Chief Executive Carrie Lam visited PMQ today to meet the three founders of the Musketeers Education & Culture Charitable Foundation and thank them for their efforts in the establishment of the creative hub.

The Musketeers Foundation set up the PMQ Management Company and successfully secured the project's operating rights to revitalise the Former Police Married Quarters on Hollywood Road, a Grade 3 historic building on Aberdeen Street in Central, into a creative landmark.

The project is operated by the non-profit-making social enterprise and named PMQ.

Mrs Lam noted that since its opening in 2014, PMQ has been committed to nurturing local creative entrepreneurs and designers. It also promoted the spirit of creativity and design to different sectors of the community to foster a local creative culture through attracting visitors from Hong Kong, the Mainland and overseas.

She expressed her heartfelt thanks to the foundation's three founders - Stanley Chu, Lawrence Fung and Leong Ka-chai - for their financial commitment and effort to transform PMQ into a hub for creative activities of pop culture and emerging artists.

Mrs Lam noted that PMQ provides a platform not only for emerging entrepreneurs in the design and creative fields to start their business, but also for local and international design brands to showcase and sell their products and services.

PMQ has attracted over 20 million visitors over the past years, contributing to the creative and tourism industries of Hong Kong, she added.

During her visit, the Chief Executive also toured several design studios and chatted with tenants.

Mrs Lam was pleased to learn that PMQ has recently seen a gradual rise in the number of visitors and improvements to the business as Hong Kong has been returning steadily to normalcy amid the epidemic.