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 Lai Zixian Shop houses in Hong Kong: a dying heritage?
Why do some people want to destroy Hong Kong's remaining shop houses instead of revitalizing them? What is the role of the Urban Renewal Authority (URA) in the process?
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 Liu Wei
Situated in the heart of Hong Kong, The Helena May, a traditional ladies’ club, is flirting with modern business “branding” practice to exploit its unique historical features to draw in new members.
Few people know the history of the building though it has been there for nearly one century. ... |
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 Wang Wan
For
a modern commercial city like Hong Kong, are museums a good way of
preserving heritage? Government, visitors, young people, and experts all hold different opinions about a free museum in Hong Kong's New
Territories
Let's take a visit to the Sam Tung Uk Museum through a slide sh... |
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 Luan Lifu
District Councils are a political legacy of Hong Kong. People from mainland China may compare them to the mainland's neighborhood committees, which manage local services and keep an eye out for trouble in the neighborhood. District Councils, however, are different. As a part of the two council... |
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 Yiu Wang Leung
The Roots of Political Activism in Hong Kong.
On 1st
July, 2003 about half a million people gathered in Victoria Park,
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Packed like sardines in Hong Kong's summer heat, a few had sunstroke. But that did not prevent a human sea marching toward the gov... |
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