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Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply Serial No.
HAB449
CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY
(Question Serial No. 3525)
Head: (95) Leisure and Cultural Services Department
Subhead (No. & title): (-) Not Specified
Programme: (3) Heritage and Museums
Controlling Officer: Director of Leisure and Cultural Services (Ms Michelle LI)
Director of Bureau: Secretary for Home Affairs
Question:
One of the tasks of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department is to organise various
thematic exhibitions, educational activities and extension programmes. Please provide in
the table below information on the description, expenditure and publicity of thematic
exhibitions held in the past 3 years.
Name of
Museum
Exhibition
Period
Description on
Thematic
Exhibition
Exhibition
Expenditure
Co-organiser Publicity
Channels
Publicity
Expenses
Asked by: Hon MO Claudia (LegCo internal reference no.: 65)
Reply:
Information on thematic exhibitions organised by the Leisure and Culture Services
Department in the past 3 years is at Annexes I-III.
Annex I to Reply Serial No. HAB449
Thematic exhibitions organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in 2016-17
A. Hong Kong Museum of Art and branch museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Listen to Hong Kong 4 September to
30 October 2016
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To feature the works of 3 Hong
Kong sound artists, Samson
Young, Ellen Pau and Cédric
Maridet
620 95 Education
programme
partner:
soundpocket
Gone with the Wings 14 November to
27 December 2016
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To invite visitors to investigate
a case of a missing exhibit with
clues provided in the emulated
museum backstage
640 81 Education
programme
partner: sound
Lost Treasures of the
Shiqu Baoji in Hong
Kong – Selection of
Chinese Paintings
and Calligraphies
from the Xubaizhai
Collection, Hong
Kong Museum of
Art
30 November 2016
to 20 March 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To feature 13 pieces of works
selected from the Xubaizhai
Collection which were
previously in the imperial
collection of the Qing dynasty
and highlight the significant
role of Hong Kong in the
rescue and preservation of
China’s cultural heritage during
the 20th century
500 70 –
2016 Tea Ware by
Hong Kong Potters
7 December 2016 to
31 January 2018
Flagstaff
House
To feature 116 items of
selected tea ware from the
650 193 –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Museum of
Tea Ware
“2016 Tea Ware by Hong Kong
Potters” competition
The Legacy of
Liangzhu Culture –
Neolithic Relics
from the Zhejiang
Provincial Museum
1 March to
30 May 2017
Flagstaff
House
Museum of
Tea Ware
To feature 118 sets of Liangzhu
artefacts, exploring the daily
life and intellectual aspects of
ancient people and uncovering
the glorious legacy of Liangzhu
culture in Neolithic China
1,335 141 Zhejiang
Provincial
Museum
B. Hong Kong Museum of History and branch museums
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Public Consultation
on the Reassembly
of Queen’s Pier
20 to 27 April 2016 Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To introduce the reassembly
proposals of Queen’s Pier, and
encourage public engagement
in the consultation exercise
– – Civil
Engineering and
Development
Department
(Organiser)
Mare Nostrum:
Roman Navy and
Pompeii
8 June to 29 August
2016
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To introduce the development
of Roman maritime navigation
and let visitors experience the
formidable force of the volcano
that destroyed Pompeii
9,042 (3) 737 Expona,
Contemporanea
Progetti
Commentary x
Humour = Cartoons
17 June to
10 October 2016
Dr Sun
Yat-sen
To focus on the situation in
China in the late Qing period
755 175 The Memorial
Museum of 1911
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
before and after the
1911 Revolution
Museum and the revolutionary road to
the establishment of
Republican China mainly
through images of cartoons
published before and after the
1911 Revolution
Revolution
Sham Shui Po
Community History
Photo Exhibition
5 August 2016 to 26
April 2017
Lei Cheng Uk
Han Tomb
Museum
To give an account of the
history and development of the
District in which the Museum
is located
16 – –
From Son of Heaven
to Commoner –
Puyi, the Last
Emperor of China
26 August 2016 to
13 February 2017
Hong Kong
Museum of
Coastal
Defence
To showcase the life of Puyi
that reflected the vagaries of
the 20th century and the social
changes and upheaval that
China underwent in this period
1,576 145 Jilin Provincial
Cultural Relics
Bureau
Hong Kong Export
Credit Insurance
Corporation 50th
Anniversary
Exhibition
14 September to
10 October 2016
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To show the evolvement and
achievement of the Hong Kong
export industry and 50 years’
history of The Hong Kong
Export Credit Insurance
Corporation
– – The Hong Kong
Export Credit
Insurance
Corporation
(Organiser)
Across the Oceans:
the Local
Connections and
Global Dimensions
of China’s Maritime
Silk Road
26 October to
27 December 2016
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To elaborate upon the roles and
functions each of the Maritime
Silk Road cities had as they
grew and prospered and reflect
upon the impact and
contribution of the Maritime
Silk Road on the development
of the world’s civilisations
2,295 265 Ningbo Bureau
of Culture Radio
and TV, Press
and Publication,
Art Exhibitions
China
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
A Visionary Thinker
– Dr Sun Yat-sen
and His Blueprint for
Economic
Development
11 November 2016
to 22 February 2017
Dr Sun
Yat-sen
Museum
To showcase the blueprint for
national reconstruction
designed by Dr Sun Yat-sen as
well as aviation construction
and the accomplishments his
economic master plan led to in
the construction of modern
China today
957 164 Guangdong
Museum of
Revolutionary
History
Inspiring Insights
into Dr Sun Yat-sen
and His Time
12 November to
5 December 2016
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To introduce Dr Sun Yat-sen’s
revolutionary career to
members of the public with a
special focus on the interests of
younger visitors
854 76 –
Connecting UK &
HK – A Review of
Its Aviation
Development
14 December 2016
to 9 January 2017
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To examine the history of
air-traffic between the UK and
HK and its impact on the
people, economy and culture of
these 2 places
– – Ming-Ai
(London)
Institute and
British Airways
Heritage
Collection
(Organiser)
The Legend of Hong
Kong Toys
2 March to
15 May 2017
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To explore the evolution of
toys in the past century and the
way shrewd industrialists
transformed Hong Kong into a
toy kingdom and the related
trends along the development
5,607 187 Hong Kong
Toys Council,
Toys
Manufacturers’
Association of
Hong Kong
C. Hong Kong Heritage Museum and branch museums
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Claude Monet: The
Spirit of Place
4 May to
11 July 2016
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To present Monet’s legacy
through his 17 no. of works of
landscapes at different times
and stages of his artistic career
7,871
2,010
Le French May
and Réunion des
musées
nationaux -
Grand Palais
Hong Kong
International Photo
Festival 2016 –
What Do You Want
For Tomorrow?
