Speech by SCST at opening reception of Trevor Yeung: Courtyard of Attachments, Hong Kong in Venice

Unveiling trevor yeung's enchanting courtyard: scst's captivating speech at venice exhibition opening

Following is the speech by the Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, Mr Kevin Yeung, at the opening reception of "Trevor Yeung: Courtyard of Attachments, Hong Kong in Venice" today (April 19, Venice time):

Kenneth (Chairman of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Mr Kenneth Fok), Bernard (Chairman of M+ Board, Mr Bernard Chan), Trevor (exhibition artist Mr Trevor Yeung), distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen,

Good afternoon!

Welcome to the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong exhibition of the 60th Venice Biennale. This is one of our flagship overseas arts and cultural events supported by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government through the Arts and Sports Development Fund. The exhibition is co-organised by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and M+ of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.

Like everyone here today, the Government of the Hong Kong SAR supports the development of arts and culture. We are committed to nurturing our local arts and cultural institutions and artists and helping them go global. This is one of our strategies and action agendas in fortifying our role as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange, a position that our country has given us.

Venice Biennale is one of the world's most prestigious platforms for international contemporary art and Hong Kong has been participating since 2001. Being an important platform to showcase the artistic excellence of the institutions and artists in Hong Kong, it is also an important channel to tell the good stories of Hong Kong and help boost our economy by attracting world audience to visit our art market.

The Hong Kong exhibition here has witnessed the many successful connections between our institutions and artists and the international arts and culture community.

Today, I am proud to present to you our home-grown artist - Trevor. In just a minute, Trevor will immerse you in a captivating experience surrounded by glass fish tanks that are commonly seen in Hong Kong, in his exhibition "Trevor Yeung: Courtyard of Attachments, Hong Kong in Venice". I am sure you will be amazed by Trevor's talent and enjoy the exhibition which gives you a glimpse of the authentic experience in Hong Kong.

I would also like to express gratitude to the team in Hong Kong Arts Development Council and the curatorial team in M+ Museum, in particular our project curator Olivia Chow. Their dedication and professionalism are instrumental in the success of this exhibition.

Before closing, I would also like to invite all of you to come to Hong Kong and visit our first-ever Hong Kong Performing Arts Expo in mid-October this year. It will be organised by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council at multiple performing venues in Hong Kong including the West Kowloon Cultural District.

At the Expo, performing arts professionals from all over the world will meet, and explore possible collaboration, perhaps with visual arts.

Thank you very much again for joining us here today. And I hope you enjoy the exhibition at the Hong Kong exhibition.

Speech by SCST at opening reception of Trevor Yeung: Courtyard of Attachments, Hong Kong in Venice Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Emsd investigates cybersecurity breach on online server platform

A spokesman for the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD) said today (May 2) that the department is following up on a system security incident of an online server platform, which involved data collected by the EMSD in "restriction-testing declaration" (RTD) operations conducted between March and July of 2022 in combating COVID-19.

Data stored on the designated online server platform include names, telephone numbers, identity card numbers and addresses of about 17 000 members of the public at 14 buildings which are listed at Annex. The data were only accessible to authorised personnel by logging in with a password.

On the evening of April 30, the EMSD was notified by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data that according to a public report, the data concerned could be browsed on the server platform. The EMSD immediately checked and found that the password login system failed. The data could be browsed without entering any password but they were not downloadable. Upon EMSD's request, the service provider of the online server platform removed the data from the platform that evening (April 30). The EMSD has reported the incident to the Police, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and the Security Bureau.

The EMSD expresses sincere apologies for the incident. Although there is no evidence that relevant data have been published so far, the EMSD will notify relevant households by mailing to flats of the buildings involved. In case of suspicious circumstances, they should report to the Police as soon as possible. For enquiries, please call the EMSD's hotline at 2333 3762.

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