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In addition to conserving the heritage
buildings, the vision of the revitalisation project also includes revitalising them as a unique and distinctive platform for the development, appreciation and promotion of arts and heritage of Hong Kong. Contemporary art and performing arts
are the other two pillars of Tai Kwun. Inside the complex, two more buildings have been added, namely JC Contemporary, home to an art space dedicated to presenting contemporary art exhibitions and programmes, and JC Cube, an auditorium building for performance art, movie screenings and education activities. Tai Kwun also collaborates with major arts groups and festivals such as Le French May and the Hong Kong Arts Festival, and provides a platform for artists and performers. “Tai Kwun plays a vital role in supporting the arts,
providing a platform for Hong Kong artists to showcase their talent and develop their creativity,” says Timothy Calnin, director of Tai Kwun. In its first year of operation, more than 750 public
programmes and events as well as over 800 guided heritage tours were organised at Tai Kwun, attracting some 3.4 million visits during the period, which made it the most visited heritage site in Hong Kong.
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HONG KONG’S CREATIVE HUB Walk westward along Hollywood Road from Tai Kwun, and you’ll soon arrive at PMQ, a cultural landmark in Hong Kong that celebrates its fifth anniversary this year. The history of PMQ dates back to the 19th century. At the very beginning, this site housed the Central School, but after the campus was razed to the ground during World War II, it was rebuilt as the first Police Married Quarters for married junior police officers in 1951. It was the first housing project
for rank-and-file police officers until 2000, when all the
residents moved out. In 2010, the Former Hollywood Road Police Married
Quarters was rated by the Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) as a Grade 3 historic building, and later the Development Bureau announced that it would be transformed into a landmark for the creative industry named “PMQ”, which eventually began operation in 2014. Today, PMQ has become a mixed-use venue for arts
and design. While for many visitors it’s just a cool place to stop off in Hong Kong, where they can find crafted goods in stores that contain both retail space and artists’ own studios, attend art or cooking workshops or participate in different kinds of events, PMQ does much more to
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