Tuesday, March 01, 2005

藝術發展檢討

I'm now involved in a book project - spearheaded by the International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong Branch) - to document and evaluate the development of Hong Kong's arts sector over the past decade after the establishment of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. From the perspective of public administration and public-sector management, I'll contribute on areas regarding how the overall trend of administrative reform has impacted the performance of the HKADC and more specifically, the institutional lessons from the ADC experiment, issues on grant and funding mechanisms, and the development of a wide range of arts policies. I'm confident that the book project can serve as a good source of reference for ADC's own review as reported below.

藝發局3月提交西九意見書

【明報專訊】剛換班的藝術發展局,將在3月底西九龍諮詢期完畢前,向政府遞交一份意見書,闡述文化界對西九龍的意見,內容會探討文娛區及本地文藝界關係,並建議區內管理方法,甚至會逐一評論3大發展商的計劃。至於外界爭論的單一招標及天幕問題,報告或會從簡。

單一招標問題從簡

藝發局主席馬逢國昨日在藝發局春茗上表示,過去幾個月正當西九龍討論如火如荼之際,藝發局正值換班時候,新一批委員剛上班,已開了兩次會議討論西九龍。他表示,大家的共識是希望西九龍成事,問題是如何能令藝術界有空間發展,帶動文化產業及長遠推動市民質素。

他表示,藝發局會根據文委會報告提出的原則,就西九龍發表意見書,分別是注重軟件、以人為本、留意區內外設施協調等,他解釋,單一招標及天幕等問題在坊間已討論了很久,故他們會重文藝內容發表意見。

另外,他說會用6個月時間,檢討藝發局過去的優劣,並會開放一點,多與文藝界接觸。馬逢國又說,希望在任內探討以捐獻名畫代交遺產稅,及建議若地產項目加入文藝設施,能加送地積比等文化政策。

至於西九龍諮詢期會否延長,政府表示仍要觀望未來數星期參觀西九龍展覽的人數,才決定是否延長。

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