The line graphs and bar charts illustrate how a government’s spending on culture and education in 1995 and 2005 and the number of people participating in Arts events in the same years.
Overall, it is clear that theatre accounts for the highest proportion and number of participants in both years. In contrast literature received the least amount of funding and level of popularity with the public. Additionally, while theatre, music and literature show a sign of an increase, the visual arts fall into a decline.
With government funding, theatre received the largest amount of the budget, increasing from around one quarter in 1995 to nearly 40 percent in 2005. Besides, the funding for literature remained fairly stable at the same time. Meanwhile, the proposition of funding allocated to music and visual arts had a significant decrease, around 5 to 10 percent in 1995 and 2005.
In terms of public participation, the number of people who join in music events show a rapid growth from approximately 130,000 in 1995 to over 150,000 in 2005. Similarly, the literature and theatre also had a slight increase of about 30,000 percent at the period.. In contrast, visual arts was the only sector that witnessed a decline, with 50,000 in 1995 and only about under 50,000 percent in 2005.