At the invitation of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority ("WKCDA"), the Legislative Council ("LegCo") Joint Subcommittee to Monitor the Implementation of the West Kowloon Cultural District Project ("Joint Subcommittee") visited the West Kowloon Cultural District ("WKCD") today (29 March) to better understand the latest development of the WKCD Project.

Members first arrived the M+ Museum and received a briefing on the latest progress of the WKCD Project by the Acting Chief Executive Officer of WKCDA, Mrs Betty FUNG CHING Suk-yee.  Afterwards, with the company of the Chairman of the Board of WKCDA, Mr Henry TANG Ying-yen; Mrs Betty FUNG; and the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Caspar TSUI Ying-wai, Members took a tour in the M+ Museum, the first global museum of contemporary visual culture in Asia which is set to open to the public at the end of this year, to see for themselves the major facilities and architectural features of the M+ Museum Building. 

Members then visited the "Freespace" to understand the operation of food and beverage facilities which provide live music performance. 

In addition, Members paid a visit to the construction site of the Hong Kong Palace Museum ("HKPM") to obtain the latest update on the construction works and exchanged views with representatives of WKCDA on the arrangement after the opening of HKPM.

Members who participated in the visit were the Chairman of the Joint Subcommittee, Hon LAU Kwok-fan; Joint Subcommittee members Hon Holden CHOW Ho-ding, Hon Kenneth LAU Ip-keung, Dr Hon CHENG Chung-tai and Hon Vincent CHENG Wing-shun; as well as non-Joint Subcommittee member Hon YUNG Hoi-yan.

The Joint Subcommittee is a subcommittee formed under the LegCo Panel on Development and the LegCo Panel on Home Affairs.

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The Legislative Council ("LegCo") Joint Subcommittee to Monitor the Implementation of the West Kowloon Cultural District Project visits the West Kowloon Cultural District ("WKCD") today (29 March) and receives a briefing on the latest progress of the WKCD Project by the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority ("WKCDA"), Mrs Betty FUNG CHING Suk-yee (first left), at the M+ Museum. 

LegCo Members take a tour at the M+ Museum to see for themselves the major facilities and architectural features of the M+ Museum Building.

LegCo Members are briefed by representatives of WKCDA at the construction site of the Hong Kong Palace Museum to obtain the latest update on the construction works. 

LegCo Members pose for a group photo at the M+ Museum.  Photo shows (from fourth left) Hon Vincent CHENG Wing-shun; Hon Holden CHOW Ho-ding; Hon YUNG Hoi-yan; Dr Hon CHENG Chung-tai; the Chairman of the Board of WKCDA, Mr Henry TANG Ying-yen; Hon LAU Kwok-fan; Hon Kenneth LAU Ip-keung; the Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr Caspar TSUI Ying-wai; the Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs, Mrs Cherry TSE LING Kit-ching; and the Acting Chief Executive Officer of WKCDA, Mrs Betty FUNG CHING Suk-yee.

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