Past ACCFs

Chair of Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture
Director of World Creativity Summit

Ada is a practising solicitor, an elected politician and a creative education advocate. She is now Chair of the Wan Chai District Council and was an elected member of the Urban Council from 1995 to 2000.

Ada is also keenly involved in research and advocacy of cultural, education, planning, urban regeneration and local administration policies. She is Council member of three tertiary institutions, including the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Hong Kong Institute of Education and Hong Kong Shue Yan University. She is also a board member of the Hong Kong Design Centre and a member of the Museums Advisory Group of the West Kowloon Cultural District Consultative Committee.

Ada has founded and chaired several non-profit educational and cultural NGOs, including the Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Pegasus Philip Wong Kin Hang Christian Primary School cum Junior Secondary School, the Millennium Youth Orchestra and the Hong Kong Children's Musical Theatre.

Apart from her active participation in public service, she is a columnist and now writes for Oriental Daily News. She also hosts a weekly cultural programme for Commercial Radio.

Ada received her BA (Hons) from Pomona College, California USA and her Master of Education (Distinction) from the University of Hong Kong.