West Kowloon Cultural District

Letters to the Editor, March 1, 2013

1 Mar 2013

I read with shock the news that the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Hong Kong is axing the HK$500 a month it currently pays out to refugees. How can this be? Is the UNHCR broke?...

Warwick Reid's legal hobby draws attention 'for all the wrong reasons'

18 Feb 2013

HKEye, Week of February 11

Briefs, February 17, 2013

17 Feb 2013

A naked woman's body was found yesterday beneath a Cotai Water Jet ferry just off West Kowloon. A staff member on the catamaran called police at about 8am telling them a human leg was being sucked...

Culture of secrecy has no place in arts hub

22 Jan 2013

Transparency is an essential component for good public governance. It enables people to keep a close watch on the government, give them a say on public affairs and it holds officials accountable...

West Kowloon Cultural District's Lunar New Year operas revealed

18 Dec 2012

The West Kowloon Cultural District will again feature traditional Cantonese operas during Lunar New Year - with entrance costing 10 times that of last year's performances.

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Urban renaissance

Two massive infrastructure projects will change the face of Kowloon forever. And that's not all, because there are ambitious regeneration plans for the old areas of the peninsula.

User-friendly design for Chinese opera centre at city's arts hub

The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera in the arts hub should be a user-friendly venue for both performers and the audience, especially the elderly, says a Hong Kong-born Canadian architect in his 70s...

Cost of Chinese opera venue for West Kowloon doubles

A team of Hong Kong architects won the design competition for the Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera, West Kowloon, which is expected to cost double the original HK$1.3 billion budget.

ENTERTAINMENT

Lawmakers want transparency for West Kowloon arts hub rent policy

The body running the West Kowloon arts hub site needs to be more transparent about rental charges, lawmakers say.

CULTURE

Taiwan culture chief calls for 'southern alliance'

A strong cultural link between Taiwan and Pearl River Delta cities would bring strong advantages given the cultural advances in both regions, the island’s visiting culture minister said.

ENTERTAINMENT

Clockenflap festival charging up to HK$590 this year

Organisers of a two-day music festival next month have won approval from West Kowloon Cultural District officials to charge for the formerly free event after it sweetened the deal by giving the...

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