Fact · culture · 2001-01-03
Hong Kong Film Archive opens
香港電影資料館開幕
Figure and reference date
3 January 2001
2001 年 1 月 3 日
Notes and definition
Managed by LCSD; preserves Hong Kong’s cinematic heritage.
Other figures in this group (culture)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Culture and arts.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantonese opera inscribed on UNESCO Representative List of ICH 粵劇列入 UNESCO 人類非物質文化遺產代表作名錄 | 2009 2009 年 One of Hong Kong’s foremost traditional performing arts. | 2009 | AMO: Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage |
| M+ museum opens M+ 博物館開放 | 12 November 2021 2021 年 11 月 12 日 Operated by the WKCDA; Asia’s first global museum of contemporary visual culture. | 2021-11-12 | West Kowloon Cultural District Authority: About WKCD |
| Hong Kong Palace Museum opens 香港故宮文化博物館開放 | 3 July 2022 2022 年 7 月 3 日 A collaborative project between the WKCDA and the Palace Museum, Beijing. | 2022-07-03 | West Kowloon Cultural District Authority: About WKCD |
| Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts established by ordinance 香港演藝學院依法成立 | 1984 1984 年 Wan Chai campus opened in 1985; provides performing arts and related programmes. | 1984 | Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts: about |
| Hong Kong Museum of Art founded 香港藝術館成立 | 1962 1962 年 First public art museum; moved to its Tsim Sha Tsui premises in 1991 and reopened after major renovation in 2019. | 1962 | LCSD: Museums |
| Public libraries and collections (2024) 公共圖書館數目及藏書（2024年） | 71 static libraries (plus 12 mobile), about 15.36 million items 71 間固定圖書館（＋12 流動）、藏書約 1,536 萬項 Hong Kong Public Libraries 2024: about 15.36 million collection items. | 2024 | Hong Kong Public Libraries: Cultural Data Profile |
| Public museums under LCSD 公共博物館數目（康文署） | 15 museums + 2 art spaces 15 間博物館＋2 個藝術空間 LCSD public museums and art spaces. | 2024 | LCSD: Hong Kong Fact Sheet—Recreation and Culture |
| Cumulative digitised archival images of GRS (2024) 政府檔案處數碼影像累積量（2024） | About 4.5 million digital images 約 450 萬張數碼影像 GRS Annual Report 2024: 423,103 images produced in 2024; cumulative ~4.5 million. | 2024 | GRS Annual Report 2024 |
| Hong Kong Public Libraries total holdings (end-2024) 香港公共圖書館總館藏（圖書館資料，2024年底） | 15.36 million items (incl. 13.69 million books) 1,536 萬項（含書籍 1,369 萬項） HKPL Collection Development Plan 2025-26, as at 31 Dec 2024. | 2024-12 | HKPL: Collection Development Plan 2025-26 |
| Number of e-books in HKPL (end-2024) 香港公共圖書館電子書數目（2024年底） | Over 540,000 e-books (19 e-book collections) 超過 540,000 冊（19 個電子書庫） HKPL Collection Development Plan 2025-26; plus 81 e-databases and ~4,200 periodical titles. | 2024-12 | HKPL: Collection Development Plan 2025-26 |
| Annual attendance at LCSD museums (2024-25) 康文署轄下博物館年入場人次（2024-25） | Over 7.66 million visits 超過 766 萬人次 LCSD Annual Report 2024-25: manages 15 museums and 2 art spaces; asOf uses 2024. | 2024 | LCSD: Annual Report 2024-25 (museums) |
| “Toy Street” as Tai Yuen Street, Wan Chai (in official speeches) 「玩具街」＝灣仔太原街（官方致辭記述） | official speeches of 2016: Tai Yuen Street, Wan Chai 2016 年官方致辭：灣仔太原街 Speaking at the opening of Avenue of Comic Stars Phase 2 on 30 January 2016, the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development grouped “the ‘Toy Street’ in Tai Yuen Street, Wan Chai” with the “Comics Base” in Mallory Street among the harbourfront comics landmarks; his speech on the Policy Address motion of thanks on 17 February 2016 is explicit — “the ‘Toy Street’ (that is, Tai Yuen Street)”. Official documents only equate Toy Street with Tai Yuen Street, giving neither the origin of the name nor a shop count, so neither is supplied here. | 2016-01-30 | Speech by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development at the opening of Avenue of Comic Stars Phase 2 (grouping the “Toy Street” in Tai Yuen Street with the comics landmarks) |
Verified questions that cite this figure
Hong Kong culture is a layering of Lingnan traditions, colonial-era urban culture and contemporary pop. Cantonese opera was inscribed on the UNESCO ICH Representative List in 2009; Hong Kong cinema has had global influence since the 1980s; and the everyday texture of the city is shaped by cha chaan teng, street food, dim sum, wuxia, comics and video games.
Hong Kong’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage is published by the Intangible Cultural Heritage Office (ICHO) and records representative local ICH items, including herbal tea, Cantonese opera, the Cheung Chau Bun Festival, unicorn dancing and Hong Kong-style milk-tea making, each with its year of inscription.
Which source compiles Hong Kong’s public library and museum network and usage data?
The public library and museum network usage data — loans, visitors, collections — are compiled and published by LCSD, alongside holdings and registered-reader indicators, all with explicit years.
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How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “Hong Kong Film Archive opens”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/hk-film-archive, data as at 2001-01-03 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈香港電影資料館開幕〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/hk-film-archive，資料時點 2001-01-03（查閱日期 ＿）。
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Leisure and Cultural Services Department
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