TY - CHAP
T1 - Too-explicit cultural policy
T2 - Rethinking cultural and creative industry policies in Hong Kong
AU - Ho, Louis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 selection and editorial matter, Victoria Durrer, Toby Miller, and Dave O’Brien.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - This chapter presents a study of the articulation and implementation of Hong Kong’s cultural and creative industries policies. Since the 1990s, the development of Hong Kong’s economy has been dictated by the goal of becoming an international financial hub. The government claimed that it would take a laissez-faire approach and uphold a capitalistic free market. In recent years, various governments and academic institutes have grown increasingly concerned about the development of creative industries. This was mainly attributable to the decline of traditional economic industries, while the economic value of “culture and creativity” gained recognition - giving rise to the idea that symbolic value is more profitable than physical value. In Hong Kong, cultural and creative industry policies are mainly industry policies, and the implementation of such policies leans towards production and industry structure. It is generally agreed that the concept of “creative industry” began to have an impact on government policy and academic research after 1997.
AB - This chapter presents a study of the articulation and implementation of Hong Kong’s cultural and creative industries policies. Since the 1990s, the development of Hong Kong’s economy has been dictated by the goal of becoming an international financial hub. The government claimed that it would take a laissez-faire approach and uphold a capitalistic free market. In recent years, various governments and academic institutes have grown increasingly concerned about the development of creative industries. This was mainly attributable to the decline of traditional economic industries, while the economic value of “culture and creativity” gained recognition - giving rise to the idea that symbolic value is more profitable than physical value. In Hong Kong, cultural and creative industry policies are mainly industry policies, and the implementation of such policies leans towards production and industry structure. It is generally agreed that the concept of “creative industry” began to have an impact on government policy and academic research after 1997.
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U2 - 10.4324/9781315718408-23
DO - 10.4324/9781315718408-23
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85134462849
SN - 9781138857827
T3 - The Routledge International Handbook Series
SP - 355
EP - 364
BT - The Routledge Handbook of Global Cultural Policy
A2 - Durrer, Victoria
A2 - Miller, Toby
A2 - O'Brien, Dave
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -
