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Since that first excursion, she’s been inside the most unlikely of places: an old hospital ... return as the building around them crumbles. It’s from the history of Hong Kong she’s witnessed ...
Hong Kong’s ageing buildings are posing safety risks and have become a public concern. In the first of a two-part series, Edith Lin looks at the major problem of building decay and ways to ...
When Hong Kong artist Cynthia Lau sketches an old building, she is doing more than just expressing her creativity. She is documenting a rapidly changing city. “I find great pleasure in sketching ...
Hong Kong's legislature has agreed to lower the threshold for the proportion of owners who must agree to sell old private buildings to as low as 65 per cent as part of a government bid to speed up ...
The facade of an old tenement building, known locally as a "tong lau", in Mong Kok district, Hong Kong Dec 10, 2022. (Image: Chow Yin Shing/CNA) Conservation groups said heritage buildings can be ...
The family of Ho Shung-pun, a prominent Hong Kong property clan, has listed a commercial building at HK$350 million (US$44.6 ...
He said old buildings in the district fetched HK$7,000 ... the lowest figure on Hong Kong Island since 2002. Au said he hoped a review of the URA’s compensation rate would be carried out and ...
The decision to build on the golf course also reflects how old business elites in Hong Kong are losing political sway as more ... One advantage of the plan is that building on government-owned land ...
“It’s the result of century-old experience in international finance and wealth management, creating a foundation that new financial centers simply can’t replicate,” he adds. Hong Kong’s ...
a day after the Hong Kong Golf Club’s current lease expires. The swath of land, known as the Old Course, was built in 1911 and is the oldest 18-hole course in Greater China. Members pay an ...