WKCDialogues

(中文) 勒清松 // 西九夢 // 星島日報 E06 專欄勒門抽射 // 26/11/2010

dialogues — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 07:03:40 +0000

(中文) 但願這個夢，不用待筆者兩鬢斑白... Continue reading →

(中文) 譚偉豪 // 互動的科技化西九 // 星島日報 A18 每日雜誌自成一派 // 25/11/2010

dialogues — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 06:59:48 +0000

(中文) ...在內地人眼中，國際化、現代、時尚是香港最主要的文化特質，其次是開放、多元、變通... Continue reading →

Philip Leung // Hong Kong badly needs more trees // South China Morning Post // 25 November 2010

dialogues — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 07:21:21 +0000

Haven’t Hong Kong architects done enough damage already to our culture by giving us a collection of garish commercial towers and unappealing residential boxes built in the 1960s, 1970s and even in the new millennium? Yet they have the audacity to criticise Norman Foster’s design for the West Kowloon Cultural District as too generic and lacking local and cultural identity.
While some may agree that a forest is not a perennial requirement for an arts hub, Hong Kong does need more greenery and trees. I don’t think anybody in his right mind could argue with that.
So, if the Foster design meets the design requirements, the plan is flexible and the park will appeal to the public, according to the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design, then clearly his should be the front runner.

(中文) 鄭治祖 // 唐英年談未來宏圖：人文環保智慧西九 // 文匯報 A23 香港新聞 // 23/11/2010

dialogues — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 06:42:54 +0000

(中文) 工程界社促會成員則關心日後西九文化區可否優先提供就業機會予本地建築師和建造業勞工... Continue reading →

(中文) 公眾諮詢結束評審小組啟動 11 人6 準則選西九終極案 // 大公報 A03 要聞 // 21/11/2010

dialogues — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:36:15 +0000

(中文) 管理局收集到的問卷，超過一半是由三十歲以下的年輕人交回。 Continue reading →

(中文) 袁柏恩 // 西九終極方案明春交管理局 // 文匯報 A13 香港新聞 // 21/11/2010

dialogues — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:33:42 +0000

(中文) 不破壞原有概念的情況下融合各方案優點 Continue reading →

(中文) 吳家順 // 怎樣的西九？怎樣的文化區？// 星島日報 A17 每日雜誌一家之言 // 20/11/2010

dialogues — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:52:39 +0000

(中文) ...我們只用過往的框架去判斷何謂實際，最後只會走出平庸(mediocre)的方案。 Continue reading →

(中文) 文化區設計諮詢今日結束荷蘭建築師︰西九「三合一」不理想 // 蘋果日報 A14 港聞 // 20/11/2010

dialogues — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:44:05 +0000

(中文) 我們並非複製村落，是想將村落那種人與人之間的緊密連繫和互動，成為未來西九的寫照。 Continue reading →

Joy Shan Kung // On Money // email Dialogue // 11 November 2010

admin — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 08:15:47 +0000

I would measure the success of WKCD in terms of money. The greater its revenue within the shorter period of time, the more successful I would regard it. Any cultural endeavour should seek above all else to be genuine and honest. I admire projects that reflect its creators’ mentality and value system. I think HK has struggled too long and hard, especially post 97 to pretend to be something we are not- our city was built on the entrepreneurial spirit and the drive to make money, we should not feel ashamed about this. This is what makes us great. And wouldn’t it be refreshing to be honest for once? Look at any bit of cultural planning in HK and you will find that the attraction of tourists (and revenue generated from tourists) and commercial consumption (retail revenue) to be a major raison d’etre for the effort. Why pretend we are doing cultural education and the engagement of the public in the process? If the government makes enough money on this WKCD project, perhaps then they will finally invest in real cultural education to raise cultural literacy within the school system and have the leisure to review antiquated ordinances that restrict artistic creation and space and be too content in its success to want to pick and choose which branches of the arts they want to promote.

Joy Shan Kung

Linda Yeung // New vision for future arts leaders // South China Morning Post Postgraduate Guide // 20 November 2010

dialogues — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 07:14:13 +0000

HKU programme is Asia’s first to train professionals as leaders for cultural sector. Linda Yeung reports
The government has pledged to make Hong Kong’s cultural and creative industries one of the six new pillars of the city’s knowledge economy. But where will the leaders of the new arts companies and cultural venues come from?
One possible source is being established by the University of Hong Kong, which last month unveiled plans for a new certificate programme that aims to turn out 100 cultural leaders within five years.
The Advanced Cultural Leadership Programme, offered in association with Britain’s Clore Leadership Programme, will groom 20 students a year for leadership roles through intensive residential courses, overseas field trips and tutorials.
The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority announced this month a HK$1 million grant to fund scholarships for seven students on the HKU programme that will cover more than 75 per cent of their fees.
Chua, who was a music professor at King’s College London until 2008, also said he had witnessed the British capital undergoing a “cultural renaissance” over the past 15 years, and believed there was a lot that Hong Kong could learn from it.
“Hong Kong is in the right place and at the right time for something similar,” he said. “The whole region is thriving with culture.”
“The modern view of culture is one where you want it to do very important things like regenerating cities, have a huge social impact by creating a sense of place and meaning or give people a sense of well-being and iconic places to be proud of,” he said.
“This is a very different view of culture from what has been happening in Hong Kong. So we need something different. We decided to have a cultural leadership rather than an arts management course. Arts management is necessary, but what we are talking about is transformational leadership.
“Culture is no longer confined to a single sphere, and it is not just to do with the arts faculty. You have to align everyone together to get to the heart of what cultural leadership is all about. Even business has to be aligned with it.”
“The idea is to invigorate, regenerate, re-envision people and give them very practical skills and cutting-edge strategy to make the vision happen,” Chua said.
Chua said Hong Kong needed more arts venues where culture could be experienced at first hand, and cultural leaders within the government – for instance, a minister of culture.
“You need to create places where people can experience and understand culture because, at the end, it’s a reflection of yourself or your own society,” he said. “This is a challenge for Hong Kong.”