10 August to
26 September 2016
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To feature the works by local
female photographers, the
exhibition attempted to explore
different possibilities of
contemporary photography
845
104
Hong Kong
Photographic
Culture
Association
Fashion + Paper,
Scissors and Rock
24 September 2016
to 6 February 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To invite fashion designers to
work with local craftsmen to
explore the possibilities of
cross-disciplinary creations
1,929
82
–
Ceremony and
Celebration – The
Grand Weddings of
the Qing Emperors
30 November 2016
to 27 February 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To feature more than 150
valuable exhibits on loan from
the Palace Museum and offer
an insight into the grand
wedding ceremonies of Qing
Emperors
12,259 (3) 1,488 The Palace
Museum
The Decades to
Contend – Hong
Kong Graphic
Design in 1970s &
1980s
10 February to
17 April 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To introduce the development
of graphic design in Hong
Kong during 1970s and 1980s
300
– –
Jin Yong Gallery
(Permanent
From 1 March 2017
onwards
Hong Kong
Heritage
To feature more than 300
exhibits including early
10,000
700 -
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
exhibition) Museum editions of Jin Yong’s novels,
invaluable manuscripts,
documents and photos
introducing the early career of
Dr Louis Cha (Jin Yong), the
creative process behind his
martial arts novels and the
impact the novels have had on
Hong Kong’s popular culture
Exhibition on
Paintings Adapted
from Jin Yong’s
Novels
1 to 27 March 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To tie in with the inauguration
of the Jin Yong Gallery of
Hong Kong Heritage Museum,
the exhibition showcased the
original novel illustrations and
Jin Yong’s marital arts world
featured in the artworks of
various artists
619
– –
D. Hong Kong Science Museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Interesting Foliage
Plants
1 to 27 April 2016 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce various foliage
plants and their functions in
horticulture
7 – Zoo and
Horticulture
Education Unit
Do You Remember
Them?
1 to 27 April 2016 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce some of the
extinct animals and reasons of
their extinction
7 – Zoo and
Horticulture
Education Unit
Hong Kong Science
Museum 25th
Anniversary
18 April to
22 June 2016
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To highlight some of the most
significant exhibitions and
activities as well as major
achievements of the Hong
Kong Science Museum since
its opening
245 – –
Animal Grossology 1 July to
2 November 2016
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the weird
behaviours and interesting
habits of different animals and
their relationship with human
4,200 475 –
The 19th Innovation
in Science and
Environmental
Studies –
Outstanding Project
Exhibition
2 July 2016 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – The Education
University of
Hong Kong, the
Education
Bureau, HK
EdCity, Hong
Kong
Association of
Science and
Mathematics
Education, Chief
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Executive’s
Award for
Teaching
Excellence
Teachers
Association
Exhibition on Hong
Kong Student
Science Project
Competition 2016
3 July 2016 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – Education
Bureau, Hong
Kong Federation
of Youth
Science in Public
Service “Climate
Change – Our
Response”
exhibition
2 to 21 September
2016
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the significance of
climate change and ways to
tackle the problem
– – Some 40
government
bureaux and
departments
The Shaw Prize
2016
16 September to
28 December 2016
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the Shaw
Laureates of 2016 and their
scientific achievements
98 – The Shaw Prize
Foundation
Hong Kong Youth
Science &
Technology
Innovation
Competition –
Outstanding Project
Exhibition
23 to 28 September
2016
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – Hong Kong
New Generation
Cultural
Association
MARS 11 November 2016
to 11 January 2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the scientific
foundation of Mars exploration
and how scientists and
astronauts achieve the mission
550 – National
Geographic
Channel
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
T-Rex Revealed –
The Augmented
+Virtual Reality
Experience
2 December 2016
to 1 March 2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To create an immersive
experience for visitors to learn
more about interesting facts of
Tyrannosaurs applying latest
Augmented Reality and Virtual
Reality technologies
2,296 254 Globe Creative
Ltd, National
Geographic
Portable Energy
Harvesting Devices
13 January to
30 August 2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the research about
using the body heat to generate
electricity and develop efficient
and flexible thermoelectric
devices
70 – Department of
Physics, Faculty
of Science,
Hong Kong
Baptist
University
Inspiration – Dreams
Come True
10 February to 19
April 2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the first Hong Kong
homebuilt aircraft
“ Inspiration” and introduce
how the aircraft completed the
round-the-world journey
582 – Inspiration
Team
Air-purifying Plants 18 February to
1 March 2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce some plant
species that are capable of
purifying the air and removing
unpleasant odour
7 – Zoo and
Horticulture
Education Unit
Birds – From
Courtship to
Parenthood
17 to 29 March
2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the various
breeding stages of birds such as
courtship, egg laying and
hatching
7 – Zoo and
Horticulture
Education
Unit
E. Hong Kong Space Museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Young Astronaut
Training Camp 2015
Photo Exhibition
20 April to
6 June 2016
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To introduce the activities and
visits to the national
observatories and aerospace
facilities attended by the
participants of the “Young
Astronaut Training Camp
2015”
30 – The Chinese
General
Chamber of
Commerce
Light Pollution –
Research and Video
Competition
2015-16
8 to 27 June 2016 Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To showcase the winning
works of the “Light Pollution
Research Competition
2015-16” and “Light Pollution
Video Competition 2015-16”
7 –
The University
of Hong Kong,
Ho Koon Nature
Education cum
Astronomical
Centre, and the
Office of
Astronomy
Outreach,
International
Astronomical
Union
Juno – Reveal
Jupiter’s Secret
under Its Mask
29 June to
12 September 2016
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To showcase the scientific
results of the Juno spacecraft
exploring Jupiter
7 –
–
Journey to Space 3D 1 July to
31 December 2016
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the 3D Show
“Journey to Space 3D” and
introduce the new
developments in space
exploration
6 – –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Wonders of the
Arctic
1 September 2016 to
27 February 2017
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the OMNIMAX
Show “Wonders of the Arctic”
and introduce the animals and
natural phenomena in Arctic
region
8 – –
The Shaw Prize in
Astronomy 2016
14 September to
31 October 2016
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To explain the science behind
the Shaw Prize in Astronomy
2016 award
6 –
The Shaw Prize
Foundation
Tiangong-2 and
Shenzhou 11
14 September to
31 December 2016
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To depict the rendezvous of
Shenzhou 11 spacecraft and
Tiangong-2 space lab
1 –
–
Dark Universe 2 November 2016 to
30 April 2017
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the Sky Show
“Dark Universe” and introduce
the concept of dark matter and
dark energy
3 – –
Space Next 3D 1 January to 30 June
2017
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the 3D Show
“Space Next 3D” and review
both the historical space
missions and future space
programmes
9 – –
Wild Africa 1 March to 31 August
2017
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the OMNIMAX
show “Wild Africa” and
introduce the wildlife and
landscape in Africa
5 – –
F. Antiquities and Monuments Office
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Past and Present –
Photos of Historic
Buildings in Hong
Kong
12 April to
9 June 2016
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the changes of
historic buildings through
photos
158 – –
Da Jiu Festival of
Tang Clan
12 April to
10 July 2016
Ping Shan
