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West Kowloon Cultural District
The West Kowloon Cultural District refers to a development project that seeks to create a hub of arts and cultural venues in a 40-hectare area in Hong Kong. Its location and proximity to Victoria Harbour have sparked hopes it will attract visitors and boost interest in the arts and culture. Some critics, however, argue that its multi-billion-dollar cost is a drain on the community.
Harmonia, performed by the inclusive dance theatre group Unusual Symptoms, stars performers with congenital limb differences, dwarfism and wheelchair needs – and challenges audience biases about the human body. Photo: Unusual Symptoms
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‘Unconventional bodies’: inclusive dance team’s upcoming Hong Kong show

Unusual Symptoms’ experimental dance project Harmonia challenges audience biases about the human body.

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Hong Kong’s West Kowloon arts hub secures HK$3 billion, 10-year loan facility

Deal, together with US$1 billion bond issuance in tranches, will help operator meet financing challenges until property project generates revenue.

Construction at the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Jelly Tse
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West Kowloon arts hub seeks US$1 billion in first bond sale to fund operations

Loss-making authority edges closer to bond offering to help sustain operations amid continuing deficits.

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Singaporean musician living with OCD uses toy pianos to tell her story

Margaret Leng Tan talks about weird instruments and ‘the magic of timing’, following her Hong Kong performance of ‘Dragon Ladies Don’t Weep’.

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Hong Kong culture

SpongeBob, Peppa Pig and panda cubs head to Hong Kong arts hub for balloon parade

City’s first large-scale inflatable characters parade serves as finale for ‘Merry Balloon Hong Kong’ winter festive event.

The parade was held at the West Kowloon Cultural District. Photo: Sam Tsang.
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Animator Wong Ping and ceramicist Heidi Lau share the Sigg Prize 2025, a contemporary art prize awarded by Hong Kong’s M+ museum.

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A free Dr Sun Yat-sen exhibition, a harbourfront winter carnival, works by Zao Wou-Ki at M+ and a new Kai Tak art dome.

To mark the 100th anniversary of Dr Sun Yat-sen’s death, the newly re-opened Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum is holding a free exhibition. Photo: Dickson Lee
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Hong Kong Palace Museum says Egyptian exhibition will be most profitable show yet

About 700,000 people expected to visit display over nine-month run, director Louis Ng says.

A coffin displayed as part of the “Ancient Egypt Unveiled: Treasures from Egyptian Museums” at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Editorial | Visitors deserve to enjoy Egyptian heritage on display free of chaos

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Korean group Jungle will be performing an immersive, augmented-reality dance at this month’s Freespace Dance. Photo: courtesy West Kowloon Cultural District
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Check out the last day of the Tong Chong Street Market Beer Festival this weekend, plus four other things to enjoy before Monday. Photo: Tong Chong Street Market Beer Festival
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Opinion | Hong Kong’s small cultural venues can pack a big punch

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Illustration: Craig Stephens
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(Left to right) “Dead Birds” and “Sacre-Coeur” by Pablo Picasso are showcased at an M+ special exhibition. Photo: Nora Tam
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A 2.4-metre (7.9-foot) tall statue of the pharaoh Merenptah is uncrated at the Hong Kong Palace Museum. Photo: Sam Tsang
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Check out rare Cantopop album cover photography, sample Club Rangoon’s Burmese fare during a two-day pop-up, or marvel at ancient Chinese silks.

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Can Hong Kong cash in on culture so arts hub, museums pay for themselves?

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Illustration: Davies Christian
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M+ champions women artists with 300lbs of feathers, womblike art and more

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Judy Chicago’s Feather Room (1966) has been reconstructed for the exhibition “Dream Rooms: Environments by Women Artists 1950s-Now”, running now at the M+ museum in Hong Kong. Photo: Lok Cheng/M+
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