Strengthening Hong Kong’s Arts and Cultural "Software

1. Home Affairs Bureau Strengthening Hong Kong’s Arts and Cultural “Software” Presented to the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority25 May 2009

2. Our Approach • Capacity building • Audience building • Arts education • Manpower training

3. Four Strategic Areas: 1. Programmes and Audienceship 4. Partnership and Cultural Exchange 2. Arts Education and Manpower Training Stronger cultural “software” 3. Community Involvement

4. PROGRAMMES We are committed to enriching our cultural programmes.

5. We are growing capacity and building audiences at established events • Established Brands; Hong Kong Arts Festival • Growing Brands; Autumn Thematic Festival

6. We are growing capacity and building audiences at district level • Over 4,400 events presented/sponsored by LCSD annually • Many district carnivals/thematic entertainment events • Many free indoor and outdoor cultural and arts entertainment events

7. Education is key to nurturing talents, training arts administrators and building audiences 2. Arts Education Source: Ming Pao Daily, D9, 22 May 2009

8. Arts Education at School School Culture Day Scheme Puppet Interactive Performance Experience the Arts Pilot Scheme Concert by John Chen Ensemble • 8 to 15% of lesson time in the school curriculum recommended for arts education • New Senior Secondary School curriculum starting from the 2009/10 school year • Other arts education activities include: • School Culture Day Scheme: 3yrs participation by 700+ schools and 335,000+ students • Arts Experience Scheme for Senior Secondary Students • School Arts Animateur Scheme • Music Office Training Scheme (5,000 children every year) • Schools Dance Festival, Schools Creative Music Showcase • Arts Ambassadors-in-school program

9. Support for Arts Teachers Support for Arts Teachers through: • Arts Mart • Professional development programmes • Development of teaching and reference materials in collaboration with tertiary institutes • Performing Arts Education Centre

10. Professional & Further Vocational Education • The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts: Professional training in music, dance, drama, theatre and entertainment arts, film, television and Cantonese Opera • Approx. 340 talented young graduates from HKAPA every year Eight “University Grants Committee” funded institutions providing over 2,200 student places for 2009/2010 Construction of new Tseung Kwan O campus to house Hong Kong Design Institute

11. Arts Professionals and Budding Artists Cultural exchange project supported by Emerging Artists Grant Nurtured through: Nine Hong Kong flagship performing arts companies (HK$259 million) Cantonese Opera Art troupes; Cantonese Opera Fund (HK$3.8 million) ADC supporting budding artists and small and medium groups (HK$63.31 million)

12. Internships and Training for Art Administrators Internships, training and scholarship opportunities across all arts and cultural areas where trainees get on-the-job training and exposure in: • Attachment programmes in LCSD’s Museums (Art, History, Science, Space), Heritage, Central Conservation, Film Archive • APA student exchange programmes • Clore Leadership Programmes (UK) • Arts Council Korea • Others

13. We are dedicated to building a community-wide appreciation and audience for the arts and culture 3. Community

14. Bringing arts to the community; Venue Partnership Scheme The Venue Partnership Scheme was recently set-up to provide arts groups with priority booking and free access to venues which LCSD are partnered with. “34 performing arts groups are benefiting” from the scheme since its full inception in 2009

15. Identifying Alternative Venues • Open stage performances; Tsuen Wan Dance Day • Bamboo Theatre @ Sheng Shui, Tsing Yi and Tai Po • Others (eg. Nan Lian Garden, Cattle Depot) • HKADC ‘s new rental subsidy scheme 2009-10

16. We bring people and arts closer together by encouraging and facilitating exchanges in culture and the arts. 4. Partnership

17. Cooperation & Exchange with Mainland China • Closer Cultural Partnership Arrangement with the Central Government; 2005 • Closer Cultural Partnership Arrangement with Yunnan and Shenzhen; 2009 • The Greater Pearl River Delta Cultural Cooperation Meeting • “GPRD Cultural Exchange and Cooperation Development Plan 2009 – 2013”

18. International Exchange Memoranda of Understanding on Cultural Cooperation with 11 countries The 6th Asia Cultural Cooperation Forum; October 2009

19. Participation in Cultural Events; Mainland / Overseas • Venice Arts Biennale (since 2001) • International Cultural Industries Fair in Shenzhen (since 2005) • Shanghai Expo 2010

20. Collaboration of Local and International Artists • Puppet Show: Brer Rabbit in the Land of Monkey King • Design for Living Produced by Edward Lam Dance Theatre • Rachel Cheung, award-winning local young pianist • Louis Vuitton: “A Passion for Creation” exhibition

21. We are committed to building community momentum for the West Kowloon Cultural District • SZ-HK Bi-city Biennale of Architecture Urbanism • Oasis. Mirage: Hong Kong International Sculpture Symposium 2009

22. Highlights in Government Spending in Cultural Software 2008-09 NB: The above only highlights some of the major spending items. Education Bureau / UGC spending not included.

23. Home Affairs Bureau Strengthening Hong Kong’s Arts and Cultural “Software” Presented to the Board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority25 May 2009