{"id":70220,"date":"2026-07-20T18:20:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70220"},"modified":"2026-07-20T18:20:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:20:05","slug":"can-hong-kong-mega-arts-event-hkpax-2026-meet-targets-in-tough-economic-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=70220","title":{"rendered":"Can Hong Kong \u2018mega\u2019 arts event HKPAX 2026 meet targets in tough economic times?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong\u2019s Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX), a HK$40 million (US$5 million) event scheduled for October 2026 to boost the city\u2019s international image as a cultural centre, has cut ticket prices and diversified its programming to attract attendance during a tough global economic climate, its new leadership says.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Launched by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (ADC) in 2024, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">the biennial five-day event<\/span> aims to match the delegate numbers from two years ago without increasing the amount it pays on inviting guests and covering their expenses.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cIt is industry practice to invite some guests,\u201d says Anne Chan, co-director of HKPAX and ADC\u2019s arts space, research and development director. \u201cLast time, we covered the flight and hotel expenses of 5 per cent of the 1,600 delegates, and the ratio is likely to remain the same this time.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-12vv9w2 e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"HKPAX co-director Anne Chan says this year\u2019s event is likely to cover a similar ratio of invited delegates\u2019 expenses as in 2024. Photo: courtesy of Hong Kong Arts Development Council\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/07\/20\/bcacedbd-99c4-4bab-a9d2-2d115aa8207c_fc23c0fc.jpg\" title=\"HKPAX co-director Anne Chan says this year\u2019s event is likely to cover a similar ratio of invited delegates\u2019 expenses as in 2024. Photo: courtesy of Hong Kong Arts Development Council\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">HKPAX co-director Anne Chan says this year\u2019s event is likely to cover a similar ratio of invited delegates\u2019 expenses as in 2024. Photo: courtesy of Hong Kong Arts Development Council<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Though listed as a \u201cmega-event\u201d on the CSTB website, HKPAX does not receive additional funding from the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Mega Arts and Cultural Events Fund<\/span>, which the city launched in April 2023 to support and attract large-scale international arts and cultural events.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3361151\/can-hong-kong-mega-arts-event-hkpax-2026-meet-targets-tough-economic-times?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong\u2019s Performing Arts Expo (HKPAX), a HK$40 million (US$5 million) event scheduled for October 2026 to boost the city\u2019s international image as a cultural&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4681,1891,3258,26851,3569,5231,272,4507,8050,286,1943],"class_list":["post-70220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-arts","tag-economic","tag-event","tag-hkpax","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-meet","tag-mega","tag-targets","tag-times","tag-tough","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}