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FOUNDING EDITOR
Ho Cheung LEE (Peter), Ed.D.
Ho Cheung LEE (Peter), Ed.D., is the founding editor of BALLOONS Lit. Journal. His second poetry chapbook “Something Celebrative and Immortal Under Another Birdless Sky” is forthcoming from Jamii Publishing. His work (poetry, short stories or photography) has appeared or forthcoming in Rattle, *82 Review, Shearsman Magazine, Interpreter’s House, The Writing Disorder, The Oddville Press, and elsewhere. His poetry was shortlisted in Oxford Brookes University’s International Poetry Competition (2016) and for erbacce-prize for poetry (2017). He teaches English in Hong Kong. [ho-cheung.com]
BLJ ADVISORY BOARD
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Ricci FONG, Ph.D.
Dr. Fong spent her teenage years in Singapore before studying at the University of Hong Kong where she earned her B.A., M.Ed. and Ph.D. She is now an Assistant Professor at The Education University of Hong Kong. Beyond research, she is a foodie with a sweet tooth. She also enjoys painting and reading stories and poetry that offer different layers of meaning to readers of different ages. Children’s picture books have recently given her a treasure trove of inspiration and a new aspiration to publish a picture book collection for children’s well-being. This is a long-term dream. 
Gary HARFITT, Ph.D.
Dr. Harfitt is currently an Assistant Dean (Experiential Learning) and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong. He is an award-winning teacher-trainer both at undergraduate and graduate levels. He has widely published in academic journals and published textbooks on teaching and learning poetry. Dr Harfitt has a wide range of research interests including the use of poetry and language arts in the English Language classroom. Moreover, he has been actively involved in community services, including adjudicating the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival since 2002, as well as drama, debate and speech competitions at different schools in Hong Kong. More about him can be found at http://web.edu.hku.hk/staff/academic/gharfitt 
​​Lancy TAM Suk-yin
Ms. Lancy Tam Suk-yin, Principal of Law Ting Pong Secondary School in Hong Kong (since 2010), has more than 20 years of teaching and administrative experience in secondary education. Before her principal-ship, She served as a teacher-development consultant and English Project manager at the Hong Kong Institute of Education (2007-2009). As a major in English Literature, Tam has a zest for reading. She loves the romantic 16th Century novels and the philosophical Shakespearean plays and sonnets. When she’s in her last year of study in the university, she even took a course on comparative literature, studying the themes and writing techniques in American and Japanese literature. She is always in a quest of style and taste in life. She loves gardening, flower arrangement, photo taking and even cooking.  You have to know that she had been a florist in Melbourne too! No matter what she is, she wouldn’t miss any opportunity to sit down and read! 

“Reading is my interest and also my food in life!”​ 
Simon THAM Sheon-ming
Mr. Tham is currently an English language consultant. Before his retirement, he was an English Literature teacher at secondary school level, the Principal Inspector of English in the Advisory Inspectorate Division of the Education Department, as well as the Head of the NET Section of EMB, Hong Kong. Tham is an experienced speech and drama adjudicator and has written a booklet and produced a video on “The Teaching of Choral Speaking”, and “Good Practices in Speech Activities” which were distributed to all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong.  Tham also frequently conducts talks and workshops on the subject for both primary and secondary English teachers.