WKCDA Fully Supports CE’s Proposal of Setting up Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau

The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA or the Authority) fully supports the proposal of setting up the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau initiated by the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mrs Carrie Lam to play a more effective role in coordination and policy formulation.

Mr Henry Tang Ying-yen, Chairman of the Board of WKCDA said, ‘The Authority fully concurs with the proposal which seeks to consolidate arts and cultural affairs, creative industries and tourism portfolio under one bureau, thereby achieving synergy among different sectors and stakeholders, enhancing effective collaboration between WKCDA and the Government, and fostering the sustainable development of the arts and cultural industry in Hong Kong.’

With M+ opened to the public in November 2021 and the Hong Kong Palace Museum scheduled to open in mid-2022, the vision of the West Kowloon Cultural District (the District) is to become a unique cultural hub offering the best of eastern and western arts and cultures to visitors from Hong Kong and around the world, which supports the new mission of developing Hong Kong into an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange under the Outline of the National 14th Five-Year Plan. The District has always been a pioneer of fostering cross-disciplinary exchanges and cooperation. WKCDA looks forward to working closely with the Bureau to be established to achieve the shared vision.

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About the West Kowloon Cultural District
The West Kowloon Cultural District is one of the largest and most ambitious cultural projects in the world. Its vision is to create a vibrant new cultural quarter for Hong Kong on forty hectares of reclaimed land located alongside Victoria Harbour. With a varied mix of theatres, performance spaces, and museums, the West Kowloon Cultural District will produce and host world-class exhibitions, performances, and cultural events, providing twenty-three hectares of public open space, including a two-kilometre waterfront promenade.