Major Cultural Events
	Date Event   August 2003- April 2006 New Face of Heritage — Installation of Public Artworks at Yat Tung Estate, Tung Chung, Stage II artworks commission   The Wild Geese Flying Towards South-East, a commissioned artwork under New Face of Heritage — Installation of Public Artworks at Yat Tung Estate, Tung Chung, Stage II project.   August 2003-2008 Public Art Scheme 2003/04 artwork commission   July 2004- December 2006 Camera Yuen Long: Art-in-Subways photographic works for display in various subways in Yuen Long   An exhibition of winning photographic works of the Camera Yuen Long: Art-in-Subways project.   September 2004-August 2005 Third Inter-school Competition of Study Projects on Hong Kong's History and Culture   September 13, 2004- March 6, 2005 Flowers in the Mirrors exhibition on loan to Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France as one of the exchange programmes of the France-China Cultural Years   A woman touring the Country of Ladies of the Flowers in the Mirrors exhibition.   October 15, 2004- May 31, 2005 Serving Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Volunteers exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence   December 10, 2004- March 6, 2005 Tricky Wonderland exhibition at the Hong Kong Film Archive   December 22, 2004- September 15, 2005 A Synthesis of Lyrical Excellence and Martial Agility: The Stage Art of Ng Kwan Lai exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   Traditional Chinese opera costume at display at the A Synthesis of Lyrical Excellence and Martial Agility: The Stage Art of Ng Kwan Lai exhibition.   January-July 4.23 World Book Day — Reading Book Reports Competitions   Children happily showing their certificates in the 4.23 Book Reports Competitions.   January-July Exhibition on the Drafting and Implementation of the Basic Law   January 7 - February 13 French Cinema: From Classic to Contemporary   January 7 - February 27 Book Donation and Sale Campaign 2005   Book Donation and Sale Campaign.   January 14-16 Jean Cocteau's classical movie Beauty and the Beast with live music accompaniment by venerable contemporary composer Philip Glass and his Ensemble (USA) at the Kwai Tsing Theatre   Venerable contemporary composer Philip Glass has turned Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, a masterpiece of the 'modern' art movement of the 20th Century, into a new form of musical theatre.   January 24- February 28 Public Lectures on History and Business in China 2005   January 28-30 Sichuan Province Sichuan Theatre at the Kwai Tsing Theatre   February-July Competition on Story Writing in Chinese for Students in 2005   Champions from the three sections of the Competition on Story Writing in Chinese for Students.   February 4-March 13 Lunar New Year Lantern Display at Kowloon Park   February 5-April 10 One of the Year of France in China highlight programmes, Impressionism: Treasures from the National Collection of France exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Art   Students queuing up for the Impressionism: Treasures from the National Collection of France exhibition.   February 10 Lunar New Year Fireworks Display   February 18-March 5 Cityscape in Films   February 19, 22 and 23 Lunar New Year Lantern Carnivals   March-September The 15th Chinese Poetry Writing Competition   March-November The 8th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature   The Prize Presentation Ceremony of the 8th Hong Kong Biennial Awards for Chinese Literature.   March 1-May 20 Decoding the Hair exhibition at the Hong Kong Science Museum   Decoding the Hair exhibition at the Hong Kong Science Museum explored the social and scientific aspects of hair from an interesting angle.   March 9-30 Eye on the World map exhibition at the Hong Kong Central Library   March 14-June 10 From Eastern Han to High Tang: A Journey of Transculturation exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   A painted female rider from the Tang dynasty.   March 17-May 4 Science Alive 2005 exhibitions and programmes at the Hong Kong Science Museum   March 18-June 5 Pearl River Delta: Movie • Culture • Life exhibition at the Hong Kong Film Archive   Pearl River Delta: Movie • Culture • Life exhibition at the Hong Kong Film Archive.   March 22-April 6 The 29th Hong Kong International Film Festival   March 22-July 9 Centennial of Chinese Cinema — Sun Yu: Poet of Cinema; Pearl River Delta: Movie • Culture • Life   March 27 The 24th Hong Kong Film Awards Presentation Ceremony   March 30 Start of the Ten Recommended Good Books 2005 Programme   Ten Recommended Good Books 2005 Programme.   April 2 Opening of the Ma On Shan Public Library   The Ma On Shan Public Library is well-equipped to meet the needs of people of all ages.   April 2-24 Interactive Theatre at the Hong Kong Museum of History   The Interactive Theatre at the Hong Kong Museum of History allows people to review the stories of Hong Kong in the last century.   April 3-November 6 Talk Series on Cosmopolitan Hong Kong   April 13-July 11 Huizhou Vernacular Architecture exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   April 14-17 Shanghai Shaoxing Opera Group at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   April 16-June 30 Exhibition of Proposals for the Development of West Kowloon Cultural District at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   April 17 Seminar on From Eastern Han to High Tang: A Journey of Transculturation at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   April 22-July 3 Secret Codes — The Art of Hon Chi-fun at the Hong Kong Museum of Art   Iron sculpture Brotherly Ride by Hon Chi-fun.   April 25-27 Peking Opera Gala at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   April 26-27 Broadway Musical Highlights by Young Ambassadors of Brigham Young University from the United States at the Hong Kong City Hall and the Tuen Mun Town Hall   May 4-15 Ola Kala by Les Arts Sauts (France) in Victoria Park   Ola Kala by Les Arts Sauts (France).   May 6-8 Bamboo Dream by the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   Bamboo Dream by the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan.   May 14-15 International Museum Day 2005, Hong Kong exposition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   Children participating in various educational activities on International Museum Day 2005.   May 29 Translation and the Arts Seminar at the Hong Kong Central Library   June-September Primary School Quiz   June 2005-April 2007 Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme III exhibition series at various venues including cultural/civic centres, town halls, MTR/KCR stations, hospitals and shopping malls   Oxide by So Yan-kei at the launch exhibition of the third Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme at the Hong Kong Central Library.   June 2-4 A Showcase of Comic Role Characters in Kunqu Opera by Zhejiang Kunqu Opera Troupe at the Hong Kong City Hall and the Tsuen Wan Town Hall   June 3-4 Tricodex by Lyon Opera Ballet, a Year of France in China programme, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   June 10-19 The 2nd South African Film Festival   June 22-August 29 Impressions of the East: The Art of George Chinnery exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of History   The Kirkpatrick Children by George Chinnery.   June 24-July 3 Solo/Double/Male/Female Series — Linda Marlowe and Gareth Armstrong from the UK and Shou Mei-kwan and Lee Chun-chow from Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   June 24-October 25 The Robot Zoo exhibition at the Hong Kong Science Museum   Visitors could visualise how the robotic rhinoceros moved by manipulating its 'skeleton'.   July 2005-June 2006 Mobile Art Expedition graphic artworks for display inside bus compartments and ferry pier (Dec 3, 2005-Jun 2, 2006)   July 1-August 7 The War Against Japanese Aggression — History and Memories   July 1, 2005- February 22, 2006 The 8-Year War of Resistance exhibition at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence   The 8-Year War of Resistance exhibition.   July 3-November 28 Spaces and Places exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   The model 17 Miles showed groups of houses in the shape of white cubes stacked across a steep slope facing a panoramic sea view.   July 8-August 21 International Arts Carnival   Children's adventure musical Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.   July 9-30 Talk Series: Successful Women in Hong Kong Tell Their Stories   July 12-15 International Conference to Celebrate the 600th Anniversary of Zheng He's Voyages of Discovery at the Hong Kong Museum of History   July 16-August 21 International Children's Film Carnival 2005   July 23-24 Summer Fun Carnival at Victoria Park   July 23-August 22 Summer Reading Month 2005   Exhibition on Children Stories: A Journey to the Whimsy Kingdom, the kick-off programme of Summer Reading Month, introduced to children world-renowned Chinese and Western literature through playful exhibition areas like rainforest, castle and outerspace station.   July 27-August 9 Summer Science Weeks   July 30-31 and August 6-7 Heat Wave Channel — a series of live entertainment DJ shows at Sai Kung Waterfront Park and Stanley Plaza Village Square   Young dancers performing in Heat Wave Channel.   August 11-14 Shanghai Kunqu Opera Troupe at the Hong Kong City Hall   August 12-31 Repertory Cinema 2005 — Alain Resnais: Travelling in Time   August 17-31 Contemporary Croatian Drawing exhibition — a display of 120 drawings by contemporary Croatian artists at the Hong Kong City Hall   August 25 Mobile Library 10 put into service   August 27 Hong Kong Museum of History 30th Anniversary Open Day   August 28, 2005- January 2, 2006 Essence of Purity: Exhibition to Commemorate the 100th Birthday of Chao Shao-an at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   Essence of Purity — Exhibition to Commemorate the 100th Birthday of Chao Shao-an.   September 2005- March 2006 The 11th Hong Kong Independent Short Film and Video Awards   September 9-11 Dreams by Ballet Flamenco Sara Baras (Spain) at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   September 9- October 16 Mid-Autumn Lantern Display in Kowloon Park   Colourful lantern display at the lotus pool of Kowloon Park during the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival.   September 16- November 27 The Way of Landscape — Donation of Chinese Ink Painting by Lau Ping-hang at the Hong Kong Museum of Art   Chinese painting Waterfall in the Autumn Mountains by Lau Ping-hang.   