HONG KONG (AP).- Acclaimed British architect Norman Foster has won the right to design Hong Kong’s new $2.8 billion West Kowloon cultural hub with a pitch to transform a reclaimed coastal strip into a lush waterfront park with both western and Chinese opera houses, concert halls, a museum and arts schools, officials said Friday. Others who submitted proposals were Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and local designer Rocco Yim. But it was Foster + Partners’ “City Park” proposal that won the endorsement of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority board with a plan to develop the 100-acre (40-hectare) site on the Kowloon peninsula. His other designs include the Hong Kong international airport, the international terminal at Beijing’s airport and the HSBC building in Hong Kong. Hong Kong’s Chief Secretary for Administration Henry Tang said Foster’s plan prevailed because it was flexible and did a good job of mixing arts, space and commercial use like shops and