Karen Chan describes herself as a “neon nomad ... a far cry from the huge flashing signs that used to protrude horizontally from the sides of Hong Kong buildings, advertising everything ...
Neon signs, invented by a French engineer in 1910, started lighting up Hong Kong's streets in the 1960s ... shaping and joining glass tubes into calligraphic Chinese characters with a six-flame ...
But sixty years later, times are changing. Back then, Hong Kong’s streets embraced a symphony of colourful neon signs. They represented prosperity and the raw commercialism of ambitious ...
The neon signs that flank ... effort to keep Hong Kong’s intangible heritage alive, we could lose the city as we know it. 1 of 9 A woman works on a traditional Chinese wedding dress in Mong ...