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What do you think of calls for a Chinese opera hub?

On the same day - September 13 - we read the reports 'New vision unveiled for cultural hub', 'Looming closure of theatre sparks debate' and 'Calls for Cantonese opera hub in Eastern'.

The second story concerned the likely closure of the Sunbeam Theatre in North Point because the owner will raise the rent and to heck with the culture.

So our mindset is 'hubs'. Has nobody considered that, instead of spending HK$19 billion on a 'high-culture' hub to show that we are 'Asia's cultured city', we should spend it on a multiplicity of Sunbeam Theatres and equivalent centres throughout the city that have something to do with sustaining the cultural heritage of the people.

We could call them 'community hubs' if we have to.

Could the chief secretary please provide us with a considered statement as to exactly what is the cultural policy of his government or confirm there is none?

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