Cultural Bureau 文化局

Cultural Bureau
繁：文化局
简：文化局

卸任在即的特首梁振英，日前接受中央媒體聯合訪問回顧5年施政，形容任內在房屋、貧窮、老年社會和環保4個施政重點上「都有了些進展」，但遺憾是「反對派」立法會議員拉布，令文化局至今未能成立。

梁：任內施政有進展 憾拉布阻及文化局（2017年6月19日）。明報，取自 https://news.mingpao.com/pns1706191497808277278

But he regretted the failure to set up a cultural bureau, which he blamed on the filibustering of opposition lawmakers.

Un, P. (2017, June 19). Hongkongers should know basic law by heart, says Leung. The Standard. Retrieved from http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=184108

There is also no champion within government (here the presence of a Cultural Bureau might make a difference) to advocate expanding the interpretation of “industrial” to include the cultural and creative industries, thereby legalizing the use of industrial spaces by art groups.

Wong, A. (2015, December 31). Culture and the arts in Hong Kong – as rosy as they say?. Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved from https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/31/culture-and-the-arts-in-hong-kong-as-rosy-as-they-say

Although there is no specific “cultural bureau” in Hong Kong, it does not mean that Hong Kong does not attach importance to culture, nor that its cultural polices are not successful. Hong Kong has instead fused cultural factors into every single field.

Ho, C. P. (2011, June 29). Does HK need a ‘cultural bureau’? Probably not. China Daily. Retrieved from http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2011-06/29/content_12797410.htm