Joe was graduated from Chinese University of Hong Kong with Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature and Master of Education (Policy Studies in Education). He obtained Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Liberal Studies Teaching) from Hong Kong Baptist University. He is the Acting Principal of HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity and also a doctoral student of EdUHK (major in Social Sciences in Education) and serves as Research Fellow of the Research Centre for Transmission of Cantonese Opera of EdUHK.

Joe is one of the founders of Utopia and participates in most of its productions, including as Producer of the 1st staging of III Domains: Human, Ghost, Deity. He wrote all the introductory articles of Utopia’s productions. He also assisted in the education and promotion projects of Utopia. 

He is active in writing for the media, including Ming Pao, Hong Kong Economic Journal, Apple Daily, Liberalstudies.tv and Media Digest, on such topics as politics, education and cultural policy.