The paper highlights the need to boost the commercial potential of arts, while pledging to engage private developers. There are also plans to build cultural facilities in the Northern Metropolis, including a museum to showcase China’s achievements.

So how comprehensive is this blueprint? And how long will it take the different stakeholders to put these plans into action? We’ll find out.

After 9:45, we’ll look into the latest HIV figures, as NGOs call on those at risk to get tested more regularly, ahead of World AIDS Day on Sunday.

9:05am-9:45am: Blueprint for Arts and Culture and Creative Industries Development

9:05am-9:30am: Mathias Woo, Co-artistic Director and Executive Director of International Experimental theatre company Zuni Icosahendron

9:05am-9:30am: John Batten, President of the International Association of Art Critics Hong Kong

9:30am-9:45am: Ellen Seiter, Chair Professor and Director, Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University


9:45am-10:00am: HIV figures

9:45am-10:00am: Jerome Yau, Chief Executive, AIDS Concern