Commentary
Over the past week, a number of cultural events took place in Hong Kong. Culture is essentially political, and such events convey quite some political messages.
The Hong Kong Palace Museum was officially opened on July 3, after seven years of preparation. As a gift from “China the motherland,” its opening was given full-page coverage in the leftist newspapers. Ta Kung Pao quoted interviewees as saying that the Museum is not only a new cultural landmark in Hong Kong, but also one for the entire Greater Bay Area. As the government wanted everything under control, there was no public consultation before the signing of the memorandum of understanding, and in the absence of a formal tender the government directly commissioned the design by architect Rocco Yim, to ensure that the huge Chinese presence will be secured in the West Kowloon Cultural District….