Tang Clan
Gallery cum
Heritage Trail
Visitors
Centre
To introduce the Da Jiu
Festival of Tang clan held in
Ha Tsuen and Kam Tin in 2014
and 2015 respectively
26 – Queen Elizabeth
School Old
Students’
Association
Secondary
School
Intangible Cultural
Heritage of Hong
Kong
26 April to
3 July 2016
Ping Shan
Tang Clan
Gallery cum
Heritage Trail
Visitors
Centre
To introduce 4 intangible
cultural heritage items
inscribed onto the national list,
including the Cheung Chau
Jiao Festival, Tai O dragon
boat water parade, Tai Hang
fire dragon dance, and the Yu
Lan Ghost Festival of the Hong
Kong Chiu Chow community
3 – Bethel High
School
“New Life @
Heritage II” Roving
Exhibition
26 June to
13 July 2016
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the historic
buildings under Batch 2 of
“Revitalising Historic
Buildings Through Partnership
Scheme”
– – Commissioner
for Heritage’s
Office,
Development
Bureau
An Introduction to
Chinese Garden
Architecture –
9 July to
11 December 2016
Ping Shan
Tang Clan
Gallery cum
To introduce the Chinese
garden architecture to the
public with reference to the
25 – Po Leung Kuk
Tong Nai Kan
Junior
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Studies on “Lingnan
Garden” in Hong
Kong and
“Kiyomizu-dera” in
Japan
Heritage Trail
Visitors
Centre
experiences in the Lingnan
Garden Field Trip Lesson
Research and Teaching Scheme
at Lai Chi Kok Park and the
overseas field trip to
“Kiyomizu-dera” in Kyoto
Secondary
College
Declared
Monuments @ Hong
Kong
19 July to 10 August
2016
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the declared
monuments in Hong Kong
79 – –
Kowloon Walled
City – The Present
and The Past
21 September 2016
to 5 February 2017
Ping Shan
Tang Clan
Gallery cum
Heritage Trail
Visitors
Centre
To introduce the rise and fall of
Kowloon Walled City and the
role played by The Lok Sin
Tong Benevolent Society in the
history of Kowloon Walled
City
15 – Lok Sin Tong
Leung Chik Wai
Memorial
School
Reminiscences –
Life In Hong Kong’s
Built Heritage
20 January to 1 May
2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the rich built
heritage in Hong Kong through
artefacts, models, photos and
interactive games
1,936 350 –
G. Hong Kong Film Archive
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
The Great
Entertainer – The
Heyday of Cinema
City
8 April to
19 June 2016
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To revisit the heyday of
Cinema City, a leading film
company of the 1980s, through
interviews with key
personalities of the company as
well as display of precious
artifacts and photos
519 – –
Merry-Go-Movies.
Star Kids 2
6 May to 28 August
2016
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To shed a spotlight on a crop
of child acting geniuses in the
1950s and 60s
32 – –
“Light and Shadow –
Tricks and Treats"
Workshop-cum-
Exhibition
25 June to
10 July 2016
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To turn the exhibition hall into
a playground where children
and adults alike learned about
the basic principles of
photography and
cinematography
103 – –
Sketches in Motion –
Storyboards of Hong
Kong Cinema
22 July to
23 October 2016
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To showcase original
storyboards and give the
audience a chance to savour
these thoughtfully drawn
scripts for the camera lens
569 71 –
Magic on the Screen
– Hong Kong
Cinematic Effects
9 December 2016 to
26 March 2017
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To unveil the evolution of
visual magic in Hong Kong
cinema through artifacts,
special effects film sequences
and interviews with
professionals
643 49 –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Rediscovering Mak
Siu-ha – A Talent of
Multiple Trades
11 February to
2 April 2017
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To complement the screening
programme “Early Cinematic
Treasures Rediscovered” and
pay tribute to Mak Siu-ha, a
multi-talented Cantonese
Opera composer, filmmaker
and script-writer of the 1930s
25 – –
H. Art Promotion Office
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
The 6th Artists in the
Neighbourhood
Scheme – North
Point Dream
Properties Limited
15 April to
17 July 2016
Oil Street Art
Space
To present the living
environment of Hong Kong,
reflect the relation between
housing and living of Hong
Kong people by showcased
installation and video works by
local artists
636
65
–
The 6th Artists in the
Neighbourhood
Scheme –
7-Paperholic
22 April to
24 July 2016
Oil Street Art
Space
To showcase artworks by local
artists that documented their
thoughts and impressions of
North Point district
629 65 –
E-pathy City – ‘I
Love My Home’
14 May to Oil Street Art To exhibit ceramic works of
students from the ‘I Love My
– – The Urban Place
Research Unit of
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Sustainable Life
Exploration
Exhibition
12 June 2016 Space Home’ project the School of
Architecture,
CUHK
E-pathy City –
‘Condition / Hong
Kong’
15 to 25 June 2016 Oil Street Art
Space
To exhibit works of students
from School of Architecture,
CUHK and the condition
records of workshop
participants
– – The Urban Place
Research Unit of
the School of
Architecture,
CUHK
E-pathy City –
‘Sensitive
Community Design’
– Universal Product
Design Display by
THEi 4th year
students
29 June to
5 July 2016
Oil Street Art
Space
To display the Universal
Product Design by THEi 4th
year students
– – The Urban Place
Research Unit of
the School of
Architecture,
CUHK
Bowls in Style 29 June to
26 September 2016
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
To engage ceramic artist to
lead 30 participants from Hong
Kong Design Institute to create
ceramic works which
combined elements of design,
ceramic and local culture
48 – Hong Kong
Design Institute
E-pathy City –
‘Fermenting Our
City’ Exhibition
9 July to
3 November 2016
Oil Street Art
Space
To display participants’
creative works of wooden wine
boxes that resembles the
ever-developing urban city
stage
– – The Urban Place
Research Unit of
the School of
Architecture,
CUHK
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
XCHANGE: Social
Gastronomy –“From
a lento of the soil’s
yawn to the largo of
the dew’s white”
Documentary
Exhibition of Slow
Living Experience
15 to 31 July 2016 Oil Street Art
Space
To display installation work of
the participating designers
showing the process of the
XCHANGE: Social
Gastronomy’ project
– – –
Montage Express 19 August 2016 to 2
January 2017
Oil Street Art
Space
To explore and discuss
contemporary topics with the
public using different
film-making techniques and
approaches through the
creative film screening project
comprising independent
directors and film-makers of
the new generation
646
50 Ying E Chi,
Rooftop
Institute,
Autonomous
Cinema, ifva
(Incubator for
Film & Visual
Media in Asia),
Interlocutor
Interact Arts
PLAY to
CHANGE I
11 February to
25 April 2017
Oil Street Art
Space
To exhibit creative works f
young architects
40
– The Hong Kong
Institute of
Architects
Art Specialist
Course 2016-17
Graduation
Exhibition
17 to 27 February
2017
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
To showcase the fruitful
learning outcomes of
participants of art training
course 2016-17
249
80 –
performingART
Wong Wai Yin – A
place never been
seen is not a place
3 March to
23 April 2017
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature installation works of
artist Wong Wai Yin
442 54 –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
performingART Xu
Bing – Dragonfly
Eyes
6 March to
4 June 2017
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature the film work of Xu
Bing
649 177 –
I. Intangible Cultural Heritage Office
Exhibition Title Exhibition Period Exhibition
Venue
Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
The Art of
Traditional Paper
Crafting
(long-term
exhibition)
From 8 June 2016
onwards
Sam Tung Uk
Museum
To feature the art of traditional
paper crafting in Hong Kong
through display of paper
models handcrafted by local
masters
183 – –
“300 Years of Hakka
Kung Fu – Digital
Vision of its Legacy
and Future”
Exhibition
(Hong Kong Culture
Festival 2016)
2 to 30 September
2016
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To take visitors on a journey
through the origins, evolution
and prospects of Hakka martial
arts in Hong Kong through 3D
digital media
2,000 100 International
Guoshu
Association
Notes
(1) Representing the actual expenditure, including expenditure on publicity shown in the table, borne by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
(2) No additional publicity cost unless specified.
