Betty Fung CEO Duncan Pescod leaves the cultural hub on November 28 Previous NextSophie HuiVeteran civil servant Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, head of the Policy Innovation and Coordination Office, is a strong tip to become acting chief executive of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. Fung was involved in the early stages of the cultural district's development and helped Lam - who chairs the WKCDA - in the Palace Museum project. She was the director of information services from July 2007 to August 2009 and then became director of leisure and cultural services until 2014. For the Palace Museum project, Fung was a member of a core group along with Pescod helping prepare for its development. The cultural district is expected to incur a deficit of some HK$3.9 billion over the next three years.

Source: The Standard November 08, 2020 19:07 UTC