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Envisioning Beyond Legacy Exhibition at the City Gallery Focus
Background

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the return of Hong
Kong’s sovereignty to China, the Development Bureau and
the Department jointly held a special exhibition, themed

“Envisioning Beyond Legacy”, at the City Gallery. The exhibition
opened in early July 2022 and lasted for around six months. It
was a review of Hong Kong’s achievements in town planning
and infrastructure developments in the past 25 years, whilst
envisioning the future development and promoting the vision
for Hong Kong to become a liveable,
competitive and sustainable Asia’s
World City.

A top view of the outdoor
exhibition showing a figure
of “25”, which denotes the
Envisioning Beyond Legacy establishment of the Hong Kong
25th anniversary of the
Special Administrative Region.

Exhibition Beyond Legacy” exhibition banner
City Gallery and “Envisioning

The exhibition aimed to strengthen public understanding of Hong Kong’s town planning
at the City Gallery and infrastructure developments, and spark public thinking and exchanges on our future

developments. The event also served as a conduit for showcasing Hong Kong’s unique
advantages of having the strong support of the Motherland while engaging with the
world. Not only did the exhibition tell the good stories of Hong Kong from the planning
and infrastructure development perspectives, it also brought out a message that upon the
foundation of our past achievements, that with confidence and aspiration, as well as our

unrelenting efforts in town planning and infrastructure development, Hong Kong could look
forward to a bright and beautiful future.

Review and Outlook

The “Review and Outlook” zone on the ground floor of
the gallery featured a 2-minute short video simulating a
time tunnel which would show to visitors a kaleidoscope
of major events in Hong Kong since 1997 to date. The
270-degree video show with original thematic music created

an atmosphere which turned memories into a forward
momentum envisioning that with confidence and capitalising Review and Outlook zone
on the advantages of Hong Kong and the opportunities for
integrating into the overall development of the country, Hong
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Kong could turn a new chapter of vision and hope.