{"id":197056,"date":"2025-10-08T06:13:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/197056\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T06:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T06:13:03","slug":"can-hong-kong-cash-in-on-culture-so-arts-hub-museums-pay-for-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/197056\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Hong Kong cash in on culture so arts hub, museums pay for themselves?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Beijing\u2019s world-renowned Palace Museum celebrates its centenary this month. In the first of a three-part series to mark the anniversary, Ambrose Li examines how the West Kowloon Cultural District, home to the Hong Kong Palace Museum, can tackle the thorny issue of funding.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">When Bernard Chan recently took over as the new chairman of the body managing Hong Kong\u2019s premier arts hub, he made his top priority clear: to ensure its cultural facilities were financially sustainable in the long run.<\/p>\n<p>It was the second time in a month that Chan had publicly weighed in on the financial health of the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/west-kowloon-cultural-district?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">West Kowloon Cultural District<\/a>, home to two of the city\u2019s biggest museums, M+ for contemporary art and the Hong Kong Palace Museum, which specialises in Chinese artefacts.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cWe will implement robust revenue generation and commercialisation measures to provide a more solid foundation for achieving long-term financial sustainability, thereby advancing Hong Kong\u2019s cultural and creative industries ecosystem and fostering cultural and creative tourism,\u201d Chan said when his appointment was announced on September 23.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The government had earlier hinted at the importance of self-financing during the South China Morning Post\u2019s Redefining Hong Kong conference on culture, sports and tourism on September 1, which Chan and culture minister Rosanna Law Shuk-pui took part in.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Responding to remarks by Chan on Hong Kong needing a world-class music venue and its funding, Law said: \u201cIf you get the money, I will support you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bernard Chan is chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. Photo: Jonathan Wong\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/5ad7cfe1-2434-4c1e-9227-fbe2175e01e2_28558237.jpg\" title=\"Bernard Chan is chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. Photo: Jonathan Wong\"\/>Bernard Chan is chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. Photo: Jonathan Wong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beijing\u2019s world-renowned Palace Museum celebrates its centenary this month. 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