As the success of other destinations shows, Hong Kong does not need to reinvent the wheel to attract mainland and foreign visitors. The combined efforts of Cathay Pacific and the MTR Corporation can help promote the city’s unique local character.
These activities are must-dos for Singapore residents planning to visit once the travel bubble kicks in.
Scenes from Tai Kwun. (Photos, left to right: Alison Pang/Unsplash; Elton Yung/Unsplash)
See history reinvented at Tai Kwun
Once the preserve of criminals, police officers, and magistrates, Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts opened in 2018 following an extensive restoration done in step with a makeover by celebrated Swiss architecture firm Herzog and de Meuron. Initial plans for an observation tower nodding to the city’s continued use of bamboo scaffolding were scaled back to create the simple, respectful volumes of the JC Cube and JC Contemporary art galleries, both clad in perforated aluminum facades inspired by the brickwork of their older neighbors. Visitors can tour the former jail, take stock of changing exhibitions, and kick back in the drinking and dining venues that flank the parade ground an impressive courtyard with a towering mango tree planted by Sikh and