(3) Including funding from sponsorship.
Annex II to Reply Serial No. HAB449
Thematic exhibitions organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in 2017-18
A. Hong Kong Museum of Art and branch museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Hall of Mental
Cultivation of The
Palace Museum –
Imperial Residence of
Eight Emperors
29 June to
15 October 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To feature representative
exhibits of the Hall and show
its historical and cultural
importance in the history of the
Qing dynasty
24,580 (3) 1,460 The Palace
Museum
B. Hong Kong Museum of History and branch museums
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
A Taste of History –
Photographic
Exhibition of Han
Dynasty Food Culture
28 April to
25 October 2017
Lei Cheng Uk
Han Tomb
Museum
To introduce food culture of
the Han dynasty with historical
photos from perspectives, the
exhibition allowed visitors to
have a better understanding of
the subject
25 – –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Braving Untold
Dangers – War
Correspondents
30 June 2017 to
30 April 2018
Hong Kong
Museum of
Coastal
Defence
To explore the value of peace
through presentation of
exhibits in relation to the war
615 130 –
Longevity and
Virtues: Birthday
Celebrations of the
Qing Emperors and
Empress Dowagers
2 July to
9 October 2017
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To showcase the Qing Court’s
rite on the ceremonies of the
birthday celebration for the
emperors and empress
dowagers through selected
collections from the Palace
Museum
15,508 (3) 1,183 The Palace
Museum
A Matter of Record –
Dr Sun Yat-sen in the
Historical Archives
20 October 2017 to
28 March 2018
Dr Sun
Yat-sen
Museum
To present Dr Sun Yat-sen’s
arduous journey in the early
years of the Republic of China
and illustrate Chinese people’s
reverence for Dr Sun through
exhibits and historical images
428 76 The Second
Historical
Archives of
China
This is My Home –
Photo Exhibition on
the History of
Housing
Development in the
Sham Shui Po District
27 October 2017 to
28 January 2019
Lei Cheng Uk
Han Tomb
Museum
To showcase the housing
development of the Sham Shui
Po district during the 20th
century through historical
images
18 – –
Miles upon Miles:
World Heritage along
the Silk Road
29 November 2017
to 5 March 2018
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To introduce the cultural
significance and historical
value of the Silk Roads
through selected cultural relics
from Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu
and Xinjiang provinces, as well
14,000 700 State
Administration
of Cultural
Heritage
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
as Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Seek See Sit! Bench
Design
18 February to
31 August 2018
Dr Sun
Yat-sen
Museum
To present the historical
contexts of the Dr Sun Yat-sen
Museum through the design of
6 seats by students from the
Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
50 – School of
Design, Hong
Kong
Polytechnic
University
C. Hong Kong Heritage Museum and branch museums
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Inventing le Louvre:
From Palace to
Museum over 800
Years
26 April to
24 July 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To explore the rich history of
the Louvre through the
presentation of its rich and
diverse art treasures from
different periods
8,854
1,624
Le French May
and the Louvre
Museum
Splendours of
Dunhuang: Jao
Tsung-i’s Selected
Academic and Art
Works Inspired by
Dunhuang Culture
24 May to
18 September 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To feature Professor Jao
Tsung-I’s publications,
paintings and calligraphy
related to Dunhuang art and
culture
1,054
226
Jao Tsung-I
Petite Ecole,
The University
of Hong Kong
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Pixar 30 Years of
Animation: Hong
Kong Celebration of
Friendship and
Family
18 November 2017
to 5 March 2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To showcase handpicked
artworks created by Pixar over
the past 3 decades on
traditional and digital media
8,500
950
Pixar
Animation
Studios
Moving Tales of
Hong Kong
Animation: Hong
Kong Animation
Development from
2007 to 2017
18 November 2017
to 2 April 2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To illustrate the development
of the local animation industry
over the past decade through
showcasing works by
renowned and up-and-coming
local animators
490
– Comix Home
Base
Touch – Hong Kong
International Poster
Triennial 2017
25 November 2017
to 9 April 2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To showcase and document
local and global development
in poster design
2,393
161
Hong Kong
Designers
Association
D. Hong Kong Science Museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Miffy and the Ocean
7 April to
13 December 2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To educate the young children
about the ocean, its related
habitats and ecology and learn
to protect the ocean
649 – Globe Creative
Limited
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Hong Kong Youth
Science and
Technology
Innovation
Competition
2016-2017
Outstanding Works
Exhibition
27 April to
3 May 2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – Hong Kong
New
Generation
Cultural
Association
Eternal Life –
Exploring Ancient
Egypt
2 June to 18 October
2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display 6 Egyptian
mummies, 200 invaluable
objects and digital
visualisations of the mummies
from the collection of the
British Museum
18,601 (3) 763 The British
Museum
Hong Kong Student
Science Project
Competition 2017
Project Exhibition of
Winning Teams
25 June 2017 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – Education
Bureau, Hong
Kong
Federation of
Youth
The Shaw Prize 2017 15 September to
27 December 2017
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the Shaw
Laureates of 2017 and their
scientific achievements
172 – The Shaw
Prize
Foundation
Wonder Materials –
Graphene & Beyond
15 December 2017
to 18 April 2018
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce a new kind of
material - graphene, its unique
properties and potential
applications
4,500 400 Museum of
Science and
Industry,
Manchester
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
SOPHIE – IVE’s
Solar Cars Driving
the Future
13 March to
12 September 2018
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the SOPHIE –
IVE’s Solar Car Engineering
Project of IVE
200 – The Hong
Kong Institute
of Vocational
Education
E. Hong Kong Space Museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
2017 Astronomical
Events
12 April to
18 September 2017
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce the major
astronomical events in 2017
8 – –
Young Astronaut
Training Camp 2016
Photo Exhibition
19 April to
3 July 2017
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce the activities and
visits to the national
observatories and aerospace
facilities attended by the
participants of the “Young
Astronaut Training Camp
2016”
– – The Chinese
General
Chamber of
Commerce
KAGAYA’s Aurora 1 May 2017 to
31 January 2018
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the Sky Show
“KAGAYA’s Aurora” and
introduce the formation of
aurora
7 – –
We Are Stars 3D
1 July to
31 December 2017
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the 3D Dome
Show “We Are Stars 3D” and
introduce how elements are
formed within stars
4 – –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Jean-Michel
Cousteau’s Secret
Ocean
