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Recreation, Sport and the Arts

and Macao and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Creative Arts Festival in collaboration with different. organisations to foster cultural exchanges.

Arts research and policy advocacy are also one of the HKADC's main tasks. In 2012, it carried out a number of surveys (including the Annual Arts Survey to collect data on visual arts exhibitions and programmes and the Survey of the Workforce and Future Demand for Arts Professional and Administrators of Targeted Arts Organisations) and published a series of yearbooks on the arts in collaboration with different professional and academic groups.

Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

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 Hong Kong's cultural diversity underscored by Chinese and Western traditions, and an emphasis on interdisciplinary learning.

In 2012, the academy enrolled 767 students for undergraduate and sub-degrees programmes in its six arts disciplines, and attracted 143 students to pursue their Master's degree programmes in dance, music, drama, film and television, and theatre and entertainment arts. It admitted 728 students to its junior programmes and over 5,700 to its Extension and Continuing Education for Life (EXCEL) programme.

Hong Kong Arts Centre

The Hong Kong Arts Centre is a self-funding organisation which promotes contemporary arts and culture in Hong Kong and beyond. The centre in Wan Chai provides a wide range of programmes featuring local and overseas artists, and facilities for performances, films and exhibitions.

The Hong Kong Art School is a division of the Arts Centre that runs diploma, degree and master's degree courses in arts studies.

The Fringe Club

The Fringe Club is housed in what used to be a cold storage warehouse built in 1890, now listed as a Grade I historical building and adapted for use as a contemporary arts space. In 2012, with funding support from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Fringe Club underwent extensive renovation to restore the building and upgrade its safety facilities. The Fringe Club runs a diverse cultural programme of theatre, dance, music, and exhibitions throughout the year. It is committed to an open access policy and to nurturing budding artists by providing venue and publicity support, as well as opportunities for overseas tours. In 2012, the Fringe Club brought Kwok Mang-Ho's (aka Frog King) visual arts exhibition first presented at the 54th Venice Biennale to Shanghai Zendai Zhujiajiao Art Museum and then Hong Kong. It also produced the performance programme 'Let's Swing! Taipei' in Taipei.

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