Cultural Services

Hong Kong has one of the liveliest cultural scenes in Asia — it is a regional centre of the arts that thrives on a fusion of creative talents from the East and West. The Cultural Services Branch plans and manages performance venues, and organises cultural and entertainment programmes to promote the arts and culture in Hong Kong. It also provides public library services to meet the community's need for information, informal education and the profitable use of leisure, and to promote the literary arts in Hong Kong. In addition, helping to preserve Hong Kong's cultural heritage and promoting an awareness of this heritage through the provision and development of museums and related services form an important part of the Branch's work.

Through these services, the Branch aims to create an environment that encourages artistic expression, and advances a deeper appreciation of culture in the community. This will help in the development of a more open and mature society that embraces the arts and culture as part of everyday life.

Hong Kong has excellent facilities for the presentation of a broad array of cultural activities. These facilities include 13 performance venues, seven major museums, six smaller museums, one heritage centre, a film archive, two indoor stadia and a network of 66 static libraries and 10 mobile libraries.