Land sales offer only temporary relief for West Kowloon arts hub, experts warn

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Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District plans to tender a prime residential site to help address its widening operating deficit. Experts warn that land sales may offer only temporary relief and cannot replace a sustainable, long-term funding model for the arts hub.

Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District is betting on property development to ease its financial pressures amid a widening operating deficit, but experts have warned that land sales will only provide temporary relief and cannot replace a sustainable long-term funding model for the arts hub. The warning comes as the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority prepares to tender a prime residential site in the first half of next year, a potentially lucrative project that property experts expect to...