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...Tung's greatest contribution to a city often derided as a cultural desert: an arts center to be built on 40 weedy hectares of reclaimed harborfront land. First introduced in Tung's 1999 policy address, and later refined with a master plan by British architect Norman Foster, the West Kowloon Cultural District is slated to include at least four museums, four performance venues, art schools, galleries and studios, all housed under a swooping, transparent canopy. The district is to be built without any outlay from the public purse. It's the kind of project a well-oiled, popular administration should...
...speech was a cause of public concern, insisting: "We are resolutely against collusion between business and the government, and will strictly enforce our monitoring systems to eliminate any transfer of benefits." Earlier this month, the legislature voted 34-3 for a non-binding resolution against the West Kowloon plan. "Invariably, people see this as a conspiracy between the government and big business," says legislator Alan Leong, who tabled the motion...
...writes. This, plus his status as a gweilo ("ghostly man," or Caucasian), allows him to walk undeterred into Hong Kong's brothels and opium dens to befriend coolies, Triad gangsters and the real-life model for Hiroshima Joe. Perhaps Booth's biggest coup is talking his way into Kowloon Walled City, a notorious no-go area of vice, violence and opium dens. Afterward, his guide, a young Triad member named Lau, gestures toward a pig being slaughtered in a nearby butcher shop. "Blood sprayed from its neck," writes Booth. "Lau put his hands on my shoulder in an affable manner...
...writes. This, plus his status as a gweilo ("white devil," or foreigner), allows him to walk undeterred into Hong Kong's brothels and opium dens to befriend coolies, Triad gangsters and the real-life model for Hiroshima Joe. Perhaps Booth's biggest coup is talking his way into Kowloon Walled City, a notorious no-go area of vice and violence, where he watches old men smoke opium and prostitutes while away the afternoon waiting for business. Afterward, his guide, a young Triad member named Lau, gestures toward a pig in a nearby butcher shop. "A man in a pair...
...Hong Kong will build a new arts center, which everyone in the territory's cultural community agrees is long overdue. The complex, which will occupy a 40-hectare swath of reclaimed harborside land in Kowloon, is in the final planning stages. The guidelines at present do not call for a symphonic concert hall, an omission De Waart condemns bitterly. "It is the death knell of an orchestra if it doesn't have its own home," he says. "Right now, we have a gigantic venue problem in Hong Kong?we must book soloists years in advance, but when they show...