2008 Hong Kong Arts Festival Kick-off Press Conference Photos

16 October 2007

(From left) Ms Louisa So, cast of The Shape of Things; Mr Charles Lee, Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival; Ms Ruby Chu and Mr Guthrie Yip, cast of The Shape of Things; Ms Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

(From left) Mr Law Kar-ying, cast of the Cantonese Opera – The Timeless Works of Guan Hanqing; Ms Louisa So, cast of The Shape of Things; Ms Chan Ho-kau, cast of the Cantonese Opera – The Timeless Works of Guan Hanqing; Ms Grace Lam, Vice President, Public Affairs Shared Services Centre, HK & S. China of ExxonMobil Hong Kong Limited; and Mr Charles Lee, Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

Mr Charles Lee, Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival (4th from right), with the cast and production team of the Cantonese Opera – The Timeless Works of Guan Hanqing.

(From left) Mr Peter Fan, Ms Lam Tin-wai, Mr Ng Cheuk-yin, musicians from the concert Sheng It Up in the 2008 Festival; Mr Charles Lee, Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Ms Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival.

(From left) Ms Katy Cheng, Marketing Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival; Ms Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival; Ms Chan Ho-kau, Mr Yuen Siu-fai and Mr Sun Kim-long, cast of the Cantonese Opera – The Timeless Works of Guan Hanqing.

A lively moment from the cast of The Shape of Things: (from left) Mr Guthrie Yip, Ms Ruby Chu, Ms Louisa So and Mr Zac Koo.

(From left) Mr Sun Kim-long, Ms Chan Ho-kau and Mr Yuen Siu-fai, cast of the Cantonese Opera – The Timeless Works of Guan Hanqing.

Representatives of the Hong Kong Arts Festival, artists and guests.

The press conference is attended by over 150 guests and members of the press.

(From left) Ms Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival; Mr Charles Lee, Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Festival; and Ms Grace Lang, Programme Director.

Ms Tisa Ho, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Arts Festival introduces the 2008 Festival and the upcoming programmes.

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.