1 September 2017 to
28 February 2018
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the OMNIMAX
Show “Jean- Michel
Cousteau’s Secret Ocean” and
introduce the magnificent yet
fragile underwater world
5 – –
The Shaw Prize in
Astronomy 2017
15 September 2017
to 2 January 2018
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To explain the science behind
the Shaw Prize in Astronomy
2017 award
8 – The Shaw
Prize
Foundation
The Man from the 9
Dimensions 3D
1 January to 30 June
2018
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the 3D Dome
Show “The Man from the 9
Dimensions 3D” and introduce
the pursuit of theory of
everything by scientists
10 – –
2018 Astronomical
Events
3 January to 29 April
2018
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To introduce the major
astronomical events in 2018
40 – –
In Search of Cosmic
Life
1 February to
31 October 2018
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the Sky Show “In
Search of Cosmic Life” and
introduce the latest discoveries
in astrobiology
23 – –
Amazon Adventure 1 March to
31 August 2018
Hong Kong
Space
Museum
To promote the OMNIMAX
Show “Amazon Adventure”
and introduce the achievement
of biologist Henry Bates
10 – –
F. Antiquities and Monuments Office
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Declared Monuments
in the North District
4 April to 27 August
2017
Ping Shan Tang
Clan Gallery
cum Heritage
Trail Centre
To introduce the twelve
declared monuments in the
North District
10 – –
Inheritance – Ceramic
art of Chashan Kiln
30 June to
3 September 2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To illustrate the traditional
craftsmanship of making
ceramics and the
wholehearted efforts of the
Chi Lin Nunnery to preserve
and promote one of China’s
most elegant cultural
traditions
412 100 Chi Lin
Nunnery
“Tsuen Wan Our
Home” A Study of Lo
Wai Village and the
Surrounding
Religious Buildings
6 September to
17 December 2017
Ping Shan Tang
Clan Gallery
cum Heritage
Trail Centre
To introduce Lo Wai Village
and the surrounding religious
buildings in Tsuen Wan
13 – Tsuen Wan
Government
Secondary
School
UNESCO
Asia-Pacific Awards
for Cultural Heritage
Conservation – 17
award-winning
projects of Hong
Kong
12 to 26 September
2017
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the 17 winning
projects of the “UNESCO
Asia-Pacific Awards for
Cultural Heritage
Conservation” in Hong Kong
35 – –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
The Past and the
Present of Tiu Keng
Leng – The
Development of
Catholic Ming Yuen
Secondary School and
Tseung Kwan O
12 October 2017 to 7
January 2018
Ping Shan Tang
Clan Gallery
cum Heritage
Trail Centre
To introduce the development
of Tseung Kwan O and
Catholic Ming Yuen
Secondary School
20 – Catholic Ming
Yuen
Secondary
School
Sailing the Seven
Seas – Legends of
Maritime Trade of
Ming Dynasty
3 November 2017 to
4 March 2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To explore the development
of maritime trade during Ming
Dynasty by the artefacts
recovered from the
shipwrecks ‘Nan’ao I’ and
‘Wanli’ and Ming ceramics
unearthed from Penny’s Bay
in Lantau and Wun Yiu in Tai
Po of Hong Kong
1,724 249 Guangdong
Museum
Urbanisation of the
New Territories – Sai
Kung (Tiu Keng
Leng)
19 December 2017
to 28 January 2018
Ping Shan Tang
Clan Gallery
cum Heritage
Trail Centre
To introduce the urbanisation
of Sai Kung (Tiu Keng Leng)
in the New Territories
4 – Heung To
Secondary
School
(Tseung Kwan
O)
A Gateway to the
World – Photo
Exhibition of
Guangzhou and the
Maritime Silk Road
30 March to 20 May
2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To explore the vital role
played by Guangzhou in the
Maritime Silk Road since Han
dynasty by displaying the
images of concerned
monuments and artefacts
78 – The Office of
Application for
UNESCO
World Cultural
Heritage for
Maritime Silk
Road,
Guangzhou
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
and
Archaeological
Site Museum
of Nanyue
Palace
G. Hong Kong Film Archive
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
The Stars, the Silver
Screen and the Period
Wardrobe
21 April to
13 August 2017
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To display 18 sets of period
costumes from movies which
speak for the designers and
their always glamourous
on-screen models
433 34 –
The Everlasting
Legend Betty Loh Ti
25 August to
2 October 2017
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To commemorate Betty Loh
Ti’s 80th birth anniversary
and trace the trajectory of her
cinematic career
23 9 –
The Stars, the Silver
Screen and the Qipao
1 September 2017 to
1 January 2018
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To bring visitors on a cultural
journey through the early
Republic years to the 1960s
by showcasing 24 qipao
costumes from movies
446 39 –
More Than a Piece of
Paper –
Rediscovering Hong
12 January to
18 March 2018
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To showcase near 100 movie
posters of different genres
dating from the 1960s to
505 44 –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Kong Movie Posters recent years
Their Glory Days 30 March to 15 July
2018
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To review impacts of Leslie
Cheung and Anita Mui on pop
culture
357 – –
H. Art Promotion Office
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
PLAY to CHANGE II 29 April to
30 July 2017
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature creative artworks
of local architects, who
express their ideas of
‘CHANGE’ on city
development, city architecture
and topics related to our
living
40
– Hong Kong
Institute of
Architects, and
Hong Kong
Architecture
Centre
Stratagems in
Architecture – ‘The
15th Venice Biennale
International
Architecture
Exhibition’ Hong
Kong Response
Exhibition
2 to 30 May 2017 Oil Street Art
Space
To showcase the works of 17
participating Hong Kong
young architects and artists at
the Biennale to the
community in response to and
as a continuation of The 15th
Venice Biennale International
Architecture Exhibition
250 – Hong Kong
Institute of
Architecture
Biennale
Foundation
and Hong
Kong Arts
Development
Council
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
The 6th Artists in the
Neighbourhood
Scheme – No
Neverland
26 May to
30 July 2017
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
To provoke people’s
imagination of ‘urban space’
in public life through studying
parks in Hong Kong and
presentation of artworks by
artists
639
– –
Sparkle! Temperature
of Communication
16 June to
10 September 2017
Oil Street Art
Space
To explore the influence of
communication methods on
the ways we form our
identity, create and sustain
relationships and how we
think and feel
631 – –
Sparkle! When Will I
See You Again
23 June to
17 September 2017
Oil Street Art
Space
To allure audiences to
contemplate and connect the
ways their own stories are
narrated by employing
time-based media, including
video, performance, and
installation
630 – –
PLAY to
CHANGE III
1 August to
18 December 2017
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature creative artworks
of local architects, who
express their ideas of
‘CHANGE’ on city
development, city architecture
and topics related to our
living
40
– Hong Kong
Institute of
Architects, and
Hong Kong
Architecture
Centre
Sparkle! Room for a
Book
6 October 2017 to 2
January 2018
Oil Street Art
Space
To create a unique viewing
and reading experience by
transforming the gallery to a
633
– –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
carrier of 5 tailor-made books.
