Regarding the establishment of the "Cultural, Sports and Tourism Bureau", the public has responded positively, believing that this will help better coordinate the development of cultural and sports and break the shortcomings of multiple politicians.
However, the stagnant cultural development in Hong Kong is largely due to the unequal distribution of resources. The government does not have any funding, but most of the funding flows into official activities, which in a disguised form suppresses the development of non-governmental organizations.
In an interview with "Hong Kong 01", Guan Qiyun, head of the Department of Arts and Associate Professor of the Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, The University of Hong Kong, mentioned that although more and more young people are engaged in art work, "It is obvious that Hong Kong artists lack art. Funding."
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Guan Qiyun, an associate professor in the Department of Arts, School of Humanities, University of Hong Kong, pointed out that Hong Kong artists lack government funding.
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Guan Qiyun mentioned the "Hey! Bye You Joo" art exhibition held in Finland this year. "It takes a lot of money to do home exhibitions abroad. Shipping (handling costs) is very expensive. Bring large pieces. If you want to go out, you may have to face budget overruns. Financial support is very much needed.” For art in Hong Kong, it’s easy to do some personal exhibitions, but if you want to develop further and raise the level of exhibitions, The difficulties are much greater, because Hong Kong artists often cannot afford it independently, "but foreign artists don’t need to think about this because their financial support is usually very sufficient."
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