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2020-01-22 18:05
Last updated: 2020-01-22 18:06The Lunar New Year is approaching. The government will cancel the dry goods market this year, and Victoria Park, which is bound to explode every year, will become sparse this year. Citizens have found a new place to join the fun, and instead walked to many private Lunar New Year markets. Among them, there is a crowd at a Lai Chi Kok shopping mall that hosts an indoor New Year's Eve. At the highest peak, citizens have to wait in line for more than an hour to enter the venue. This sale of different handicrafts, a number of popular illustrators and Youtuber's Lunar New Year Fair, once again brought the word "culture and creation" back to the vision of Hong Kong people.
This sale of different handicrafts, a number of popular illustrators and Youtuber's Lunar New Year Fair, once again brought the word "culture and creation" back to the vision of Hong Kong people. (Profile picture)
"Culture and Innovation" cannot be limited to I & T
The so-called "cultural and creative" refers to "cultural and creative industries". In addition to jewelry, fashion, and decorations in daily cognition, it also includes different forms of artistic works such as performing arts, song and film works, as well as different graphic and publishing designs. It also includes the innovative "software, computer games and interactive media" industries. Therefore, although the meanings of "Technology" and "Cultural Innovation" are mixed, they are not exactly the same.
Hong Kong has always been dubbed as a cultural desert, and Taiwan has given people artistic impressions from time to time. However, from the perspective of figures, Hong Kong's "cultural and creative industries" have actually performed worse than Taiwan. According to the statistics of the "Cultural and Creative Industries of Hong Kong" by the Census and Statistics Department, although the added value of the cultural and creative industries in Hong Kong has increased from 63.2 billion in 2008 to 111.7 billion in 2017, the increase in ten years has reached 77%. Vulgar.
It is just that the growth of "cultural and creative industries" in Hong Kong has actually been driven by "software, computer games and interactive media", and its value accounts for 44.6% of the overall cultural and creative industries. On the contrary, the added value of the "artwork, antiques and handicrafts" and "design" industries, which are more related to art and handicraft creation, actually only accounted for 7.9% and 3.8% of the total value of the cultural and creative industries, and there is still much room for development.
The reason is that the government policy in recent years has tilted towards "Innovation and Technology", which has slowed down the growth of the art and design industries that can show Hong Kong's cultural vitality. The government should review the policy direction in the future. While supporting I & T, it also supports other cultural and creative industries. For example, the government can provide start-up capital to start-up cultural and creative enterprises, and first attract more talents with design or artistic creation capabilities to join the industry. Considering that the cultural and creative industry is dominated by micro-enterprises, many workers have to open files and move goods because of financial constraints. The Hong Kong government can even imitate Taiwan and launch a low-interest financing plan for potential cultural and creative micro-enterprises. Expand the scale of cultural, creative and micro enterprises.
In addition to funding and funding, it is the long-term strategy for cultural and creative industries to thrive in Hong Kong and always provide healthy soil to the industry. (Profile picture / Photo by Li Zetong)
Cultural and Creative Park is worth learning
In addition to funding and funding, it is the long-term strategy for cultural and creative industries to thrive in Hong Kong and always provide healthy soil to the industry. However, local cultural and creative industries in Hong Kong have been constrained by land problems for many years, and often need to breathe between short-term shops in industrial buildings or shopping malls. Taking a long line of Lai Chi Kok shopping malls as an example, there is rarely a chance for a group of illustrators and Youtuber to gather together.
The Hong Kong government has not invested resources and provided land, such as the M + Museum and the Hong Kong Palace Museum. However, these projects can only benefit well-known artists and people who have already established a certain interest in art. On the contrary, for those engaged in local culture and creative industries, they are always close to the fire. As for the government ’s 2018 policy address, the government has stated that it has reserved more than 20 billion yuan for the improvement and expansion of cultural facilities. The government has also stated that it is used for hardware renovation, antiquities restoration, and “recognized arts group” funding. The government should consider this. The huge amount of money has created growth soil for the cultural and creative world.
Taking advantage of the fact that many Hong Kong people travel to Taiwan, there are not only Huashan 1914 Cultural and Creative Park, Shiguqiao Sugar Cultural and Creative Park, etc., but also each park has its own special characteristics, and there are also different artists and designers selling different boutiques and clothing on site There will also be different cultural events. The cultural and creative park has been open for a long time, and in addition to providing operating space for the industry, guests can also spend at fixed locations. For the cultural and creative industry mainly composed of micro-enterprises, it is easier to promote different brands through the park by concentrating different brands. It can be used as a reference when the Hong Kong Government develops future cultural policies. Many Hong Kong people deliberately visit different cultural and creative attractions in Taiwan, not without reason.
Even though Hong Kong is a golden land, cultural innovation is not just a business or a workshop. What art reflects is the local cultural value, and it shows the different understandings of "Hong Kong" by different local artists. Tourism has been Hong Kong's core industry for many years. In addition to shopping malls and restaurants, tourists may ask, what else does Hong Kong have? As the so-called "Hong Kong's most beautiful scenery is people", through the establishment of a cultural and creative park belonging to Hong Kong, Hong Kong has more interesting handwritten letters that can bring tourists.
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