Hong Kong arts group urges balance in funding criteria as attendance falls

A major Hong Kong performing arts group has urged the government to give greater weight to qualitative measures when setting funding criteria for local organisations, arguing that changing social trends have contributed to falling attendance.

Celina Chin Man-wah, executive director of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, also warned on Thursday that the group might have to scale back its community work to devote more resources to income-generating or sponsored activities.

Her comments followed the...