Yip Wing-sie will give up her job as music Director of the Hong Kong Sinfonietta in 2002, Asian media announced. Born in Guangzhou, China, in 1960, Yip Wing-sie was a winner of the First Prize in the 35th Besançon Conducting Competition in 1985 and a prize-winner in the 8th Tokyo International Conducting Competition in 1988. Yip Wing-sie has been the Music Director of Hong Kong Sinfonietta since 2002.