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Ms. GRACE AU YUK-HAR (in Cantonese):-I think Mr. To has a good point. Usually, I did not take note of the wording, but nowadays matters need to be accounted for openly so that members of the public can enjoy the right to know. Indeed, such wording should be reviewed. I think we should give this more detailed consideration.
(7) Mr. WU CHI-WAI asked the following question (in Cantonese):-I would like to ask the following questions concerning the promotion of contemporary art activities in Hong Kong:
(a) When the construction of the new Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui was being planned in the 1980s, did the Council appoint a consultant to carry out any relevant studies? Has the consultant made any recommendations on the way forward for the promotion of contemporary art in Hong Kong?
(b) Please provide the following information—
(i) The yearly attendance of the Hong Kong Museum of Art from 1977 till its removal to the new venue;
(ii) the yearly attendance of the Hong Kong Museum of Art since its removal to the new venue in 1990. (Please list the figures for the main museum and the branch museums separately.)
(c) Apart from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, are there any other UC venues which are used for the promotion of visual art in Hong Kong? Are the activities in these venues planned and organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art?
(d) Among the above activities which took place in UC venues other than the Hong Kong Museum of Art, how many are presented or jointly presented by the Urban Council, and how many are hirers' activities? Among the hirers' activities, what are the respective percentages of the different types of visual art activities? Among those presented or jointly presented by the Urban Council, what are the respective percentages of the different types of visual art activities?
(e) How much did the Information Services Department spend on advertising and promoting the activities of the Hong Kong Museum of Art in the last three years?
THE HON. MOK YING-FAN, Chairman of the Museums Select Committee, replied as follows (in Cantonese):-The question is on the promotion of contemporary art activities in Hong Kong and it is in five parts.
Concerning the planning of the Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui and relevant consultancy studies and recommendations on the promotion of contemporary art in Hong Kong, in November 1981, a joint study group of museum curators and architects from the then Public Works Department visited over 30 museums and institutions in North America, Europe and Japan to study the planning, management and operation of art museums. In 1982,
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Ms. GRACE AU YUK-HAR (in Cantonese):-I think Mr. To has a good point. Usually, I did not take note of the wording, but nowadays matters need to be accounted for openly so that members of the public can enjoy the right to know. Indeed, such wording should be reviewed. I think we should give this more detailed consideration.
(7) Mr. Wu CHI-WAI asked the following question (in Cantonese):~~I would like to ask the following questions concerning the promotion of contemporary art activities in Hong Kong:
(a) When the construction of the new Hong Kong Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui was being planned in the 1980s, did the Council appoint a consultant to carry out any relevant studies? Has the consultant made any recommendations on the way forward for the promotion of contemporary art in Hong Kong?
(b) Please provide the following information—
(i) The yearly attendance of the Hong Kong Museum of Art from 1977
till its removal to the new venue;
(ii) the yearly attendance of the Hong Kong Museum of Art since its removal to the new venue in 1990. (Please list the figures for the main museum and the branch museums separately.)
(c) Apart from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, are there any other UC venues which are used for the promotion of visual art in Hong Kong? Are the activities in these venues planned and organized by the Hong Kong Museum of Art?
(d) Among the above activities which took place in UC venues other than the Hong Kong Museum of Art, how many are presented or jointly presented by the Urban Council, and how many are hirers' activities? Among the hirers' activities, what are the respective percentages of the different types of visual art activities? Among those presented or jointly presented by the Urban Council, what are the respective percentages of the different types of visual art activities?
(e) How much did the Information Services Department spend on advertising and promoting the activities of the Hong Kong Museum of Art in the last three years?
THE HON. MOk Ying-fan, Chairman of the Museums Select Committee, replied as follows (in Cantonese):-The question is on the promotion of contemporary art activities in Hong Kong and it is in five parts.
Concerning the planning of the Museum of Art in Tsim Sha Tsui and relevant consultancy studies and recommendations on the promotion of contemporary art in Hong Kong, in November 1981, a joint study group of museum curators and architects from the then Public Works Department visited over 30 museums and institutions in North America, Europe and Japan to study the planning, management and operation of art museums. In 1982,
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