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libraries is in progress while a new public library at Tseung Kwan O is under construction.
An upfront endowment of $21.6 billion has been granted to the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority to develop the West Kowloon Cultural District, to meet the long-term infrastructural and development needs of the arts and culture.
Hong Kong Arts Development Council
Established in 1995, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) plans, promotes and supports the broad development of the arts in Hong Kong, including literary arts, performing and visual arts, film and media arts. Besides encouraging public participation in the arts and advocating arts education, the HKADC also endeavours to advance arts criticism, raise the standards of arts administration and strengthen arts policy research.
One of the core tasks of the HKADC is funding the arts. To foster the growth of the local arts industry, the HKADC continued to operate various grant schemes in 2011.
The HKADC helps groom talented people and cultivate budding artists by providing them with opportunities to receive training and to take part in competitions, cultural exchanges and internships in Hong Kong and abroad. The HKADC held a number of big arts promotion events in 2011, notably the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards 2010; the 3rd Arts Ambassadors-in-School Scheme and the 'Invention and Intervention Power Showcase of Hong Kong New Media Artists' which was Hong Kong's first large-scale new media arts exhibition exclusively dedicated to feature local artists. Three community arts development projects were carried in 2011 to bring arts closer to the public: the Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre Community Arts Promotion Scheme, the Community Arts Activities Enhancement Scheme and the Shanghai Street Artspace Project.
The HKADC participated in the 54th Venice Biennale (Visual Arts) to present the works of local artist Kwok Mang-ho (Frog King) in an international arts arena.
Arts research and policy advocacy are also one of the HKADC's main tasks. In 2011, it carried out the regular Annual Arts Survey to collect data on visual arts exhibitions and programmes, a survey on sponsorship in arts and culture and one on the working status of theatre practitioners. It also published a series of yearbooks on the arts in collaboration with different professional and academic groups.
Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Established in 1984, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts offers professional education, training and research facilities in the performing arts, including music, dance, drama, theatre and entertainments arts, film and television, and Chinese traditional theatre. Its education philosophy reflects the Hong Kong's cultural diversity underscored by Chinese and Western traditions, and interdisciplinary learning.
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