A digital rendering of the Tea House Theatre at the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Chinese opera venue. Photo: Handout UNStudio/AD+RG and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority A digital rendering of the Tea House Theatre at the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Chinese opera venue. Photo: Handout UNStudio/AD+RG and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
A digital rendering of the Tea House Theatre at the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Chinese opera venue. Photo: Handout UNStudio/AD+RG and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
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How the West Kowloon arts hub can help Hong Kong win back its edge over Shenzhen and Shanghai

Ken Chu says the West Kowloon Cultural District and the local Palace Museum it will house can burnish Hong Kong’s credentials as Asia’s World City, by pushing creative excellence and a modern approach to tradition

Topic |   West Kowloon Cultural District
Ken Chu
Ken Chu

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A digital rendering of the Tea House Theatre at the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Chinese opera venue. Photo: Handout UNStudio/AD+RG and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority A digital rendering of the Tea House Theatre at the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Chinese opera venue. Photo: Handout UNStudio/AD+RG and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
A digital rendering of the Tea House Theatre at the Xiqu Centre, the West Kowloon Cultural District’s Chinese opera venue. Photo: Handout UNStudio/AD+RG and West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
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