Ng is an Honorary President of the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild, a former President of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, and was President of the Hong Kong Film Awards Association from 1995 to 2000. He is also a co-founder of the UME Huaxing International Cinema chain, and the owner of the Hong Kong A1 Division basketball club Seasonal.
Early life
Ng See-yuen was born in Shanghai, during Japanese occupation, on June 6, 1944. He and his family moved to British Hong Kong in 1961, where he attended New Method College in Kowloon. He worked as a security guard and a secondary school teacher before entering the film industry.
Ng See-yuen is an Honorary Advisor and jury member for the Asian Film Awards.[4] He holds several additional titles including Chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, Honorary Permanent President of the Hong Kong Film Directors' Guild, and Advisor of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.
In April 2007, he became an official member of the Hong Kong Film Development Council.[5] In this capacity, he has been a vocal advocate for the introduction of a motion picture rating system in China[6] and has spoken out on issues such as Mainland China's policies toward the co-production of films with other nations and censorship.[7]
Ng is also the founder of "UME International Cineplex," one of the largest cinema chains in China,[8] with five-star cineplexes in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Chongqing, Hangzhou and an IMAX cineplex in Beijing. "UME" is an acronym for Ultimate Movie Experience.