Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2021-22 Reply Serial No

Examination of Estimates of Expenditure 2021-22 Reply Serial No.

HAB166 CONTROLLING OFFICER’S REPLY

(Question Serial No. 2340)

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 (Vincent LIU)

Director of Bureau: Secretary for Home Affairs

Question: (a) Please provide in the table below information on the exhibitions which the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) intended to organise in 2020-21.

Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition Exhibits from Hong Estimated Attendance Title Period Venue Kong/the Mainland/ Expenditure overseas

(b) How many cancellations and postponements by the LCSD in 2020-21 were due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic? Were additional expenditures or loss incurred as a result? If so, what are the details?

Exhibition Exhibition Exhibition Exhibits from Hong Estimated Attendance Title Period Venue Kong/the Mainland/ Expenditure overseas

Asked by: Hon MA Fung-kwok (LegCo internal reference no.: 46) Reply: (a) Information on the exhibitions which the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) intended to organise in 2020-21 is at Annex I.

(b) In 2020-21, a total of 29 exhibitions to be organised by the LCSD were cancelled or postponed due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. No additional expenditure or loss was incurred for the cancellation of exhibitions. There may be an increase in the estimated expenditure for transportation and insurance arising from the postponement of exhibitions but it can only be confirmed after details of the exhibitions are finalised.

Annex I to Reply Serial No. HAB166

Exhibitions intended to be organised in 2020-21 by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department

A. Hong Kong Museum of Art and branch museum Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Gems of Zisha in The K.S. Lo April 2020 to Flagstaff House Local 200 140 000 Collection of the Flagstaff House June 2021 Museum of Museum of Tea Ware Tea Ware Lui Shou-kwan Centennial June to August 2020 Hong Kong Local 1,200 60 000 Retrospective Museum of Art A Taste for Life – The Collection of June to Hong Kong Local 400 80 000 Donor Mr Low Chuck-tiew November 2020 Museum of Art The Upright Art – Theme on the July to October 2020 Hong Kong Local 2,000 150 000 Virtue of Integrity in Chinese Museum of Art Painting and Calligraphy Wu Guanzhong – Sketching from July to October 2020 Hong Kong Local 100 150 000 Life Museum of Art “Hong Kong Art – Co-Creation” August 2020 to Hong Kong Local 2,080 100 000 Exhibition Series “Ways of February 2021 Museum of Art Seeing – New Horizons in the 80s and 90s Hong Kong Art” Exhibition Lingnan Seal Carving August 2020 to Flagstaff House Local 40 140 000 December 2022 Museum of Tea Ware 2020 Hong Kong – Macao Visual September to Beijing, Dunhuang, Local 3,730 96 000 Art Biennale(4) October 2020 Hangzhou

Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Botticelli – The Art of Painting in October 2020 to Hong Kong Overseas 20,588(5) 120 000 Renaissance Florence January 2021 Museum of Art Wu Guanzhong @ Ashmolean October 2020 to Ashmolean Local 3,000 80 000 February 2021 Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford Honouring Tradition and Heritage – October 2020 to Hong Kong Local 2,760(5) 150 000 Min Chiu Society at Sixty April 2021 Museum of Art Paintings of the Lingnan Area October 2020 to Hong Kong Local 1,000 120 000 April 2021 Museum of Art Hong Kong Signature Series October 2020 to Hong Kong Local 1,600 150 000 Exhibition II – Hong Kong Words • May 2021 Museum of Art Hong Kong Voices A Tale of Three Cities – December 2020 to Guangdong Museum Local 2,402 60 000 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao April 2021 Greater Bay Area and Export of Silk Products in the Ming and Qing Dynasties Miracle of Nature – Selected January to Hong Kong Local 640 80 000 Landscape Paintings in Ming and June 2021 Museum of Art Qing Dynasties In Between February 2021 to Hong Kong Local 10,000 200 000 January 2022 Museum of Art Collection of the Museum February to Hong Kong Local 2,000 150 000 September 2021 Museum of Art Painting with The Pulse March 2021 to Hong Kong Local 1,500 200 000 April 2022 Museum of Art

