I recently visited HK with my BFF Sue Tan and one morning we followed our friend Divya Kolady, Al Jazeera’s foreign correspondence to work in Kowloon and got caught on camera shopping at this Iconic fabric market in Sham Shui Po 😂
This Iconic fabric market has been around for 40 years and finally the local council is shutting it down. It has served as a meeting point for the local community and fashion designers. The stall vendors will be relocated to a mall but most of them will not be able to afford rent. What is the price for progress? 🤔🤓
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January 3, 2017 at 23:04
I wonder if it would be possible to build places like there are in Singapore – Hawker stalls (small food outlets), which used to be located in small alleys, across drains, on the back of bicycles etc are housed on the ground floor of high-rise buildings. They are virtually open air markets where people can continue the tradition of small family business, eating out cheaply and gathering socially.
January 3, 2017 at 09:10
Actually they are being moved for social housing so it’s a tough one.
January 3, 2017 at 06:28
thats not progress.It just means that a few will get more money while most will get less.
January 3, 2017 at 04:52
You are absolutely right. Hopefully a good solution will be found and especially after the news has highlighted their plight.
January 2, 2017 at 23:00
😦