Month: July 2025

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

In accordance with the Lands Resumption Ordinance, the Lands Department today posted land resumption notices to resume land at Nga Tsin Wai Road/Carpenter Road in Kowloon City for implementing an urban renewal project.

 

A total of 1,009 property interests will be resumed. The affected interests will revert to the Government on October 18.

 

This urban renewal project, included in the Urban Renewal Authority’s Business Plan for 2022-23, is expected to help improve the overall living environment in the area.

 

The 37,061 sq m project site will be redeveloped for residential use with retail/commercial facilities, at-grade landscaped diversified space, underground ancillary parking and loading/unloading facilities.

 

The project will also provide a public vehicle park, as well as government, institution or community facilities.

 

Apart from statutory compensation, eligible owners of domestic properties will also be offered an ex-gratia home purchase allowance or a supplementary allowance as appropriate. Eligible domestic tenants will be offered rehousing or an ex-gratia allowance.

 

Meanwhile, eligible commercial property occupiers, including owners and tenants, may opt for an ex-gratia allowance in lieu of the right to claim statutory compensation for business and related losses.

 

If statutory claims made by the affected owners and tenants of both domestic and commercial properties cannot be settled by agreement, the owners and tenants may apply to the Lands Tribunal for adjudication. Professional fees reasonably incurred by the claimants in making such claims may be reimbursed by the Government.

Source: Hong Kong Information Services

The Leisure & Cultural Services Department (LCSD) announced today that it will distribute free activity coupons starting July 21 for Sport For All Day 2025, which will be held on August 3.

 

Citizens with the coupons can take part in free recreation and sports programmes at designated sports centres on the event day.

 

Sport For All Day 2025’s theme is “Coalescing together for the National Games”, echoing Hong Kong’s cohosting of the 15th National Games, the 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games with Guangdong Province and the Macau Special Administrative Region for the first time.

 

Cheerleading and breaking performances, rugby and golf fun activities, virtual fencing, karting and triathlon, along with table tennis fun activities for people with different abilities will be set up at Kowloon Park Sports Centre, the event’s prime venue.

 

Other designated sports centres will organise fitness programmes, health talks, sports demonstrations and a fun day for families, children, youngsters, the elderly and those with disabilities.

 

Activity coupons will be available from 8.30am on July 21 at the LCSD District Leisure Services Offices or designated venues. A portion of the coupons will be reserved for walk-in participants on the event day.

 

Various LCSD leisure facilities will be open for free use on Sport For All Day. Ballot applications for August 3 can be made via SmartPLAY from now until July 23.

 

Additionally, the Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China will hold the Sport for All Experience Day at GO PARK Sai Sha on August 3, where the LCSD will set up an activity booth to promote the joy of sports.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

The Lands Department today (July 17) posted land resumption notices in accordance with section 4 of the Lands Resumption Ordinance (Chapter 124) to resume land at Nga Tsin Wai Road/Carpenter Road in Kowloon City for the implementation of an urban renewal project.
 
The project was included in the Urban Renewal Authority’s Business Plan for 2022-23, and its implementation will help improve the overall living environment in the area. The project site, with a gross area of about 37 061 square metres, will be redeveloped for residential use with retail/commercial facilities, at-grade landscaped diversified space, as well as underground ancillary parking and loading/unloading facilities. The project will also provide a public vehicle park and government, institution or community facilities.
 
A total of 1 009 property interests at the project site will be resumed by the Government. The affected interests will revert to the Government on the expiration of three months from the date of affixing the land resumption notices (i.e. October 18, 2025).
 
Apart from statutory compensation, eligible owners of domestic properties will also be offered an ex-gratia home purchase allowance or a supplementary allowance as appropriate. Eligible domestic tenants will be offered rehousing or an ex-gratia allowance.

Eligible commercial property occupiers, including owners and tenants, may opt for an ex-gratia allowance in lieu of the right to claim statutory compensation for business and related losses.

If statutory claims made by the affected owners and tenants of both domestic and commercial properties under the Lands Resumption Ordinance cannot be settled by agreement, the owners and tenants may apply to the Lands Tribunal for adjudication. Professional fees reasonably incurred by the claimants in making such claims may be reimbursed by the Government.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

     The Leisure and Cultural Services Department will present a cross-cultural music lecture series entitled “When Chinese landscape painting meets Western classical music” from September to October. The eight-lecture series, hosted by music critic William Ting, will explore the connections between Chinese landscape painting and Western classical music through appreciating works of Chinese and Western artists from various perspectives. The programme will also feature live demonstrations by pianist Chung Chi-woo and qin musician Chung Siu-sun in different lectures, offering audiences a fresh perspective on viewing paintings and appreciating music.
 
     Details of each lecture are as follows:

Lecture 1: “Connect: The Meeting Point of Chinese Painting and Western Music” 
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Date: September 5 (Friday)
Piano demonstration: Chung Chi-woo

To provide an overview of the stylistic features and characteristics of Chinese landscape painting and Western classical music across different periods, examining the intersections between them and the similarities in their historical development.

