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Old art form, new experience

     It is curtain up for the Xiqu Centre today (January 20). The West Kowloon Cultural District’s first landmark performing arts venue will offer audiences a unique opera-going experience. The arts hub is reviving an old tradition by bringing together Cantonese opera and tea-drinking at its Tea House Theatre.

     News.gov.hk spoke to the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority’s Executive Director of Performing Arts and to a Cantonese opera actor to learn more about the centre’s design and its facilities.

     The story appears on news.gov.hk today in text and video format. read more

Yellow fire danger warning

Attention duty announcers, radio and TV stations: Yellow fire danger warning      The fire danger situation today (January 20) is yellow and the risk of fire is high. People are urged to prevent fires breaking out and hik… read more