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Hong Kong Dispatch Where Did All the Hong Kong Neon Go? A government crackdown on neon signs stems from safety and environmental concerns, but the campaign evokes the fading of the city itself.
Hong Kong’s iconic neon-soaked streets are losing their luster due to new safety regulations. Less than 500 neon signs now remain in the city as conservationist and craftsmen struggle to keep ...
Though underway for decades, critics say the disappearance of the signs has contributed to the erosion of the Chinese territory’s unique identity amid a crackdown on dissent.
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Fewer than 500 neon signs remain across Hong Kong, as locals urge authorities to rethink their policies towards what they view as a crucial part of the city’s heritage.
Neon signs once transformed Hong Kong's oldest neighbourhoods into a kaleidoscope of luminous colour after dark, but most have been removed with a few lucky ones now piled up in a ramshackle yard.
A government crackdown on neon signs stems from safety and environmental concerns, but the campaign evokes the fading of the city itself.
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s famous neon signs are becoming harder and harder to find. The once-ubiquitous signs advertising bakeries, restaurants, pawn shops and more became a symbol of Hong Kong ...
HONG KONG-It was never just about the neon, that cubist, consumerist razzle-dazzle cantilevered over Hong Kong’s streets announcing pawnbrokers and mooncake bakers, saunas and shark’s fin soup ...