The content of each book was
presented through the
exhibition space with
magnificent visual art
Sparkle! Neo Travel –
Creative and Cultural
Docents @
Community
13 October 2017 to 7
January 2018
Oil Street Art
Space
To examine the creativity,
cultural mission and
motivation in the design and
execution of docent tours by
displaying information about
several representatives of
creative and cultural related
docent tours in Hong Kong
and with free guided tours
provided to the public
629
– –
PLAY to CHANGE
IV
1 January to
26 March 2018
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature creative artworks
of local architects, who
express their ideas of
‘CHANGE’ on city
development, city architecture
and topics related to our
living
120
– Hong Kong
Institute of
Architects, and
Hong Kong
Architecture
Centre
#You #Me
#OurSELFIES
6 to 22 January 2018 Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
To explore how emerging
communication technologies
and information systems take
over the very way we relate to
each other and how we think
of ourselves today through the
works by 10 artists of the
648 – Videotage
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
millennial generation from the
Mainland and Hong Kong
Art Specialist Course
2017-18 Graduation
Exhibition
9 to 24 February
2018
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
To showcase the fruitful
learning outcomes of the
participants taught by veteran
local artists
260 – –
back to the basics –
Kwan Sheung Chi:
Travel in the Universe
2 March to
20 May 2018
Oil Street Art
Space
To facilitate cultural
exchange, local artist Kwan
Sheung Chi is invited to
create a science fiction film at
Oi! revealing the possibilities
of construction of history. The
project will be divided into
two parts including
production progress for public
participation and screening
and installation display
629
58 –
Art Exploration and
Exhibition – New
Media Art Secret
Garden
17 March to 2 April
2018
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
Across 3 floors of Hong Kong
Visual Arts Centre, Secret
Garden is an immersive
orchestration of scenographic
installations, light and sound
in the former Victoria
Barracks, to be set in motion
by a wandering audience
643 142 –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
back to the basics –
Daniel Knorr: Artist
Book
23 March to 20 May
2018
Oil Street Art
Space
To facilitate cultural
exchange, Romanian artist
Daniel Knorr is invited to
create his 12th edition of the
Artist Book at Oi! with
value-free object collected
from public places and offer a
new visiting experience for
audience by redefining
readymade objects and
reordering our daily life
573 54 –
back to the basics –
Image Bites
23 March to 18 June
2018
Oil Street Art
Space and
nearby area
To connect the community
with art and immerse art into
everyday life, a series of
nearby restaurants will be
transformed into community
cinema to display a selection
of moving images in an
ordinary setting and offer a
unique viewing experience to
the public
242 22 –
PLAY to
CHANGE V
29 March to
1 July 2018
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature creative artworks
of local architects, who
express their ideas of
‘CHANGE’ on city
development, city architecture
and topics related to our
living
120
– Hong Kong
Institute of
Architects and
Hong Kong
Architecture
Centre
I. Intangible Cultural Heritage Office
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
“The Oral Legacies
Series II – The
Representative List of
the Intangible
Cultural Heritage of
Hong Kong”
Exhibition
11 February 2018 to
10 February 2020
Sam Tung Uk
Museum
To feature the 20 items on the
first Representative List of the
Intangible Cultural Heritage
of Hong Kong, which cover
the areas of performing arts,
rituals, festive events,
traditional craftsmanship, and
represent the efforts of
different local communities in
passing on their customs and
traditions
2,600 – –
Notes
(1) Representing the actual or estimated expenditure, including expenditure on publicity shown in the table, borne or to be borne by the Leisure and
Cultural Services Department.
(2) No additional publicity cost unless specified.
(3) Including funding from sponsorship.
Annex III to Reply Serial No. HAB449
Thematic Exhibitions organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in 2018-19
A. Hong Kong Museum of Art and branch museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Behind the Art –
Chinese Export Tea
Ware
18 April to
31 October 2018
Flagstaff House
Museum of Tea
Ware
To present the importance of
the Chinese export tea ware
and tea culture, as well as its
impact on South-east Asia and
Europe through the staging of
60 plus exhibits from the
collections of the Art Museum
of The Chinese University of
Hong Kong and the Flagstaff
House Museum of Tea Ware
523 78 Art Museum of
The Chinese
University of
Hong Kong
2018 Tea Ware by
Hong Kong Potters
5 December 2018 to
2 December 2019
Flagstaff House
Museum of Tea
Ware
To feature 101 items of
selected tea ware made by 88
local potters
1,000 100 --
B. Hong Kong Museum of History and branch museums
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
An Age of Luxury:
the Assyrians to
Alexander
9 May to
3 September 2018
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To introduce the production
and variety of luxury items
from 900 BC to 300 BC in the
ancient Near East and explore
how luxuries were used and
traded by the early empires in
Assyria, Babylon and Iran as
well as their historical
significance during the
ancient period
16,200 (3) 1,050 The Trustees of
the British
Museum
Relationship between
Hong Kong and the
World on Stamps
6 June to 2 July 2018 Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To explore the history of
Hong Kong’s relations with
the world through philatelic
items and images with a view
to promoting public interest in
philately
– – GLOs Company
Limited and
China Philatelic
Association,
Hong Kong
The Great War at Its
Centenary
15 June to
15 September 2018
Hong Kong
Museum of
Coastal Defence
To present the background of
the First World War and to
reveal its impacts on modern
China and Hong Kong from
the political, military and
social aspects
580 110 –
Through Thick and
Thin – 150 Years of
the Hong Kong Fire
Services
19 September to
22 October 2018
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To recall the history and
development of Hong Kong’s
fire and ambulance services
through artefacts, historical
photographs, video
221 – Hong Kong Fire
Services
Department
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
programmes and interactive
games
The Beiyang
Warlords – War and
Politics
26 October 2018 to
23 January 2019
Dr Sun Yat-sen
Museum
To introduce the history and
development of Beiyang
warlords and reveal the
political turbulence in the
early Republican era
1,600 200 Tianjin Museum
Ying Wa College
Bicentenary
Exhibition – A
Legacy to Hong Kong
History
2 November to
5 December 2018
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To focus on how the school
history of Ying Wa College is
inextricably intertwined with
the historical development of
Hong Kong society, and
showcase how the College has
been at the forefront of the
development of education,
publishing, diffusion of
Christianity as well as the
interflow of Chinese and
Western cultures
– – Ying Wa
College
Gilded Glory –
Chaozhou
Woodcarving
8 November 2018 to
25 February 2019
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To illustrate the practical
