Vinyl enthusiasts keep alive Taiwanese music of a bygone era
Over the past two years, vinyl records have made a surprising comeback in this era of digital music. Vinyl records are music''s top selling physical format, and they imbue music with a romance that'' s missing in digital files. Today in our weekly special report, we visit Taiwan''s vinyl past and meet those who are working to preserve it.Here at the foot of Kaohsiung’s Yueguang Mountain, this old residence with its three-sided courtyard has been in Chung Shih-wei’s family since the Japanese colonial period. Like many other families in Meinong District, Chung’s family is made up of farmers who used to grow tobacco and banana crops. His family home still has the oven that was once used to dry tobacco leaves. Chung returned here in 2016, after quitting a job in the media to start his own bed and breakfast. Now this old family home serves as accommodation for travelers, and its tobacco barn is where Chung shares music with his guests.Chung Shih-weiB&B proprietorThis used to be our tobacco barn. It’s a tobacco drying room from the Japanese colonial era. I’ve turned this space into a vinyl listening room.What was once a place for curing and drying tobacco now is home to 4,500 vinyl records. These records were sent by different record companies to Chung’s mother.Chung Shih-weiB&B proprietorIn those years, my mother was a radio host at the Broadcasting Corporation of China. Every time a singer put out a new album, they would mail a copy to my mother. The records sat for years in a storage room. They never really attracted his attention, Chung said, until the day he realized they were a treasure.Chung Shih-weiB&B proprietorThere was this one time – it was before I quit my media job. I was in the bookstore and they were holding a vinyl record festival. They had a copy of veteran rocker Chyi Chin’s 齊秦 album “Wolf.” This album the bookstore had priced at NT$7,800. I said, “NT$7,800?” I have a whole stack of them at home.After seeing the prices that vinyl could command, Chung returned home and launched the task of reorganizing the family collection. He didn’t expect to fall in love with the records along the way.Chung Shih-weiB&B proprietorAs I went through and reorganized these records, I gradually fell in love with them. I came to appreciate the diversity of Taiwanese pop music. There were so many music styles, so many different notable artists. It came to feel that these records were quite magical.To trace the history of vinyl records, one must start from 1877, when Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. The first records were in the shape of cylinders and made of wax. These were in use until Emile Berliner invented flat records in 1887. Within four years, the wax compound used to make records was replaced by a shellac compound derived from the resin secreted by the female lac bug. Lin Tai-weiVinyl record collectorThe shellac records had only one song per side, and one song was limited to three minutes. In the Japanese colonial era, these records were very expensive, so generally only the middle class and upper class could purchase them.In 1945, the shellac used to make records was replaced by polyvinyl chloride. This is how music records came to be referred to as vinyl. In the 1990s, vinyl records were replaced by the compact disc. Eventually, all physical media for music gave way to digital downloads, but in recent years, vinyl has begun to make a comeback. In the past two years, sales grew by 8%, making vinyl the best-selling physical medium for music once again.Tsai Sheng-yi is the deputy head of a vinyl record company. His love for records drove him to get into the business of producing vinyl records. He says his goal is to help more people appreciate the distinct warmth of vinyl records.Tsai Sheng-yiVinyl records manufacturerWe have a digital operation. The data gives us lots of insights and allows us to say, “This is good and this is not good.” But vinyl is quite strange. Sometimes the data looks great but when you listen, it’s just not right. Then sometimes there’s nothing remarkable about the data, but when you listen, the music is full of life.Tsai produces vinyl discs, and Chung has reorganized his collection for his guests. For the general public, listening centers are another great way to access this lesser-known format. In New Taipei, the southern branch of the Sanchong District public library has a listening center where visitors can enjoy a library of 600 records. Hu Tung-hungLibrary directorIt was once a part of our culture. There were once many people who made their living working at vinyl record factories. It’s gone now. The library has the important responsibility of preserving this local knowledge and culture. We hope to revive this culture.Proponents of vinyl say the format prompts reflection in a way that digital music cannot. For them, vinyl harks back to a time displaced by the speed, convenien...
【Drone aerial photography】Taichung City, Taiwan, Republic of China, beautiful scenery of the city
Taichung (/ˌtaɪˈtʃʌŋ/; Mandarin Chinese: [tʰǎiʈʂʊ́ŋ]; Hokkien POJ: Tâi-tiong; Hakka PFS: Thòi-chûng, literally middle of Taiwan), officially known as Taichung City, is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. Taichung has a population of approximately 2.81 million people and is Taiwan's second most populous city, overtaking Kaohsiung in July 2017. It serves as the core of the Taichung–Changhua metropolitan area, which is the second largest metropolitan area in Taiwan. The current city was formed when Taichung County merged with the original provincial Taichung City to form the special municipality on 25 December 2010.
Located in the Taichung Basin, the city was named under Japanese rule, and became a major economic and cultural hub. Originally composed of several scattered hamlets, the city of Taichung was planned and developed by the Japanese. It was called the Kyoto of Formosa in Japanese era because of its calm and beauty. The city is home to the National Museum of Natural Science, the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, the National Taichung Theater, the National Library of Public Information, and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, as well as many cultural sites, including the historic Taichung Park, the Lin Family Gardens, and many temples.
International Architecture Competition | Daegu Gosan Library South Korea
Conceptual Background:
Public libraries have reinvented themselves in the last decade, reviving their role as beacons for civic pride, social and economic regeneration.
The concept is to provide a solution that rejuvenates the neighbourhood by providing an environment where you are as likely, to meet a friend for coffee, to do your homework, to find out more about the history of the local community or to take part in an activity, as well as also being able, to borrow a book.
Four crucial elements have been identified as crucial to today's public library: people, programmes, partners and places. A larger number and a wider mix of people are using the library thanks to the new and innovative programmes the libraries are running. Libraries now engage commercial partners, such as cafes or internet providers. This has made the library into a different kind of place, open for longer hours and more accessible to many users.
The design draws on a modern architectural typology embodying new ideas which respond to the widespread use of information and communications technology (ICT) and the culture of lifelong learning; the solution plays a pivotal role in promoting greater social cohesion and a stronger sense of civic pride and local identity.
Tainan’s Lai and New Taipei’s Chu reaching out beyond their districts
While Ko and Lien are holding out hope in Taipei, two candidates who feel they have a strong grip on their election bids are the incumbents of New Taipei and Tainan, Eric Chu and William Lai. Throughout the election process, both Chu and Lai have found time to stump for hopefuls in other cities. It has led to speculation that these rising politicians could have their sights set on the presidency in 2016. Ahead of the Nov. 29 elections, Tainan Mayor William Lai is not only campaigning for himself but also traveling around the island to stump for other party candidates.Lai not only took to the campaign trail to support candidates in central Taiwan but also traveled north to Taoyuan. In fact, Lai has been crisscrossing much of Taiwan, showing that he’s become a star politician within his party. As for the pan-blue camp, the politician most in demand is none other than Eric Chu. Here we see him stumping for votes in many different election districts, always drawing a large crowd. These two popular mayors are traveling north and south to help their respective camps. In one sense, they have become the most-watched politicians within their party.Cheng Jin-lanPolitical CommentatorThis allows everyone to see their political power. While campaigning, they are building alliances and raising their stature from municipal leaders to national-level politicians. This will help them and is necessary if they want to participate in national elections, such as running for president. Many speculate that these two popular mayors aren’t just running for office in 2014. Their high-profile campaign stops in support of other candidates could be a strategy for positioning themselves for a presidential run in 2016.
Sharing our Story: the City of Darwin Libraries
As part of the Library and Information Week 2013 theme, Share Your Story, the City of Darwin Libraries has produced a timelapse video of a day in the life at our Libraries.
Kaohsiung Exhibition Center 高雄展覽館 ???????? (2018-12) {aerial}
Aerial views of Kaohsiung Exhibition Center 高雄展覽館, Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China [22°36′28.3″N 120°17′57.5″E]
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The Heart of Love River, Kaohsiung 愛河之心 ???????? (2018-11) {aerial}
Aerial views of the Heart of Love River area in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China. [22°39'10.7N 120°18'12.1E]
The pedestrian bridge and surrounding areas were closed due to construction works at the time of the filming.
