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Kowloon Park arts fair to open

The Leisure & Cultural Services Department will launch a new phase of its Arts Fun Fair at Kowloon Park this Sunday.   It will have 16 stalls displaying and selling craftworks that feature fabric crafts, floral artworks and ornaments. Park-goers can also participate in art services such as painting and portrait sketching.   The fair will be open from 1pm to 7pm on Sundays and public holidays at the park's loggia until May 26 next year.   Visitors can enjoy the park’s beautiful scenery while appreciating a wide range of handicrafts and artworks.   The Arts Corner at Hong Kong Park is being held from noon to 6pm on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays until December 31.   The Arts Corner at Victoria Park welcomes applications from today until June 23 for operating stalls in the coming round of the fair.   For enquiries about the fair in Kowloon Park, call 2724 3344. For questions about Hong Kong Park and Victoria Park, call 2521 5041 or 2890 5824 respectively. http:

HK an East-meets-West hub

The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) is a young and exceptionally gifted university that excels internationally in science, technology and business. This is reflected in its international ranking. According to QS, HKUST is ranked Number 34 in the world, and Number 2 among universities less than 50 years old. Now, with the opening of the Shaw Auditorium, the university has a world-class facility from which to nurture culture and the arts, while also putting a smart spotlight on sustainability in Hong Kong's built environment. That's evident in the sensor lighting, the solar roof panels and the abundance of green space surrounding this watershed development. And the extensive use of bamboo amid the auditorium's innovative technology is as natural as it is inspired.        More than a state-of-the-art addition to HKUST, the Shaw Auditorium is a much welcomed addition to a growing list of top-class arts and cultural facilities in Hong Kong. Just last week, together with Mr Henry Tang, we opened M+, Hong Kong's new museum for visual arts and culture at the West Kowloon Cultural District. Over the past couple of years, we have also opened the performing arts venue of Freespace and the Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera at the district, as well as the renovated Hong Kong Museum of Arts in Tsim Sha Tsui. Looking forward, we are all expecting the Hong Kong Palace Museum by the middle of next year, and the East Kowloon Cultural Centre in 2023. All these facilities will provide a solid base for Hong Kong's development as an East-meets-West centre for international cultural exchange - as supported by the central government in our nation's 14th Five-Year Plan promulgated in March this year.        Beyond arts and culture, this magnificent, multi-purpose auditorium will serve as a 21st century learning and leisure commons, a space for multimedia exhibitions, for graduation ceremonies and all manner of occasions, large and small. It is heartening to know that neighbouring communities, including residents in Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O, will have access to events here, and that the university has just launched its "Friends of HKUST" programme for members of the public to enroll and receive event information.        I would say that the opening of the Shaw Auditorium marks a stunning start to the 30th anniversary of HKUST. The auditorium speaks brilliantly of how far HKUST has come in such a relatively short time. It speaks as well of how far it is destined to go. I am therefore grateful to the generosity and vision of the Shaw Foundation, all the donors, and everyone in the university who have helped bring the superb Shaw Auditorium to bright and boundless life.   Chief Executive Carrie Lam gave these remarks at the opening ceremony of the Shaw Auditorium of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology on November 17.
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