From the brine-soaked docks of a ferry pier to the red-painted pillars of a Buddhist temple, many an ageing wooden structure in Hong Kong has found new purpose in the hands of Wong Hung-kuen.
Chi Kee Sawmill and Timber, in business since the 1940s, will soon make way for a vast development project. But it is still bringing new life to old wood.
HONG KONG (AP) Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong’s last operating sawmill, has been processing timber in the city for 75 years. Soon the family-run factory near the territory's border with mainland China might be forced to shut down as part of a development project: it received notice earlier this year that it had to vacate its current premises, which it has occupied for nearly four decades, to make way for a development project.