Chang Hok Yan, Jim

Born in Hong Kong, CHANG received his Bachelor of Social Science (Hon.) from the Chinese Universityof Hong Kong (CUHK), majoring in Journalism and Communication. He studied Chinese music as a minorsubject under Dr. LU Ping-chuan and Dr. YIP Ming-mei. After graduation, CHANG was invited by Mr. NGTai-kong, the founding Music Director of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and became a Sheng musician.He joined the Public Libraries afterwards, and obtained a Professional Doctorate in Music Librarianshipfrom the Middlesex University, U.K. CHANG retired as the Chief Librarian of the Hong Kong CentralLibrary, and now he is a part-time Lecturer in the Academy of Music of the Hong Kong Baptist University(HKBU). His book, the “Legends of NG Tai-kong” was published by Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) in 2006.