B. Hong Kong Museum of History and branch museums Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Striving and Transforming – The May to Hong Kong Local 5,300 100 000 History of Hong Kong Industry August 2020 Museum of History City of Victoria – A Selection of August to Hong Kong Local 100 40 000 the Hong Kong Museum of October 2020 Museum of History History’s Historical Photographs Abridged Version of The Hong October 2020 to Hong Kong Local 3,800 700 000 Kong Story September 2022 Museum of History Stories of Tsinghua University in November 2020 to Dr Sun Yat-sen Mainland and 1,400 30 000 Republican China(4) March 2021 Museum local

C. Hong Kong Heritage Museum and branch museums Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Tsar of All Russia • Holiness and June to Hong Kong Overseas 12,700 110 000 Splendour of Power September 2020 Heritage Museum Between the Lines – The Legends September 2020 to Hong Kong Local 2,600 90 000 of Hong Kong Printing February 2021 Heritage Museum 20/20 Hong Kong Print Art September 2020 to Hong Kong Local 2,600 90 000 Exhibition February 2021 Heritage Museum Fund-raising Culture of Hong October 2020 to Hong Kong Local 2,700 100 000 Kong – Contributions of the Tung January 2021 Heritage Museum Wah Group of Hospitals Hong Kong Pop 60+ October 2020 Hong Kong Local 33,500 150 000 onwards Heritage Museum

Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Cantonese Opera Day Exhibition November 2020 Hong Kong Local 5 8 000 Cultural Centre

D. Hong Kong Science Museum Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Hong Kong Student Science June 2020 Hong Kong Local – N.A.(6) Project Competition 2020 Science Museum Winning Projects Exhibition(4) Robots – The 500-Year Quest to June 2020 to Hong Kong Overseas 10,200 250 000 Make Machines Human January 2021 Science Museum The 23rd Primary STEM Project July 2020 Hong Kong Local – N.A.(6) Exhibition Outstanding Projects Science Museum Exhibition The Shaw Prize 2020 September to Hong Kong Local 410 N.A.(6) November 2020 Science Museum Robots – I can make it!(4) September 2020 to Hong Kong Local 600 N.A.(6) March 2021 Science Museum The Shaw Prize 2020 October to Macao Local – 20 000 November 2020 Science Center

E. Hong Kong Space Museum Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Mars 2020 Rover July to Hong Kong In-house 150 N.A.(6) December 2020 Space Museum production The Shaw Prize in Astronomy September to Hong Kong In-house 100 N.A.(6) 2020 December 2020 Space Museum production 2021 Astronomical Events January to Hong Kong In-house 50 N.A.(6) March 2021 Space Museum production

F. Hong Kong Film Archive Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) A Different Brilliance – The May to Hong Kong Local 650 15 000 D & B Story August 2020 Film Archive In Memory of Ma Si-tsang on His May to Hong Kong Local 50 5 000 120th Birth Anniversary August 2020 Film Archive The Stories Behind Film Stills August to Hong Kong Local 650 10 000 November 2020 Film Archive In Memory of Ma Si-tsang on His September to Sha Tin Local 10 15 000 120th Birth Anniversary(4) October 2020 Town Hall Hong Kong Film Poster November 2020 Mainland Local – 1 000 Exhibition(4) universities In Memory of Ma Si-tsang on His November to Island East Local – 17 000 120th Birth Anniversary December 2020 Sports Centre Out of the Past – From the Hong December 2020 to Hong Kong Local 650 15 000 Kong Film Archive Collection April 2021 Film Archive

Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) In Memory of Ma Si-tsang on His January 2021 Tuen Mun Local – 3 000 120th Birth Anniversary(4) Town Hall

G. Art Promotion Office Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Revivify! April to Oil Street Art Space Local 650 50 000 (Over the Ocean, Over the September 2020 Mountain) Intervention! Social Architecture April to Oil Street Art Space Local 500 30 000 (Outside the Building I) September 2020 Engagement • Exploration April to Oil Street Art Space Local 255 5 000 (Family Stories) December 2020 Viva! River – Meet and Miss May 2020 Tuen Mun River and Local 600 3 000 along Tuen Mun River surrounding areas Residence and Exhibition May to Suomenlinna, Local and 1,400 35 000 Project@Suomenlinna August 2020 Finland overseas XCHANGE – Social Design June to Oil Street Art Space Local 1,000 20 000 Projects August 2020 If we have time June to Oil Street Art Space Local 640 30 000 October 2020 Traversing the Forbidden City November 2020 to School intranets and Local 3,294(8) 30 000 Series(4)(7) March 2021 shopping mall websites

Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Hong Kong House at Echigo- August, October to Tsunan-machi, Local 6,280(9) 40 000 Tsumari Art Triennale November 2020 Nakauonuma-gun, Niigata Prefecture, Japan The Getaway Series December 2020 to Trade and Local 680 80 000 October 2021 Industry Tower, Trade and Industry Department Oku-Noto Triennale 2020 – September to Suzu-shi, Local and 650 25 000 “Station by the Sea” Residence October 2020 Ishikawa Prefecture, overseas and Exhibition Programme Japan Today is Yesterday’s Tomorrow September to Hong Kong Local 650 2 000 Project October 2020 Visual Arts Centre Conflux! Multi-Arts Projects September 2020 to Hong Kong Local 450 2 000 January 2021 Visual Arts Centre and other locations Art Display at WKGO October 2020 West Kowloon Local 600 N.A.(6) Government Office Building LOHAS Media Projects October 2020 to Hong Kong Local 650 2 000 March 2021 Visual Arts Centre and other locations Intervention! Social Architecture October 2020 to Oil Street Art Space Local 500 30 000 (Outside the Building II) March 2021

Estimated Origin of Estimated (1) Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Original Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Viva! River – Treasure Cube in November 2020 Tuen Mun River Local 600 40 000 Our Community and surrounding areas Today is the History of Tomorrow November 2020 to Oil Street Art Space Local 500 30 000 March 2021 Lumieres Hong Kong 2020 December 2020 Various locations in Local and 7,000 250 000 Hong Kong Island overseas and Kowloon Creativity + Art December 2020 to Guangdong-Hong Local 800 10 000 June 2021 Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Hi! ZBG December 2020 to Hong Kong Local 7,800 250 000 June 2021 Zoological and Botanical Gardens Art Specialist Course 2020-21 January to Hong Kong Local 272 5 000 Graduation Exhibition February 2021 Visual Arts Centre Embark! Project March to June 2021 Oil Street Art Space Local 650 30 000

H. Intangible Cultural Heritage Office Estimated Origin of Estimated Tentative Title Original Period(1) Venue Expenditure(2) Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Folk Festivals in These Days… April to Sam Tung Uk Local 150 15 000 September 2020 Museum Hong Kong Intangible Cultural September to Victoria Park Local 650 395 000(10) Heritage – Exhibition on October 2020 Traditional Paper Crafting (a programme under Urban Mid- Autumn Lantern Carnival)(4) Inheritance of Art and Crafts in the December 2020 to Sam Tung Uk Local 17,560(11) 30 000 Local Festivals of Hong Kong December 2021 Museum Hong Kong Intangible Cultural February 2021 Hong Kong Local 650 105 000(10) Heritage – Exhibition on Cultural Centre Traditional Paper Crafting (a programme under Urban Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival)(4) Notes (1) The original period is prone to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic situation. (2) Representing the estimated expenditure to be borne by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. (3) The estimated attendance is prone to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic situation. (4) The exhibitions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation. (5) Including funding from sponsorship. (6) No separate attendance figures for exhibitions held in open exhibition areas. (7) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the in-situ exhibition and related activities were cancelled and replaced by an online exhibition. (8) Representing the total estimated expenditure for “Traversing the Forbidden City Series” held in 2020/21 school year. (9) Representing the total estimated expenditure for “Hong Kong House at Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale” held between 2018 and 2020. (10) Representing the estimated attendance of the event. No separate attendance figure for the exhibition. (11) Representing the total estimated expenditure of the revamping of “Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre” at Sam Tung Uk Museum.

