The progress being made on the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) project and last year’s announcement by Chief Executive Donald Tsang about developing the cultural and creative industries mean that demand for artistic talent has grown significantly. Along with several tertiary institutions and arts bodies, the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (ADC) offers a number of internship schemes for those interested in pursuing an artistic career. By providing training or funding, such schemes are preparing Hong Kong’s up-and-coming arts practitioners for the challenges of the future. This issue’s feature will introduce various ADC’s internship schemes.

In 2008 the Hong Kong Arts Development Council (ADC) initiated its Hong Kong Annual Arts Survey to examine the local arts and culture milieu and its development. This is an overview of the several arts genres covered by the report in 2007/08 with a look at their development that year.