The West Kowloon Cultural District must embrace commercial creativity with the same boldness it once poured into concrete

Hong Kong has no shortage of talent, creativity or entrepreneurial energy. What it lacks, in the case of West Kowloon, is the willingness to break from bureaucratic habit. After HK$50 billion and nearly two decades, the public deserves more than explanations.

If West Kowloon can reform itself into the cultural-commercial hybrid it was always meant to be, it can still fulfil its promise. The question is no longer whether it can survive but whether it can truly thrive.

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