Lee Tung Street
Whilst walking around Wanchai, on Sunday morning, I found myself in Lee Tung Street. For those of you that don't know, this street, also known as Wedding Card Street, is due to be torn down in the near future as part of an urban development project. The street was once famous for its printing shops, and it was THE place to get your wedding cards, name cards and calendars printed.
In the fifties the government decided to encourage printing industries to move into this street, rumour has it to be able to better monitor illegal publications. The shops are all very similar and joined together. However in 2003 the government decided to acquire this street.
Today it is a very sad sight, all the shops boarded up, windows taped over and trhe street is deserted. About halfway down I had a very cold feeling on the back of my neck, as if the place was haunted.
Now, I am not in favour of preservation for preservations sake. But if you are going to redevelop somewhere, then please get on with it and put up the new hotel, shopping mall or office block. Don't just leave these empty buildings standing there as a monument to Hong Kong need to kick people out of their business premises.
posted by Luke @ 10:17 AM
1 Comments:
An old girlfriend and her mates used to live in a flat in a block here, the pictures bring all sorts of memories flooding back. Thanks for the reminder, I hadnt thought about that period in my life for a while. Nice pics by the way.
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