Annex II to Reply Serial No. HAB166

Exhibitions to be organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department in 2021-22(1)

A. Hong Kong Museum of Art and branch museum Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) “Wu Guanzhong” Exhibition at the April to July 2021 The Ashmolean Local 3,000 80 000 Ashmolean Museum, University of Museum, Oxford University of Oxford, United Kingdom Mythologies: Surrealism and May to Hong Kong Overseas 10,700 55 000 Beyond – Masterpieces from October 2021 Museum of Art Centre Pompidou, Paris The Art of the South – A Selection June to Hong Kong Local 2,100 50 000 of Guangdong Paintings from the November 2021 Museum of Art Hong Kong Museum of Art Resonance InSight July 2021 to Art Square, Local 7,000 36 000 December 2022 Salisbury Garden When Form Matters – Following August 2021 to Hong Kong Local 1,135 60 000 the Path of Lui Shou-kwan to Zen April 2022 Museum of Art Painting Miracle of Nature – Selected August 2021 to Hong Kong Local 680 60 000 Landscape Paintings from May 2022 Museum of Art Xubaizhai Collection Shopping in Canton September 2021 to Hong Kong Local 1,500 150 000 September 2022 Museum of Art

Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) “Selection of the Chih Lo Lou October 2021 to Musée Cernuschi, Local 1,510 80 000 Collection” Exhibition at the January 2022 Asian Arts Musée Cernuschi, Paris Museum of Paris The Palette in Chinese Antiquities October 2021 to Hong Kong Local 2,800 100 000 from the Museum Collection March 2022 Museum of Art 2021 Tea Ware by Hong Kong December 2021 to Flagstaff House Local 700(4) 140 000 Potters February 2023 Museum of Tea Ware Tradition Meets Modernity – January to Hong Kong Mainland 11,050(5) 50 000 Modern Chinese Paintings of the April 2022 Museum of Art NAMOC Collection Wu Guanzhong – Sketching January to Hong Kong Local 250 90 000 Vitality June 2022 Museum of Art Portrait Play February 2022 to Hong Kong Local 1,500 200 000 March 2023 Museum of Art

“Appreciating – A World of March 2022 Hong Kong Local 1,000 5 000 Contrasts” Projection Display at Museum of Art Hong Kong Museum of Art In Between March to Hong Kong Local 10,000 200 000 December 2022 Museum of Art

B. Hong Kong Museum of History and branch museums Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) The Four Great Outlaws December 2021 to Dr Sun Yat-sen Mainland and 1,350 30 000 March 2022 Museum local New Permanent Exhibition December 2021 Hong Kong Local 30,800 75 000 onwards Museum of (for 2021-22) Coastal Defence

C. Hong Kong Heritage Museum and branch museums Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Tsar of All Russia • Holiness and May to Hong Kong Overseas 12,700 50 000 Splendour of Power August 2021 Heritage Museum From a Distance – The Dialogue August 2021 to Hong Kong Local 280 70 000 between Chao Shao-an and Chin March 2022 Heritage Museum Kee Cantonese Opera Day Exhibition November 2021 Hong Kong Local 2 5 000 Cultural Centre Still & Motion – Hong Kong November 2021 to Hong Kong Local and 2,800 50 000 International Poster Triennial 2020 February 2022 Heritage Museum overseas Danny Yung – Exhibits November 2021 to Hong Kong Local 2,700 50 000 Experimental March 2022 Heritage Museum Hong Kong Pop 60+ Second half of 2021 Hong Kong Local 33,500 100 000 onwards Heritage Museum (for 2021-22) Bruce Lee – Kung Fu • Art • Life Second half of 2021 Hong Kong Overseas 29,200 200 000 onwards Heritage Museum (for 2021-22)

D. Hong Kong Science Museum Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Hong Kong Student Science June 2021 Hong Kong Local – 4 000 Project Competition 2021 Science Museum Winning Projects Exhibition The Science Behind Pixar June to Hong Kong Overseas 15,000 200 000 October 2021 Science Museum The 23rd Primary STEM Project July 2021 Hong Kong Local – 4 000 Exhibition Outstanding Projects Science Museum Exhibition The Shaw Prize 2021 September to Hong Kong Local 410 60 000 November 2021 Science Museum The Shaw Prize 2021 October to Macao Science Local – 3 000 November 2021 Center

E. Hong Kong Space Museum Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) James Webb Space Telescope July to Hong Kong In-house 150 80 000 September 2021 Space Museum production Exhibition for Sky Show July to Hong Kong In-house 20 90 000 December 2021 Space Museum production Exhibition for OMNIMAX Show July 2021 to Hong Kong In-house 20 100 000 March 2022 Space Museum production Exhibition for 3D Dome Show July 2021 to Hong Kong In-house 12.5 86 000 March 2022 Space Museum production

Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) The Shaw Prize in Astronomy October to Hong Kong In-house 100 80 000 2021 December 2021 Space Museum production 2022 Astronomical Events January to Hong Kong In-house 200 80 000 June 2022 Space Museum production Exhibition for Sky Show January to Hong Kong In-house 20 59 000 June 2022 Space Museum production

F. Hong Kong Film Archive Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Out of the Past – From the Tai May to Hong Kong Local 700 15 000 Ping Treasure Trove October 2021 Film Archive Tales of the Film Stills October 2021 to Hong Kong Local 700 15 000 March 2022 Film Archive The Queen of Huadan – March to July 2022 Hong Kong Local 50 5 000 Celebrating the Stage and Screen Film Archive Career of Fong Yim-fun

G. Art Promotion Office Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Garden Bloom Installation April 2021 to Oil Street Art Space Local 1,000 30 000 Projects March 2022 Social Intervention April 2021 to Oil Street Art Space Local 500 30 000 Architecture Project Series March 2022 “Art>

Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Hong Kong House at the Echigo- July to Tsunan-machi, Local 5,659(7) 71 000 Tsumari Art Triennale September 2021 Nakauonuma-gun, Niigata Prefecture, Japan Hong Kong Waters & Korean August to Sejong Centre, Local and 1,385 4 000 Mountains – Hong Kong and September 2021 Seoul, Korea overseas Korea Art Exchange Exhibition Watching the Clouds Go By September 2021 to Various natural Local 600 20 000 Public Art Project May 2022 spaces Station by the Sea at the Oku-Noto September to Suzu-shi, Local 650 15 000 Triennale – Residence and October 2021 Ishikawa Prefecture, Exhibition Programme Japan Art for Greenability Exhibition September 2021 Oil Street Art Space Local 1,200 60 000 Series onwards Sense and Sensibility October 2021 to Hong Kong Local 650 2 000 Media Art Projects March 2022 Visual Arts Centre A Passage to Island November 2021 to Lamma Island Local 7,500 50 000 Public Art Project March 2022 Overseas Artist-in Residence January 2022 to Overseas Local 650 5 000 Programmes March 2023 Art Exchange Projects in the February 2022 to Mainland Local 5,300 10 000 Mainland February 2023 Communal Chat Room Projects February 2022 Oil Street Art Space Local 300 30 000 onwards

Estimated Origin of Estimated Expenditure(2) Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) 2202 • 2022 Exhibition Series February 2022 Oil Street Art Space Mainland and 10,000 60 000 onwards local Art Specialist Course 2021-22 March to Hong Kong Local 200 5 000 Graduation Exhibition April 2022 Visual Arts Centre

H. Intangible Cultural Heritage Office Estimated Origin of Estimated Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Expenditure(2) Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) “Lost and Sound” Exhibition July 2021 onwards Sam Tung Uk Local 17,560(8) 60 000 Series II – Ordinary • Museum (for 2021-22) Extraordinary “Lost and Sound” Exhibition July 2021 onwards Sam Tung Uk Local 17,560(8) 60 000 Series III – Sam Tung Uk and Museum (for 2021-22) Traditional Village Culture Hong Kong Intangible Cultural September 2021 Victoria Park Local 600 320 000 Heritage – Exhibition on Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making (a programme under Urban Mid- Autumn Lantern Carnival)

Estimated Origin of Estimated Tentative Title Tentative Period Venue Expenditure(2) Exhibits Attendance(3) ($’000) Hong Kong Intangible Cultural February 2022 Hong Kong Local 600 100 000 Heritage – Exhibition on Cultural Centre Traditional Craftsmanship of Lantern Making (a programme under Urban Lunar New Year Lantern Carnival) Notes (1) Exhibitions are prone to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic situation. (2) Representing the estimated expenditure to be borne by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department. (3) The estimated attendance is prone to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic situation. (4) Representing the total estimated expenditure for the “2021 Tea Ware by Hong Kong Potters” competition and exhibition. (5) Including funding from sponsorship. (6) Representing the total estimated expenditure for “‘Art>

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