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Architects London | International Architecture Competition | Library and Fine Arts Museum |
The Architect, The Design, The Architecture:
CONCEPT
The proposed building is conceived as:
OASIS OF CULTURE AND LEARNING REPRESENTING THE SPIRIT OF TAIWAN.
The idea is to create an Eastern Gateway to the Park.
The conceptual design was shaped by the following factors:
Environment:
The building's site is part of a very large Park. The proposal sought to integrate the building with the Park and offering visual continuity from the road, Park Avenue 2, through the building into the Park. This had fundamental impact on the form of the building. The conceptual framework for the building arose from its environment. The inspiration for the morphogenesis was the complex variegated leaf in the Park environment and forests of Taiwan. This concept unifies the building and its environment. It integrates the building into the Park and harmonises it with this environment.
People:
The starting point of the conceptual design is all about people; moving people from outside to inside of the building and back out again, all the time ensuring that they enjoy the experience of spaces and activities on offer. Experience and sense of the space starts from the outside upon arrival near the building. The immediate site surrounding the building is envisaged as leisure and culture interface, where people can enjoy staged private or public group performances of various activities like dance, displays, art or otherwise quiet contemplation. This space becomes meeting place and forms the open external cultural hub. The space experience then moves into the building. The main access is through the Parkland Plaza. This space is conceived as a weather moderated large open space that serves as a meeting and waiting area for people and groups and also where open public performances and exhibitions can be staged. The area is also an extension to the Park itself, drawing it into the building, acting as a conservatory for various plants species.
From the plaza, the experience then moves into the library which has its own atrium and Arts Museum which also has its own atrium. The atriums provide a pleasant environment to serve as a social hub, creating light and space for multi-functional activities.
Our proposal is modernist and avant-garde. Our approach is to produce practical yet experimental, ecological and experiential spaces and buildings. We get our inspiration from nature. We rationalise and synthesise the complex variegated order found in nature. We look at the environment of our buildings and produce designs which respond to the setting and prevailing culture, in this case, the Gateway Park at Taichung. In addition, the process of architecture creation in the 21st century is in the middle of a technological revolution. We have adapted and integrated these technologies into our design processes by producing buildings that respond to scripts and algorithms as tools of morphogenesis. This parametricism, our preferred approach to morphogenesis, ensures the buildings are ahead of their time.
National Palace Museum
The National Palace Museum (traditional Chinese: 國立故宮博物院; simplified Chinese: 国立故宫博物院; pinyin: Guólì Gùgōng Bówùyuàn) is a museum in Shilin, Taipei, Taiwan. It has a permanent collection of more than 696,000 pieces of ancient Chinese imperial artifacts and artworks, one of the largest in the world. The collection encompasses over 10,000 years of Chinese history from the Neolithic age to the late Qing Dynasty. Most of the collection are high quality pieces collected by China's ancient emperors.
The National Palace Museum and the Palace Museum in the Forbidden City in Beijing, People's Republic of China (PRC), share the same roots. They split in two as a result of the Chinese Civil War which divided China into the two countries of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). In English, the institution in Taipei is distinguished from the one in Beijing by the additional National designation. In common usage in Chinese, the institution in Taipei is known as the Taipei Gugong (臺北故宮), while that in Beijing is known as the Beijing Gugong (北京故宮).
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Aerial view Puebla City 普埃布拉市的鸟瞰图 2018
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The Tree House (樹屋旅店)
Add: No. 132, Liuhe 2nd Rd., Qianjin District, Kaohsiung City (高雄市前金區六合二路132號)
Tel: (07) 287-8800
Website: the-tree-house.hotel.com.tw (Chinese)
Just Sleep Kaohsiung Zhongzheng (捷絲旅高雄中正館)
Add: No. 134, Zhongzheng 1st Rd., Lingya District, Kaohsiung City (高雄市苓雅區中正一路134號)
Tel: (07) 972-3568
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Now and Then by N.Y.B.C.
Add: Dayi Warehouse C9-19, Pier-2 Art Center; No. 2, Dayi St., Yancheng District, Kaohsiung City (高雄駁二大義倉庫C9-19; 高雄市鹽埕區大義街2號)
Tel: (07) 531-6999
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Good Day Tea House and Sky Lounge (好好生活館)
Add: No. 78, Kunming St., Qianzhen District, Kaohsiung City (高雄市前鎮區崑明街78號)
Tel: (07) 535-4319
Website: facebook.com/gooddaycafe80
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Ki A Peng Sian (枝仔冰城) (Pier-2 Art Center Branch)
Add: No. 8-2, Dayong Rd., Yancheng District, Kaohsiung City (高雄市鹽埕區大勇路8-2號)
Tel: (07) 521-1149
Website: kaps.com.tw (Chinese)
85 Sky Tower 高雄85大樓
Dadong Arts Center 大東文化藝術中心
Gushan Ferry Pier 鼓山渡輪碼頭
Hongmaogang Cultural Park 紅毛港文化園區
Kaohsiung Exhibition Center 高雄展覽館
Kaohsiung Main Public Library 高雄市立圖書總館
Kaohsiung Martyrs’ Shrine 高雄市忠烈祠
Kevin Lin 林俊昇
Love River 愛河
Pier-2 Art Center 駁二藝術特區
Qijin Island 旗津島
Qihou Battery 旗后砲台
Qihou Lighthouse 旗後燈塔
Rainbow Church 彩虹教堂
Shoushan 壽山
Shoushan Lover’s Observatory 壽山情人觀景
“Star of Qianzhen” 前鎮之星
Tianhou Temple 天后宮
The British Consulate at Takow 打狗英國領事館
Travel in Taiwan (2016, 1/2)
Have your camera ready when boarding the ferry to Qijin Island at Gushan Ferry Pier. Locals stream onto the lower parking-lot deck on scooters (you go to the upper deck, via a separate entrance). The ride across the narrow, ship-packed Kaohsiung Harbor is so quick that many don’t bother to get off their machines. Qijin Island is a 9km-long silt-created giant sandbar that serves as a breakwater and defines the harbor’s form. Its tourist area is on the north end, beyond the ferry pier.
Qihou Lighthouse, a snow-white 11-meter-high Baroque-style tower erected by the Japanese in 1916, stands at the edge of a sea-facing cliff guarding the harbor’s exceedingly narrow north-end mouth. Enthralling views of the busy harbor can be enjoyed as ships squeeze by below. The old Qihou Battery, on the west side of the hill, was built by a justifiably anxious Qing Dynasty government in the 1870s, fearful of invasion by the Japanese or Western powers.
The young, expansive, and still-growing Pier-2 Art Center (pier-2.khcc.gov.tw), a special zone that is at the heart of the city’s cultural-creative bloom, has become one of its most popular attractions. The numerous old, renovated Kaohsiung Harbor warehouses here, long abandoned, were formerly used to store such goods as fish meal and granulated sugar. Today they are cultural-creative incubator stages for domestic and international exhibitions, festivals, live indoor and outdoor musical, theatrical, and busker performances, and large-scale outdoor installation artworks and graffiti-style/3D murals, many wonderfully quirky and whimsical, some created by artists-in-residence.
The king of Kaohsiung has long been, and remains, the lofty 85 Sky Tower, which looks like a giant spacecraft propped atop two massive booster rockets, ready to launch. Two spanking-new structures, Kaohsiung Exhibition Center (kecc.com.tw) and Kaohsiung Main Public Library (ksml.edu.tw), are within easy walking distance. The park-surrounded harborside exhibition facility looks like a paean to Beijing’s iconic Bird’s Nest. Be sure to visit the green library’s lovely 8F rooftop hanging garden, which has a fine broad view of the harbor and Qijin.
What’s not to love about the Love River? On my first few visits, in the 1990s, it was a brackish “waterway” in which the water moved little, if at all. Today, thanks to dedicated eco-engineering, it is clean, the waters flow freely, and fish have returned. The landscaped banks are lined with benches, bike- and pedestrian-friendly paths, and attractive lamp lighting. The mood is best at night, when the cafés, bars, and small eateries are brightly lit up.
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C. David Tseng: In My Wrecked Hut Well Content: Notes on a Decade of Competition
Architecture Spring 2015 Lecture Series - February 12, 2015 at Slocum Hall.
In the past decade, Taiwan has hosted more than two dozen international competitions. While some of winners are familiar names who get to realize some of their most ambitious projects, others are newcomers who won their chance to build their first big projects. The former includes OMA/Rem Koolhaas, Toyo Ito, SANNA, Shigeru Ban, Mecanoo, etc., the latter, Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, Neil Denari, Sou Fujimoto. David Tseng’s talk will closely examine the processes and projects, the triumphs and missed opportunities, current statues and future impact.
C. David Tseng is Professor of Architecture and Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He also founder of an architectural practice, CitiCrafts. He was educated at Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he received a Master of Architecture degree.
Tseng has served as a committee member on the Sustainability Task Force of Ministry of Education, Taiwan, the Urban Planning Task Force of Taiwan High Speed Rail Special Districts for Executive Yuan, and served as the Consultant General of the Built Environment to the Mayor for the cities of Taichung and Taipei. The significance of this appointment has been showcased in public projects such as Taichung Metropolitan Opera House (Toyo Ito), Taipei Performing Art Center (Rem Koolhaas), Taipei Popular Music Center (Reiser and Umemoto) and Taichung Gateway Park (Stan Allen).
Tseng founded CitiCrafts upon his return to Taiwan where he was selected as Emerging Talent by Taiwanese Institute of Architects. The houses he designed, Op.2/1 and House WW consecutively won top prizes in the first and second biennial Taiwan Architecture House Award. The work he involved appeared on international journals, such as Architecture+Urbanism, Plan, Architecture and Progressive Architecture, Dialogue and Taiwan Architecture.
In 2014, Tseng led his team, Unicode, 30 students and 8 faculty members from National Chiao Tung University, to win Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 in Urban Design, Innovation and Energy Efficiency categories. The project, Orchid House, showcased his commitment to sustainable architecture and the achievement in excellence of design.
30 Secrets & Things to do in Taipei, Taiwan
This is my ultimate travel guide for Taipei, Taiwan including 30 secrets and best places to visit which I carefully selected, things to do in Taipei like enjoying a knife massage, prawn fishing, death star mall, Ximending shopping district, ice cream shop snow king and the epic Taipei nightlife. Subscribe to my channel ► for weekly videos!
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I started my Taiwan adventure in Taipei, often called the food capital of Asia for its wide assortment of cuisines and unique themed restaurants including the prawn fishing restaurant where you'll be able to capture your own dinner but also the toilet restaurant where you can eat beef curry out of a toilet bowl.
The best way to start your Taipei adventure is with an epic Taiwanese breakfast at Fu Hang Soy Milk, the most popular joint in town but do come early, lineups can grow very large. I ordered the deep-fried bread stick, egg pancake and a delicious cold soy milk soup. There is a good reason why locals wait hours in line to get this stuff.
One of the most incredible experiences in Taipei was getting a knife massage by knife massage practitioners who require to be vegetarian and meditate daily but don't worry the cleavers used are blunt, it is quite satisfying getting hammered by blunt metal to a point where I fell asleep from relaxation.
For ancient temples in Taipei, visit the breathtaking Longshan temple, also known as 'the meeting place of the gods' were you can witness daily rituals, offerings and many locals praying to the many deities.
One of the strangest foods I tried were the fermented duck eggs which were traditionally made by a mixture of lime, salt and ash turning the egg white base into a gelatin texture and the egg yolk green from fermentation, to my surprise, this was a delicious snack.
As a giant lover of seafood, the Addiction Aquatic Development fish market in Taipei is the ultimate destination. A high-end fish market with some of the best sashimi, grilled eel and other fish products I had ever tasted, a great spot for lunch!
