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A scene of life in the street of Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Photo: IC
A double-decker tram remembering Chinese kung fu legend Bruce Lee in Hong Kong Photo: ICAt seven o clock in the morning, housewives rushed to a shared kitchen through the open corridors in the center of H shaped blocks of buildings, gossiping while preparing breakfast, with the sound of fire alarms triggered by old-fashioned kerosene stoves ringing in the background. This is one of Tony Lai s most precious childhood memories from the 1960s when he lived with his family in a seven-story building in Shau Kei Wan, the oldest public housing estate in Hong Kong.
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2020-12-27 01:36:01 GMT2020-12-27 09:36:01(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
by Yao Lan, Hong Xuehua
HONG KONG, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) At seven o clock in the morning, housewives rushed to a shared kitchen in the open corridors in the center of H shaped blocks of buildings, gossiping while preparing breakfast, with the sound of fire alarms triggered by old-fashioned kerosene stoves ringing in the background.
This is one of Tony Lai s most precious childhood memories from the 1960s when he was living with his family in a seven-story building in Shau Kei Wan, the oldest public housing estate in Hong Kong.
While the rest of the world is moving forward, Hong Kong s miniature artists are taking a leaf from the past and handing it back to the present in the magical world of Lilliput.
The Straits Times
Childhood memories of Hong Kong reshaped into lilliputian world
Miniature art condenses paintings, engravings or sculptured items into minimal sizes with their details preserved.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM XINHUANET
Ms Maggie Chan works on a piece of miniature art.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM XINHUANET
Miniature art condenses paintings, engravings or sculptured items into minimal sizes with their details preserved.PHOTO: SCREENGRAB FROM XINHUANET
PublishedDec 27, 2020, 11:59 am SGT
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