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Quite Simply – What on Earth is Going on in Hong Kong?

Posted: August 18th, 2015 | 1 Comment »

Has Hong Kong pushed some sort of heritage self-destruct button? In a week or so the following….

400-year-old Banyans slashed to destruction on Bonham Road

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Thousands of classic neon signs ordered to be removed

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One of only a trio of surviving rounded corner buildings demolished in Wan Chai

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And now something that calls itself (yes, it really does…) Intellects Consultancy is recommending shutting down the tram lines and services in Central as they cause traffic congestion (yes, that’s their “intellect” – it’s the trams full of passengers – about 194,000 of them per day onboard) that cause the congestion, not the cars with one occupant!!)

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One Comment on “Quite Simply – What on Earth is Going on in Hong Kong?”

  1. 1 Smithereens said at 10:35 pm on August 27th, 2015:

    I’m sorry to hear that. Sad news…


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