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South China Morning Post
17-04-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong's arts hub partners with Citybus to drive cultural tourism
Hong Kong's major arts hub has partnered with a bus operator to provide package ticket savings and improved bus services to promote local cultural tourism. Advertisement The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and Citybus on Thursday announced a new memorandum of understanding to explore additional collaboration opportunities, such as ticket packages for buses and museums, more frequent bus service during special events, and clearer signage directing visitors to bus stops. 'We will keep researching more innovative products and launching more joint activities in the future, and I am looking forward to it. The scope of this collaboration can be broader and broader,' said Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee, the CEO of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. Citybus launched its tourism brand, HK City Sightseeing, last year, featuring six open-top bus routes for visitors, three of which make stops in the West Kowloon Cultural District, in addition to 70 regular routes that currently serve the area. The bus operator said it would add 300 more departures during the coming Easter and Labour Day holidays, with many passing via the art hub. Advertisement From April 18 to 21, the 'Coffee HK x Tokyo Coffee Festival' will take place on the Great Lawn of the Art Park in the West Kowloon Cultural District.
South China Morning Post
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong cultural hub to stage inaugural arts week in Shanghai in June
Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District will stage its inaugural arts week in Shanghai in June, potentially paving the way for similar deals with other mainland Chinese cities. Advertisement The authority behind the arts hub will host the WestK Shanghai Week, which will involve seven cultural and artistic programmes to be held between June 18 and 22. West Kowloon Cultural District Authority CEO Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee told the Post earlier this month that the Shanghai week would serve as a platform to promote Hong Kong's arts, culture and tourism. 'Other than cultural exchanges, we are going to market the Hong Kong brand and attract Shanghai tourists to come to the city,' she said. 'If it works well, we can go to other mainland cities or even overseas cities to do the same thing.' She said the event was supported by Shanghai's municipal government and the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism. Hong Kong's Economic Trade Office in Shanghai and the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau were also providing their support. Advertisement Fung said Hong Kong would be able to show off its home-grown works during the event. She gave the example of the Cantonese musical The Impossible Trial, which would be shown in Shanghai between June 17 and 29.
South China Morning Post
02-03-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
Head of Hong Kong arts hub optimistic over East-West partnerships despite Trump
Top arts institutions in New York and Washington are keen to seek business opportunities with their Asian counterparts despite worsening US-China tensions, according to Hong Kong arts hub CEO Betty Fung Ching Suk-yee. Advertisement Since US President Donald Trump took office in January, he has imposed steep tariffs on Chinese products and threatened even more, and given billionaire Elon Musk the mandate to slash government spending and boost efficiency. In an exclusive interview with the Post, Fung said a recent visit to New York and Washington left her optimistic that arts and culture groups would weather the current turbulence and continue working together. The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority CEO said arts and culture transcended politics, while both sides were business-minded and any collaborations would be mutually beneficial. 'We should not stop building ties with our counterparts in the US,' said Fung, who was in the United States for almost 10 days. 'Arts and culture form the narrative connecting the world, a view which was widely shared with those we met.' Advertisement She visited the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Guggenheim Museum, The Shed and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, as well as the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art in Washington.
