Hong Kong Palace Museum | HKPM Movies: Witness the Hong Kong Palace Museum and post-screening conversation

Dr Louis Ng Chi-wa

Director of Hong Kong Palace Museum

Dr Louis Ng is Director of the Hong Kong Palace Museum. He is a seasoned museum professional, historian, and arts administrator with over 30 years of experience in museum planning and management. Dr Ng joined Hong Kong’s public museum service in 1988 as an assistant curator and rose through the ranks to become a chief curator in 2002 after working in a number of curatorial and managerial positions in various museums. He was the founding Director of the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, which opened in 2000. Prior to joining the Hong Kong Palace Museum in August 2019, he was the Deputy Director of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, where he oversaw culture-related institutions including museums, performance arts venues, visual arts centres, and public libraries. A distinguished historian, Dr Ng obtained his BA, MPhil, and a PhD in history from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and a Graduate Diploma in Museum Studies from the University of Sydney. His research and publications focus on Hong Kong history and cultural heritage management.

Dr Zhou Bing

Film director

Zhou Bing, a famous Chinese documentary film director with a Ph.D. in Chinese art history. Zhou has been awarded Chinese Documentary Annual Director for three times and has created and produced hundreds of documentaries, including Forbidden City, Taipei Palace Museum, Dunhuang, When the Louvre and the Forbidden City Come Together. His works have been broadcasted on CCTV, National Geographic Channel, The History Channel, SkyTV, NDR, Arte, and many other international mainstream media.