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February 27, 2004

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My bus goes through the back of Wan Chai each day. It stops outside the Hopewell Centre on Queen's Road East. I have seen the big yellow banners on the apartments opposite protesting about inadequate compensation. I know there's something going on with Hopewell planning to redevelop that whole stretch of Wan Chai.

Do any Hong Kong readers know anything more about this? I've tried doing some research (read Google couldn't help) and I would appreciate any light people can shed on this. Is it a typical little guy getting ripped off by massive property developer story? Or is it desperate obstruction of progress by a few die-hards?

 posted by Simon on 02.27.04 at 10:08 AM in the




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You can read a little more about it here or here. It seems that some local residents are against development in the area on principle, and my impression is that the compensation is never enough for the people who will have to move out. Is it really enough? Probably. Will it make the traffic in Wan Chai worse? Possibly. Is Gordon Wu trying to make money? Definitely.

 posted by: Chris on 02.27.04 at 07:59 PM [permalink]




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