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title: INFRASTRUCTURE
date: 2023-09-12T08:46:48Z
modified: 2023-11-27T16:11:18Z
permalink: "https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/city/hong-kong/infrastructure/"
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status: publish
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wpid: 167267
region:
  - Hong Kong
timestamp: 2023-11-27T16:11:18Z
tags:
  - Hong Kong
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![](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Hong-Kong-11.jpg)

- [West Kowloon Cultural District](https://www.westkowloon.hk/en/) (WKCD) covers 40 hectares, and blends together arts, education, open space, office and residential developments and retail, dining and entertainment facilities. With major museums and several world-class performing venues, it will be one of the world’s largest cultural quarters.

- [The Hong Kong Palace Museum](https://www.hkpm.org.hk/en/home) (HKPM), is a collaborative cultural project between West Kowloon Cultural District Authority and the Palace Museum (PM) in Beijing, that opened in West Kowloon Cultural District in 2022.

- The [Lyric Theatre Complex](https://www.westkowloon.hk/en/lyric-theatre-complex?tab=overview) in WKCD is targeted for completion in 2025, offering a major performance venue for dance and theatre.

- East Kowloon Cultural Centre (EKCC), a performing arts complex, is set to open in phases from the end of 2023 to the beginning of 2024.

- A new testbed, The Lab, will be set up in EKCC as an incubator for the development of arts tech in Hong Kong.

- The [M+ Museum](https://www.mplus.org.hk/en/) opened in WKCD in November 2021, showcasing contemporary visual culture.

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