usage, subject matters and
artistic features of Chaozhou
woodcarving, while
presenting a taste of the
customs and humanistic spirit
of Chaoshan region
2,500 170 Department of
Culture and
Tourism of
Guangdong
Province
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
HKSARG’s
Celebration of the
40th Anniversary of
the Reform and
Opening Up of the
Country –‘Joint
Development‧Shared
Prosperity’ Exhibition
12 December 2018
to 28 January 2019
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To showcase Hong Kong’s
participation in, contributions
to and benefits from our
country’s opening up and
reform, as well as the
opportunities for further
development through
multi-media
– – Information
Services
Department
Trade Passages – A
Pictorial Exhibition of
the Silk Road in the
Han Dynasty
29 January 2019 to
January 2020
Lei Cheng Uk
Han Tomb
Museum
To explore the cultural
exchange, in relation to the
opening up and development
of the Silk Road and Maritime
Silk Road during the Han
dynasty
60 – –
Roving Exhibition –
15th Anniversary of
Civil Engineering and
Development
Department and 90th
Anniversary of its
Port Works Division
20 March to 22 April
2019
Hong Kong
Museum of
History
To revisit the history and
development of port works in
Hong Kong
– – Civil
Engineering and
Development
Department
C. Hong Kong Heritage Museum and branch museums
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
“Projects‧Objects‧Play” – Tommy Li
P.O.P. Design Show
9 June to
24 September 2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To showcase selected works
of Tommy Li, including his
posters, sculpture installations
and his latest Augmented
Reality art installation
1,955
399
–
Digital Dunhuang –
Tales of Heaven and
Earth
11 July to
22 October 2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To highlight the achievements
of the Dunhuang Academy’s
digitisation project over the
past few years and introduce
the art and culture of
Dunhuang caves through
newly developed multimedia
programmes
18,000 (3)
880
Dunhuang
Academy
90 Years of Public
Service Broadcasting
in Hong Kong
7 November 2018 to
25 February 2019
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To showcase archives and
collection items from the
Radio Television Hong Kong
to illustrate the development
of broadcasting industry and
Hong Kong’s public
broadcasting service in the
past 90 years
2,255
84
Radio Television
Hong Kong
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
A Star on the Stage
and on the Silver
Screen – The Stage
Art of Ng Kwan Lai
28 November 2018
to 25 February 2019
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To revisit Ms Ng Kwan Lai’s
spectacular performing career
and pay tribute to the
Cantonese opera artist
through the displays of
costumes, headgears, librettos
and photos
8
– –
Golden Splendours –
20th-Century Painted
Porcelains of Hong
Kong
19 December 2018
to 18 March 2019
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To trace the development of
Hong Kong’s painted
porcelain since it came into
being in the 1920s through the
display of a diverse range of
ceramic wares
1,800
50
The Hong Kong
Ceramics
Research
Society
Claylaboration –
Contemporary
Ceramic Art
Exhibition
29 December 2018
to 15 April 2019
Hong Kong
Heritage
Museum
To showcase the innovative
concepts and techniques of
ceramic artists and creative
talent from other fields
through ceramic art works
2,200
84
–
D. Hong Kong Science Museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
“Smart Tomorrow,
Engineers’ Motto”
Exhibition
7 to 18 April 2018 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the contributions
by engineers to smart health,
smart education and smart
use of resources
– – The Hong Kong
Institution of
Engineers
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Hong Kong Youth
Science and
Technology
Innovation
Competition
2017-2018
Outstanding Works
Exhibition
27 April to
2 May 2018
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – Hong Kong
New Generation
Cultural
Association
Above and Beyond 15 June to
17 October 2018
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To present the scientific
knowledge related to flight
and the challenges faced by
humans in exploring outer
space through the use of
interactive exhibits
4,500 400 Boeing
Hong Kong Student
Science Project
Competition 2018
Project Exhibition of
Winning Teams
24 June 2018 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – Education
Bureau, Hong
Kong Federation
of Youth
The 21st Primary
STEM Project
Exhibition
Outstanding Project
Exhibition
30 June 2018 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – Education
Bureau, The
Education
University of
Hong Kong,
Hong Kong
Education City,
Hong Kong
Association for
Science and
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Mathematics
Education, The
Teacher
Association of
Chief
Executive’s
Award for
Teaching
Excellence
Discovering HZMB 7 to 18 July 2018 Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the
breakthroughs in the
construction of Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
– – Highways
Department, The
Hong Kong
Institution of
Engineers
Pilot Study on
Underground Space
Development in
Selected Strategic
Urban Areas Design
Ideas Competition –
Roving Exhibition on
Competition Entries
31 August to
5 September 2018
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the outstanding
entries of the competition
– – Civil
Engineering and
Development
Department,
Planning
Department
The Shaw Prize 2018 21 September to
21 November 2018
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To introduce the Shaw
Laureates of 2018 and their
achievements
151 – The Shaw Prize
Foundation
Landscape Map of the
Silk Road
7 December 2018 to
20 February 2019
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display the 30-meter-long
Landscape Map of the Silk
Road which illustrates
understanding of the Silk
2,594 130 The Palace
Museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Road by the Chinese in the
16th century
Treasures of Time 7 December 2018 to
10 April 2019
Hong Kong
Science
Museum
To display 120 magnificent
clocks and watches from the
collection of The Palace
Museum to learn about the
mechanisms of mechanical
clocks from a scientific
perspective, and gain a better
understanding on the
significance of cultural
exchange
18,000 (3) 700 The Palace
Museum and the
Science
Museum,
London, part of
the Science
Museum Group
E. Hong Kong Space Museum
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Young Astronaut
Training Camp 2017
Photo Exhibition
30 April to
18 June 2018
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce the activities and
visits to the National
Observatories and aerospace
facilities attended by the
participants of the “Young
Astronaut Training Camp
2017”
– – The Chinese
General
Chamber of
Commerce
2018 Mars Perihelic
Opposition and Total
Lunar Eclipse
20 June to
20 September 2018
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce the Mars
Perihelic Opposition and the
Total Lunar Eclipse happened
12 – –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
in the second half of 2018
Asteroid – Mission
Extreme 3D
1 July to
31 December 2018
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce the missions to
explore asteroids
10 – –
National Parks
Adventure
1 September 2018 to
28 February 2019
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce different
National Parks in America
10
– –
The Shaw Prize in
Astronomy 2018
21 September to