September 17-19 Mid-Autumn Lantern Carnivals   An innovative modern art installation, the Luminiarium Levity II, at Victoria Park.   September 23-24 Dionysus by Shizuoka Performing Arts Centre from Japan at the Kwai Tsing Theatre   September 23- October 9 Hong Kong and Japan: Early Co-productions   Japanese star Takarada Akira shared his experience in early Hong Kong-Japan co-productions with the audience.   September 23, 2005- February 12, 2006 Chinese Paintings from the C.P. Lin Collection at the Hong Kong Museum of Art   Painting and Calligraphy on a Round Fan Xu Gu — Chinese Paintings from the C.P. Lin Collection.   September 29- October 3 Puccini's Opera Turandot at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   September 30, 2005- January 2, 2006 East Meets West: Cultural Relics from the Pearl River Delta Region exhibition   October 1 National Day Fireworks Display   October 7-9 The Sleeping Beauty by the Russian National Ballet Theatre at the Sha Tin Town Hall, the Tsuen Wan Town Hall and the Yuen Long Theatre   The Russian National Ballet Theatre brought to Hong Kong audiences the famous classic Sleeping Beauty.   October 8- November 4 Beijing in the Past: An Exhibition of the Old Pictures Collected by Capital Library of China at the Hong Kong Central Library   Beijing in the Past: An Exhibition of the Old Pictures Collected by Capital Library of China.   October 18- November 16 Centennial of Chinese Cinema — Chinese Film Panorama 2005   Gao Yuanyuan (right), the lead actress in Shanghai Dreams, and Pu Cunxin (left), the lead actor in A Bright Moon and Lu Xun, attended the Opening Ceremony of the Chinese Film Panorama 2005.   October 20- November 2 Microwave International Media Art Festival 2005   October 20- November 20 Latin Passion Festival   Latin Passion Festival.   October 22-30 MAX!2005 — German Language Film Festival   October 28-29 Red Lovers by the Guangdong Song and Dance Theatre, a programme of the Greater Pearl River Delta Cultural Cooperation Project, at the Sha Tin Town Hall   October 29 Soft opening of the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre   October 29-30 Latin Fiesta at Victoria Park   October 29, 2005- April 30, 2006 The Ancient Culture of Hong Kong: Archaeological Discoveries in Sha Ha, Sai Kung exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre   A glazed pottery basin with impressed pattern from the Song dynasty.   October 30 Lantern Painting Activity at West Kowloon Waterfront Promenade painting/calligraphy on lantern pillars   An artist adding her flair to a lantern tower.   November 9 Encore Series — Cello Recital by Yo-Yo Ma at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   World renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma.   November 12-27 Yellow Willow in the Frost: Films of Anna May Wong   November 13-14 Concert by the Berliner Philharmoniker and Piazza Live Relay of the Concert by the Berliner Philharmoniker   November 20 Asia Ethnic Cultural Performances at the Sha Tin Town Hall Plaza   November 20 Concert in the Park at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Piazza   November 25, 2005- July 19, 2006 Auspicious Emblems: Chinese Cultural Treasures — 45th Anniversary Exhibition of the Min Chiu Society at the Hong Kong Museum of Art   November 26, 2005- January 21, 2006 Inspired by Jean Cocteau exhibition at the Hong Kong Film Archive   Fashion designed by Henry Lau — the merging of different worlds is a recurring theme in Jean Cocteau's works.   November 26, 2005- March 26, 2006 Optical Illusion exhibition at the Hong Kong Science Museum   A picture of a Basset Hound that is composed of hundreds of different animal photographs.   November 27 Bravo! A Cantonese Opera Fiesta! Cantonese Opera Day 2005 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   Cantonese Opera Day 2005.   November 28 Awards Presentation Ceremony of the Hong Kong Heritage Awards (2004) at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre   November 29, 2005- March 31, 2006 Winning Entries of the Hong Kong Heritage Awards (2004) Exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre   December 2 Reprovisioning of the Tai Kok Tsui Public Library   Tai Kok Tsui Public Library.   December 2-3 Distinguished Chinese Scientists Lecture Series 2005   Distinguished Chinese Scientists Lecture Series 2005.   December 2-18 Repertory Cinema 2005 — British New Wave of the 60s   December 6-20 The 34th French Cinepanorama   December 16-18 The Argument by Theatre O from the UK at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre   December 16, 2005- March 5, 2006 Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition 2005 at the Hong Kong Museum of Art   Chinese Painting of Qing Shui Ju, No.7-12 by Wong Hau-kwei.   December 21, 2005- March 19, 2006 The Silk Road: Treasures from Xinjiang exhibition at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum   Wooden cart recovered from a Tang burial site.   December 31 2005 New Year's Eve Countdown Carnival at Sha Tin Park   New Year's Eve Countdown Carnival at Sha Tin Park and the Sha Tin Town Hall.
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