In conclusion, Taipei left a lasting impression on me to such an extent that I returned to Taipei a second time in less than a month time to record even more incredible footage of this mesmerizing city. If you are considering of visiting Asia, do NOT skip Taiwan.
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ULTRA HD 4K HONG KONG WALKING TOUR - WANCHAI | 灣仔 | FAMOUS LEE TUNG AVENUE | QRE
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Welcome to our Hong Kong Walking Tour in Wanchai 灣仔 on easter monday. We begin walking from Ruttonjee hospital then walk on Queens Road East, then to infamous Lee Tung Avenue that looks more like Bond Street in London than Wanchai.
'Wan Chai (Chinese: 灣仔) is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often referred to as Wan Chai North.
Wan Chai is one of the busiest commercial areas in Hong Kong with offices of many small and medium-sized companies. Wan Chai North features office towers, parks, hotels and an international conference and exhibition centre. As one of the first areas developed in Hong Kong, the locale is densely populated yet with noticeable residential zones facing urban decay. Arousing considerable public concern, the government has undertaken several urban renewal projects in recent years. There are various landmarks and skyscrapers within the area, most notably the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), Central Plaza and Hopewell Centre. Wan Chai originally began as Ha Wan (下環), literally meaning a bottom ring or lower circuit.[1] As one of the earliest developed areas in Hong Kong along the Victoria Harbour, Central, Sheung Wan (upper ring), Sai Wan (western ring) and Wan Chai are collectively known as the four rings (四環) by the locals. Wan Chai literally means a cove in Cantonese from the shape of its coastal line. The area is no longer a cove, however, due to drastic city development and continual land reclamation.
Wan Chai offers historical conservation sites including Old Wan Chai Post Office, Hung Shing Temple and Pak Tai Temple. Many of the medium-sized shopping centres are named in numerals, such as Oriental 188, 328, and 298 Computer Centre. These numbers might have come from the earlier days when all prostitution houses were numbered, as they were referred to as big numbers (大冧巴, dai lum bah).[1]
There are many commercial complexes and office skyscrapers in Wan Chai. The HK$4.4 billion 78-storey skyscraper Central Plaza currently stands as the third tallest building in Hong Kong.[19] Small but free art exhibitions used to be held on the second floor all-year round, whereas the first floor connects Wan Chai's footbridge network: the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre at the network's extreme north, Wan Chai Pier, China Building, Harbour Centre, Central Plaza, Immigration Department Tower, Wan Chai Court, Wan Chai MTR Station and Johnston Road (the tram line) at the network's extreme south.
More recent tourist attractions include the Golden Bauhinia Square, the site of a daily flag-rising ceremony. This ceremony is enhanced on 1 July (handover anniversary) and 1 October (National Day of China).
A 3-storey pergola exhibition is built opposite to Li Chit Garden. Tai Fat Hau footbridge also holds an art display of the fingerprints of 30,000 citizens slated for the Guinness Book of World Records.[20] The sticker pictures on 50 poles of the bridge have been colloquially called the 50 landscapes of Wan Chai (灣仔五十景).[20]
Lovers' Rock reclines on the hillside of Bowen Road near Shiu Fai Terrace, mid-levels Wan Chai. The rock received its name since it resembles a small, thin column sticking out of the rock base. This special-looking rock is said to have granted happy marriages to its devoted worshippers.[21] Many people are attracted by its reputation.
Lee Tung Street (Chinese: 利東街), known as the Wedding Card Street (Chinese: 喜帖街; 囍帖街) by locals, was a street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. The street was famed in Hong Kong and abroad as a centre for publishing and for the manufacturing of wedding cards and other similar items.
All interests of this street were resumed by and reverted to the Government of Hong Kong since 1 November 2005. Lee Tung Street was demolished in December 2007 as part of an Urban Renewal Authority (URA) project. The demolition was seen by many as causing irreparable harm to the cultural heritage of Hong Kong.
The site has recently been redeveloped as a luxury shopping and housing development. As with all other URA projects, no original tenants have been resettled on site.'
The above excerpt is from Wikipedia.
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