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Recreation, Sport, Culture and the Arts

Chinese Opera Festival

LCSD's fourth 'Chinese Opera Festival' featured mainstream genres such as Cantonese Opera, Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera, as well as regional operas such as Wu Opera of Zhejiang, Sixian Opera of Hebei, Xiang Opera of Hunan and Diaoqiang of Xinchang of Zhejiang, which have rarely been performed in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Week 2013@Taipei

The second 'Hong Kong Week', presented by the Hong Kong-Taiwan Cultural Co-operation Committee in association with the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office (Taiwan), opened on 29 November, featuring four exhibitions ('A Century of Fashion: Hong Kong Cheongsam Story, 'Hong Kong Design Styles, 'A Parallel Tale: Taipei in 80s x Hong Kong in 90s' and 'All Are Guests'), two performing arts programmes by the Hong Kong Philharmonic and Hong Kong Dance Company, and 24 extension activities organised by the participating arts. groups.

Asia Cultural Co-operation Forum (ACCF) 2013

HAB launched the ACCF in 2003 to foster cultural co-operation in the Asian region. The eighth ACCF in 2013 was attended by cultural ministers and senior officials from the Mainland, Brunei, Cambodia, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, and a workshop was also held for library professionals from these Asian countries.

Museums

Hong Kong Museum of Art

Highlights of the year included 'The Origin of Dao: New Dimensions in Chinese Contemporary Art, 'A Hundred Chinese Paintings from the Hong Kong Museum of Art, 'Maritime Porcelain Road: Relics from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Museums', 'Bonds of Memory: Wan Qingli's Collection of Chinese Art Given by His Teachers and Friends Exhibition' and 'Hong Kong Contemporary Art Awards 2012:

One outbound exhibition was organised in 2013: a contemporary art exhibition at 'The Hong Kong Week 2013'in Taipei.

To enhance the appreciation of art, a wide array of education programmes was presented, including special lectures, art workshops, family programmes, gallery talks and audio guide services. The exhibitions and education programmes attracted over 593,000 visitors and participants in 2013.

The Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware's collection comprises various kinds of tea ware and related vessels from the collection of the late Dr K S Lo and rare Chinese ceramics and seals donated by the K S Lo Foundation. One special exhibition, 2013 Tea Ware by Hong Kong Potters, was held in 2013. Some 229,700 visitors visited the museum (a branch of the Hong Kong Museum of Art) and joined its education programmes in 2013.

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