hong Kong City Hall between 29 December 2011 and 22 January 2012 (10:00am–9:30pm daily) with your unused tickets to the Charlie Haden Quartet West concert for immediate cash refund.

REFUND BY POST (Cheque) Please click here to download the refund form, then complete and return it by post with your unused tickets to the concert to: Hong Kong Arts Festival Society, 12/F, 2 Harbour Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong before 29 February 2012. Refund requests take approximately four weeks to process from the date of receipt.

For enquiries, please call 2824 2430.