Current location:Culture Capsule news portal > entertainment
Hong Kong ex
Culture Capsule news portal2024-05-21 08:00:22【entertainment】6People have gathered around
IntroductionThe planned redevelopment of parts of Hong Kong’s historic Flower Market has come under fire,
The planned redevelopment of parts of Hong Kong’s historic Flower Market has come under fire, with a lawmaker and a former city leader urging the authorities to give greater consideration to the area’s cultural importance.
The Urban Renewal Authority (URA) announced last Friday a plan to redevelop six sites around Mong Kok’s flower market, citing traffic congestion and limited space for pedestrians.
The project would involve 33 ground floor shops and 275 households and is expected to be completed in 2035-2036.
On Sunday, pro-establishment lawmaker Doreen Kong wrote on Facebook asking why the URA had picked such a historic area to redevelop.
“In the redevelopment of Yau Tsim Mong district, [authorities] have chosen to target one of the most developed and culturally significant areas [to demolish], leaving people perplexed,” Kong wrote in Chinese.
“Looking at the URA’s seven-page [Flower Market redevelopment document], there is not a single word mentioning the market’s culture. In the eyes of URA, what’s culture? What’s preservation? ” Kong said.
“It is not just buildings that are going to be torn down, but the hard work of citizens over the past 80 years,” she added.
Charm of the past
With a history dating back to the 1940s, the Flower Market currently has over 100 ground floor shops and is popular with both residents and tourists.
Lai Wing-chun, a floristry industry representative and pro-establishment politician, said on RTHK on Monday morning that while he supported the redevelopment plan, it also made him feel “uncomfortable” as he has been doing business in the market for over 33 years and has grown very attached to it.
“Not just merchants, clients have also developed an attachment to this place. Even for those who have emigrated, whenever they return to Hong Kong they visit the market and buy some flowers to reconnect with the charm of the past,” Lai said in Cantonese.
He said residents and merchants were as yet unclear about plans for compensation and resettlement, adding that the URA would hold a meeting with stakeholders on Tuesday to discuss details of the proposal.
“Right now things are unclear. I hope that authorities will communicate with merchants and residents and provide good compensation plans,” Lai said.
Address of this article:http://slovenia.unhasdecoradas.org/content-896c899095.html
Very good!(19124)
Related articles
- Inquiry slams UK authorities for failures that killed thousands in infected blood scandal
- What it's REALLY like to win the Lottery... by a couple who banked £2.2m
- 1 person was arrested after 3 people were injured in a 'major incident' at a Welsh school
- Attempt to expedite ethics probe of Minnesota state senator charged with burglary fails on tie vote
- Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf is spotted on the streets of Gavin and Stacey's hometown Barry
- West Virginia says it will appeal ruling that allowed transgender teen athlete to compete
- German leader says Europe must keep increasing aid to Ukraine after US approves new military help
- Carli Lloyd turns diplomat and takes a US message to kids in Greece
- Baby Reindeer's real
- Teenage girl lured her ex
Popular articles
Recommended
Shooting injures 2 at Missouri high school graduation ceremony
German leader says Europe must keep increasing aid to Ukraine after US approves new military help
Surging auto insurance rates squeeze drivers, fuel inflation
Youngkin will visit Europe for his third international trade mission as Virginia governor
Brazil replaces injured goalkeeper Ederson in Copa America squad
Former Labour minister Frank Field dies from cancer aged 81: Tributes pour in for 'formidable' ex
A great escape! Family poodle gets trapped underneath kitchen
Parents' fury after trans supply teacher explained their gender identity to seven
Links
- Tesla asks shareholders to reinstate Elon Musk's $55 billion pay package
- Lab chief faces sentencing in Michigan 12 years after fatal US meningitis outbreak
- Plumbing problem at Glen Canyon Dam brings new threat to Colorado River system
- Hundreds pay tribute to police officer shot dead 40 years ago from inside Libya's UK embassy
- Columbia's Abbey Hsu chosen as Met Writers Association Player of the Year
- Inflation tumbles to 3.2%
- Israel says Iran will not get off 'scot
- How much of England's motorway network has no hard shoulder? This map reveals all...
- Myanmar’s junta moves Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, report says — Radio Free Asia
- House panel says China subsidizes fentanyl production to fuel crisis in the United States