{
  "id": 15591448,
  "title": "Art or box office? How Hong Kong plans to measure the value of a play, ballet or symphony",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/art-or-box-office-how-hong-kong-plans-to-measure-the-value-of-a-play-15591448",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-19T09:14:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3371380/art-or-box-office-how-hong-kong-plans-measure-value-play-ballet-or-symphony"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Established performing arts groups in Hong Kong should rely less on public subsidies to make way for emerging companies, industry experts have said, after the city’s leader announced a revamp of the funding model in favour of a more flexible, non-permanent and merit-based system. But a few directors of the city’s nine designated major performing arts groups in music, dance and theatre said the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}