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including the M+ Pavilion and Freespace District will produce and host world-class
which will house a black box theatre and an exhibitions, performances and cultural
outdoor stage, providing venues for open- events, as well as provide 23 hectares of
air performances of music, dance, theatre, public open space, including the future park
art exhibitions and other cultural events. M+ and a two-kilometre waterfront promenade.
Pavilion, which is the primary site for small-
scale exhibitions in the district, is due to
open in end July 2016 with its first public
exhibition taking place in September. Upon
completion, the Art Park will also feature a
lovely waterfront promenade where visitors
have the space to enjoy the view of the
Victoria Harbour with all sorts of arts and
cultural events, coupled with retail and
dining facilities.
Staging mostly theatre performances,
the black box theatre at Freespace offers
a capacity of 450 audience seated to 900
standing with its flexible seating plans, while
the outdoor stage is designed for large-scale
events and festivals with a capacity up to
10,000 people. Freespace is scheduled to
open in 2019.
Located on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour,
the West Kowloon Cultural District will be (Front row: from left to right) Chief Executive Officer of West Kowloon Cultural
one of the largest cultural projects in the District Authority (WKCDA) Mr Duncan Pescod and Managing Director of Sun
world. Its vision is to create a vibrant new Fook Kong Construction Limited (SFK) Mr Patrick Lee Wai-shing officiate at the
cultural quarter for Hong Kong. With a Contract Signing Ceremony for the Art Park Construction, together with (Back
row: from left to right) WKCDA s Director of Project Control Mr Jeremy Stowe,
complex of theatres, performing spaces and Chief Operating Officer Mr William Chan, SFK s Directors Mr Chan Chor-tung
the M+ museum, the West Kowloon Cultural and Mr Hilman Yung Kim-man

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