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No funding cuts to Hong Kong arts groups for next 3 years, agency chief pledges

4 hours ago02 mins

Hong Kong’s arts funding body has said it will not cut financial support to arts groups and artists for the next three years, even as it undertakes a review of its grant system amid tightening public finances. The Hong Kong Arts Development Council’s (HKADC) pledge on Monday comes amid a government effort to get statutory…

Australia’s fashion industry faces tariff hit but experts say it’s been in decline for decades

Cs news10 months ago016 mins

When Dale McCarthy couldn’t find skilled workers to produce her brand’s swimwear, she had to take her manufacturing offshore. “You actually need five different types of machinery, and someone who is an expert at using that machinery, to make our swimwear,” she says. The founder of Bondi Born turned to China and Vietnam to manufacture…