Mr Clifton Ko Chi-sum, MH

Renowned film director, producer and screenwriter Mr Clifton Ko Chi-sum is the Chief Executive Officer and Producer of Spring-Time Stage Productions. To date, he has taken part in the production of 85 films in the capacity of screenwriter, curator and producer and has directed 38 films, many of which have become household names. These films include: Happy Ghost; Chicken and Duck Talk; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World; All's Well, Ends Well; I Have a Date with Spring; and The Mad Phoenix. While Chicken and Duck Talk was selected as one of the Hong Kong Film Awards Best 10 Chinese Motion Pictures in 1988, All's Well, Ends Well, grossing almost HK$49 million on its release in 1992, broke the Hong Kong box-office records and became the highest-grossing film ever made at that time. The latter also won him the "Top Ten Highest Grossing Films Award" (「最高累積票房十大電影」獎) in the Hong Kong Highest Grossing Films 1985 - 2005 Award Presentation Ceremony (全港最高票房電影頒獎禮1985 – 2005). In 1997, he won the 34th Golden Horse Award for Best Film Editing for The Mad Phoenix.

Mr Ko has made significant contributions to the development of the local theatre scene. He has spearheaded over 60 theatre productions that have exceeded 1,000 performances in Hong Kong and abroad, including I Have a Date with Spring, A Sentimental Journey, Jubilee and Shooting Star. Spring-Time Stage Productions was the first art group to stage theatre productions at the PolyU Jockey Club Auditorium and has since then entered into various collaborations with PolyU. The University has partnered with Spring-Time Stage Productions and Chung Ying Theatre Company in presenting a series of musicals including The Sound of Music and Old Master Q. Mr Ko is also often invited as guest speaker at PolyU student talks.

Mr Ko has spared no efforts in his services to the community, and has raised funds through his theatre productions for organizations such as Po Leung Kuk, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, Polar Museum Foundation and Suicide Prevention Services. He has also devoted much time to serving on various committees. He is Honorary Permanent President of the Hong Kong Screenwriters' Guild and Member of the HKSAR Immigration Department Quality Migrant Admission Scheme Advisory Committee.

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the development of arts and culture, Mr Ko was conferred an Honorary Professorship by Hebei University School of Arts in 2005 and a Medal of Honour by the HKSAR Government in 2006. In 2009, Mr Ko has also won the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2008 – Gold Award for Art Promotion (Individual) and the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies' 18th Hong Kong Drama Awards – Award for Outstanding Art Administration (25th Anniversary Award).

Mr Clifton Ko Chi-sum, MH

Professor Norman W.M. Ko

Mr Kong Qingping

Ir Tsui Tack-kong

Mrs Clara Weatherall

Mr Wong Tit-shing

(in alphabetical order of last name)