MICHELLE ONG

WHY HER? After observing a lack of support for the arts and heritage in Hong Kong, Michelle Ong established the First Initiative Foundation (FIF) in 2011 to give the city’s cultural scene a boost. Over the years Ong and FIF have worked on a series of innovative projects, including publishing two children’s books about Monet to accompany an exhibition of the artist’s work and exhibiting a full T-rex skeleton—the first ever displayed in Hong Kong— in IFC mall.