Lecture 2: “Sublime: Fan Kuan and J.S. Bach” 
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Date: September 12 (Friday)
Piano demonstration: Chung Chi-woo
 
     To explore the connections between the works of Northern Song dynasty painter Fan Kuan and Baroque music master Bach, and discuss the intersection of “Travelers Among Mountains and Streams” and “The Art of Fugue”, two masterpieces in the history of Chinese painting and Western music.

Lecture 3: “Transcendent Elegance: Ni Zan and Mozart”
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Date: September 19 (Friday)
Piano demonstration: William Ting
 
     Through appreciating the works of Yuan dynasty painter Ni Zan and Western classical music composer Mozart, in an attempt to reveal the inner worlds of the two artists while exploring the aesthetic significance and similarities behind their creations.

Lecture 4: “Visual Melodies: Sound and Music in the Paintings”
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Date: September 26 (Friday)
Guqin demonstration and explanation: Chung Siu-sun
 
     Featuring a selection of Chinese landscape paintings and Western paintings to explore how to “listen” to the artworks’ audible elements, or how to integrate melodies and musical forms into the paintings with lines and colours, thereby discovering these “visible” sounds.
 
Lecture 5: “Ancient Worshipping: Dong Qichang and Brahms”
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Date: October 10 (Friday)
Piano demonstration: Chung Chi-woo
 
     Through examining the works of Ming dynasty painter Dong Qichang and Western classical music composer Brahms, to explore how they both “imitated” their ancient masters while forging new paths for future generations, illustrating the close relationship between arts development and the social environment of their time.
 
Lecture 6: “The Beauty of Ugliness: Shitao and Beethoven”
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Date: October 17 (Friday)
Piano demonstration: Chung Chi-woo
 
     To explore how the works of Qing dynasty painter Shitao and Western classical music composer Beethoven take ugliness as a kind of beauty, subverting the aesthetic traditions of their time, thereby offering new perspectives for interpreting these “ugly” creations.
 
Lecture 7: “Deliberate Blank: Silence and Emptiness in Music and Painting”
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Date: October 24 (Friday)
Piano demonstration: Chung Chi-woo

     To analyse how the technique of “deliberate blank” in Chinese ink painting infuses works with “spiritual energy” and stimulates the viewers’ imagination, and how different uses of “silence” in Western music express emotions and imbue music with deeper meaning.
 
Lecture 8: “Inner Beauty: Fou Ts’ong and Huang Binhong”
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Date: October 31 (Friday)
Piano demonstration: William Ting
 
     To explore how the essence of Chinese culture is reflected in the musical approach of pianist Fou Ts’ong from the perspective of musical interpretation, and how these relate to painter Huang Binhong’s works.
 
     William Ting graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University and received his Master Degree in Historical Musicology from Royal Holloway, University of London. He is currently a life member of the International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong). As a local music critic, Ting’s writings are widely published in art magazines, newspapers and online. As a musicologist, Ting has conducted numerous public lectures in recent years including Baroque Music Lecture Series: Bach & Beyond in 2022.
 
     Chung Chi-woo earned his Master Degree in Piano Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in the United States. He has performed solo recitals and chamber performances across Europe and the United States and participated in many music festivals and master classes. Chung Siu-sun is a pupil of seasoned virtuoso of guqin Sou Si-tai, studying both guqin and xiao. He contributed his guqin expertise to the album “Gem of Ci Poetry Music” in recent years. He is currently the general officer of the Deyin Qin Society. 
 
     All lectures will be conducted in Cantonese and start at 7.30pm in the Lecture Hall of the Hong Kong Space Museum. Each lecture will run for about one hour and 30 minutes. Tickets priced at $80 (for each lecture, with free seating) are now available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For telephone bookings, please call 3166 1288. For programme enquiries, please call 2268 7321 or visit www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/CulturalService/Programme/en/music/programs_1886.html.

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region

The “Great Music 2025”, presented by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, will continue to present a series of spectacular performances from September to November, featuring numerous world-class musicians and a celebrated orchestra, showcasing the city’s unique charm as an international centre of arts and culture.

Details of the programmes are as follows:————————————————————————————–
Date and time: September 14 (Sunday), 8pm
Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Ticket prices: $250 to $550————————————————————————————–
Date and time: October 21 (Tuesday), 8pm
Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Ticket prices: $200 to $420————————————————————————————–
Date and time: November 17 (Monday), 8pm
Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Ticket prices: $220 to $480————————————————————————————–
Date and time: November 20 and 21 (Thursday and Friday), 8pm
Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Ticket prices: $450 to $1,450—————————————————————————————–
Date and time: November 22 (Saturday), 8pm
Venue: Concert Hall, Hong Kong City Hall
Ticket prices: $280 to $880