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City 2 City: TP 2 HK26-7-14
Last month I paid a visit to Taipei after having not been there for a decade. In terms of cityscape, not much has changed since ten years ago, but I was happily surprised and impressed by the city’s number of established heritage-turned-cultural hubs. With Hong Kong’s newly opened PMQ being the talk of the town this summer, especially since the arrival of Paulo Grangeon’s 1600 papier-mâché pandas, I thought it would be interesting to do a comparison of the two city’s arts and culture scene. My stay in Taipei was short, so this article does not attempt an in depth evaluation, rather it is a personal observation I have gathered from my travels.
City 2 City: SG 2 HK26-5-14
Last week I took a trip to Singapore with a few artistically inclined friends to check out their Shakespeare in the Park and the local art scene. I had the pleasure of talking with local artists and taking some time to observe their museums, art galleries and theatre scene. Singapore and Hong Kong's cultural scenes are often compared against each other: they are both former colonies, they both use English as a national language, they both have large Chinese populations, they're both territories with dense urban areas... but that's where the similarities stop. I discovered some key differences between Singapore and Hong Kong's cultural scenes that we should take note of.