31 December 2018
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To present the achievements
of Shaw Laureates of the
award
11 – The Shaw Prize
Foundation
Norman the Snowman
– On a Night of
Shooting Stars
1 November 2018 to
29 April 2019
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To present the phenomenon of
meteor showers
10
– –
The 50th Anniversary
of Apollo 8
21 December 2018
to 20 January 2019
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce the Apollo 8
space mission
– – U.S. Consulate
General Hong
Kong & Macau
2019 Astronomical
Events
1 January to
31 March 2019
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce the major
astronomical events in 2019
10 – –
The Story of Earth 3D 1 January to 30 June
2019
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To present the birth of the
Earth and origin of life
10
– –
Oceans – Our Blue
Planet
1 March to
31 August 2019
Hong Kong
Space Museum
To introduce the diverse life
forms of oceans
10
– –
F. Antiquities and Monuments Office
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
The History of Tuen
Mun and Yuen Long
cum Traditional
Festivals and Rituals
in Yuen Long
3 April to
26 September 2018
Ping Shan Tang
Clan Gallery
cum Heritage
Trail Centre
To introduce the history of
Tuen Mun and Yuen Long as
well as the traditional
festivals and rituals in Yuen
Long
13 – Ju Ching Chu
Secondary
School (Tuen
Mun)
Photo Exhibition
Celebrating Thirty
Years of China’s
World Cultural
Heritage
30 May to 12 August
2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the 40 Chinese
items of cultural heritage and
the mixed cultural and natural
heritage inscribed on the
World Heritage List
526 – Chinese
National
Committee for
the International
Council on
Monuments and
Sites
Hong Kong’s
Collective Memory
of Popular Culture in
the 1980s
24 July 2018 to
6 January 2019
Ping Shan Tang
Clan Gallery
cum Heritage
Trail Centre
To introduce Hong Kong’s
collective memory of popular
culture in the 1980s
13
– St Stephen’s
College
Craft and Technology
– Applications of
three-dimensional
laser scanning for
heritage conservation
and education
21 September to
2 December 2018
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the application
of innovative 3D laser
scanning and 3D printing
technologies in heritage
conservation and education
2,100
28
–
Hong Kong
Revitalised Historic
Buildings
10 November 2018 to
13 January 2019
Ping Shan Tang
Clan Gallery
cum Heritage
Trail Centre
To introduce the revitalised
historic buildings in Hong
Kong
4
– Bethel High
School
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Photo Exhibition of
New Declared
Monuments in Hong
Kong 2018
7 December 2018 to
27 February 2019
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the history of 3
newly declared monuments of
The University of Hong Kong
in 2018, namely the Exteriors
of Fung Ping Shan Building,
Eliot Hall and May Hall
15
– –
Traversing the
Forbidden City –
Architecture and
Craftsmanship
11 January to 7 April
2019
Hong Kong
Heritage
Discovery
Centre
To introduce the origin,
design, layout and
architectural features of the
Forbidden City, with focus on
the most transcendent
building - Hall of Supreme
Harmony
2,550 – The Palace
Museum
G. Hong Kong Film Archive
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Hand in Hand with
Film – the Silent
Translator
23 June to
8 July 2018
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To feature an old-style film
subtitling machine with
demonstrations
49 – –
One Plus One Equals
More than Two –
Comedy Duos of
Hong Kong Cinema
27 July to 1 October
2018
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To examine the cultural
significance of Hong Kong
comedies between the 1950s
and 90s through 4 comedy
517 5 –
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
duos
Leung Sing-por.The
Silhouette on Stage
and Silver Screen
3 August to
29 October 2018
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To commemorate Leung
Sing-por’s 110th birth
anniversary and revisit his
prolific acting career
23 – –
Cityscape in Sight
and Sound
1 February to 5 May
2019
Hong Kong
Film Archive
To showcase several hundreds
of film footage, spanning
from late 19th Century to the
1960s, and to re-create
cityscape of the old Hong
Kong
650
20
–
H. Art Promotion Office
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
Sparkle! A Good
Waste of Time
15 June to
9 September 2018
Oil Street Art
Space
To display creative and
interactive artworks on the
theme of “fun and play”
640
– –
Sparkle! Counting the
Days
22 June to
16 September 2018
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature works of art
co-created by artists and
groups of folks who have left
home, settled in Hong Kong,
and returned home
640
– –
PLAY to CHANGE 6 July to Oil Street Art To feature creative artworks 120 – Hong Kong
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
VI 31 December 2018 Space of local architects, who
express their ideas of
‘CHANGE’ on city
development, city
architecture and topics related
to our living
Architecture
Centre, Hong
Kong Institute
of Architecture
Sparkle! Journal of a
City Foot Soldier
5 October 2018 to 6
January 2019
Oil Street Art
Space
To explore the diverse
approaches and perspectives
of city and urbanism thinking
through works of art,
literature and researches
640
– –
Sparkle! Show Art’s
Hand: An
Investigation on Art
Labour
12 October 2018 to 6
January 2019
Oil Street Art
Space
To showcase artworks as a
means to explore “art as
labour”
640
– –
sound in the city –
Shuffle Reality
9 November to
2 December 2018
and
5 December 2018 to
27 January 2019
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
To present a sound
architecture constructed by
layering of visible and
invisible sceneries
220
12 –
sound in the city –
Animamix Biennale
2018 –
IFIFIFIFIFIFIFIFIFIF
IFIFIF & Freedom
from Within
30 November 2018
to 27 January 2019
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre and other
locations in
Central
To present the worlds of
virtuality and reality,
interwoven by time, space
and people through sound art
650
68 –
PLAY to
CHANGE VII
1 January to 30 April
2019
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature creative artworks
of local architects, who
80 – Hong Kong
Architecture
Title Period Venue Brief description Expenditure(1)
($’000)
Expenditure on
Publicity(2)
($’000)
Collaborator
express their ideas of
‘CHANGE’ on city
development, city
architecture and topics related
to our living
Centre, Hong
Kong Institute
of Architecture
Art Specialist Course
2018-19 Graduation
Exhibition
18 January to
2 February 2019
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
To showcase fruitful learning
outcomes of the participants
taught by veteran local artists
252
70 –
Once lost but now
found
22 March to 28 July
2019
Oil Street Art
Space
To feature on-site
installations of local artists as
a response to the environment
and present stories with the
elements of a city by the sea
650 – –
Instrumentation 23 March to 14 April
2019
Hong Kong
Visual Arts
Centre
To bring different art forms
together in innovative ways
and extend the boundaries of
contemporary art practices
650
130 –
Notes
(1) Representing the actual or estimated expenditure, including expenditure on publicity shown in the table, borne or to be borne by the Leisure and
Cultural Services Department.
(2) No additional publicity cost unless specified.
(3) Including funding from sponsorship.
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