Composed of shops, businesses and apartments, Hong Kong’s old tenement buildings – or “tong lau” – are microcosms of life in the city. Similar to the so-called shophouses of Southeast ...

the colonial-influenced tong lau from before and the high-rise composite buildings from after – each of them forms of tenement dwelling. These buildings form the heart of Hong Kong. Even as mega ...

Planning a trip to Hong Kong? Our district-by-district guide helps you navigate Central, TST, Mong Kok & beyond, uncovering ...

In Hong Kong's rapidly changing landscape ... In 2019, the restored colonial-style building transformed into a cultural and shopping landmark on Canton Road. It reopened with new restaurants ...

RECOMMENDED: Take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of the oldest surviving buildings and structures in Hong Kong. Been there ... Being a colonial building, it also has decidedly British ...

Mike Cai Wensheng, the co-founder and chairman of Chinese selfie app Meitu, bought a 53,000 square foot commercial building in Hong Kong for HK$650 million (US$84 million), with plans to turn the ...

Known as “the city of darkness,” Kowloon Walled City was a crowded, tangled metropolis of 60,000 people with little political ...

While this may have been an age-old challenge to many already developed Western cities, there is an increasing excitement surrounding Asia, mainly due to the complex and rich colonial history of ...

Hong Kong fabric store owner Chan Sun began slashing prices after he received word last month that the historic Western Market building – home to his shop for three decades – would be under renovation ...

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