On the 10th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong, the Home
Affairs Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region announced on July12 the "Asia Cultural
Co-operation Forum 2007," was held on July 22 in Hong Kong.
The forum's theme was "Culture coming home" and it attracted
professional artists from all over the world to discuss the
relationship between Chinese and Hong Kong culture.
The forum had four sessions: "World Creativity Summit: Launch
and Public Dialogues," "Living Urban Heritage," "Culture Core
Values and Chinese Modernity," and "Popular Culture."
Representatives and culture ministers from Singapore, Indonesia,
Thailand, Philippine, Malaysia, Korea, Japan and Vietnam and senior
officials from the Ministry of Culture, provinces and
municipalities of PRC were to take part in the forum.
The Home Affairs Bureau initiated the Asia Cultural Co-operation
Forum (ACCF) in 2003 to foster and enhance partnership between
governments, to facilitate and promote private sector initiatives
in cultural and creative industries, and enhance Hong Kong's
profile as the cultural and creative hub of Asia.
The guest speakers included:
Prof. Yu Dan,Head, Department of TV and Cinema Studies, Beijing.
Normal University, China
Prof. Tu Weiming,Professor, Department of East Asian Languages
and Civilizations, Harvard University, USA
Prof. Ngugi Wa Thiong'O,Distinguished Professor of English and
Comparative Literature, University of California, Irvine, USA
Prof Leon van Schaik Ao,Professor of Architecture, The Royal
Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia
(Chinaculture.org July 25, 2007)