Liao Yongliang
Jerry Liu Wing-leung (Chinese: 廖永亮, born October 18, 1958)[1][2] is a Hong Kong businessman, executive, and film producer. He previously served as the head of Create Hong Kong, a government body under the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. In 1980, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Drama from Vassar College[2][3]. He later joined Hutchison Telecom Lines, a joint venture involving Hutchison Telecom, British Telecom, and other Chinese-British-Hong Kong consortia, where he helped in financial and programming planning for Hong Kong’s second network service bid[2][3]. During the bidding process, however, he shifted to Hong Kong Cable Television, which ultimately won the license, and began working there in 1989 in similar financial and programming roles[2][3][4].
Media Asia Variety was founded in October 1993 with investment from Lim Por-yen, and Liu was one of its co-founders. He also served as CEO of the company from 2001 to 2005[2][3]. During his tenure, he produced films such as "Infernal Affairs", "Breaking News", and "Initial D", and successfully listed the company on the Singapore Exchange[5][6].
On March 22, 2010, Liu was appointed as the first Director of Create Hong Kong by the Hong Kong government. He was tasked with promoting the development of the cultural and creative industries in Hong Kong, including management of the Hong Kong Film Development Council[3][2]. Because both Liu and the Film Development Council's Secretary-General Fung Wing came from Media Asia Variety, members of the Legislative Council like Cyd Ho and industry stakeholders questioned whether CreateHK would favor the film sector over broader industry development, or even create conflicts of interest involving Media Asia[6].
During his tenure as director, Liu organized the "Hong Kong Design Year" events[7][8], and was involved in preparing the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture between Hong Kong and Shenzhen[9]. Liu stepped down as director on September 21, 2017, and was succeeded by Victor Tsang Chiu-hok[4][10][11].
References
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-into2_2-0
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-into1_3-0
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-retire_4-0
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-5
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-into3_6-0
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-7
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-8
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-9
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-10
- ↑ https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BB%96%E6%B0%B8%E4%BA%AE#cite_ref-11
See Also
- Create Hong Kong
- Media Asia Group