Can't imagine Stephen Fry's been invited to this year's Book Fair!!! Really start to think Hong Kong's a lovely place and not a "cultural desert"! Well, there's still a lot of non-sense going on in this city, but there is anywhere else in the world. (Although I wouldn't hold my hopes too high, you know this city changes at an unbelievable pace.)
My point is, most of the locals I met just go with whatever the mainstream is at that time. There is little diversity and I may just think of a good explanation, (or may be not?). Hong Kong is a consumer-driven world. I really don't know why people in Hong Kong like shopping so much that it seems shopping is their only hobby. So what motivates them to buy a certain product? The advertisements on the streets and malls and TV commercials starring pretty and famous artists. That's why you can see there's little creativity and diversity amongst us (cos people just follow the ads without thinking) and why we're branded as a "cultural desert".
However, I start to notice there're some activities been promoted by govt or some other bodies like this one with Stephen Fry, and other sports activities like rugby matches that have quite different taste to most of the Hongkongers. Although I think people wouldn't actually change their taste because of certain activities are in town, but at least people who have different taste in the first place have been acknowledged and been given space to cultivate their interests. That's all I want.
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