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[Mood Board]: “Hong Kong Cafes – Disappearing City” Kevin Shi

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CHIN9511 Presentation12 Many traditional Hong Kong cafes with a long history are disappearing and closing down at an alarming rate. The trend is primarily caused by rapid urbanization and changing consumer tastes have strained many beloved historic eateries. However, in the past few years, it has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, decreased household incomes and rising rent have further contributed to more closures. It’s important to note that such long-standing establishments have been an integral part of Hong Kong culture and serve as a third place many generations before have cherished.    

Cat Links 2019 Blog

[FIELDWORK REPORT] David Chung and Brayden Lisboa

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Video : https://youtu.be/htBTzcrCV5Y   1. What is the space/place/artefact/building that is vanishing? Brayden: General Post Office General Post Office The General Post office is the headquarters of the Hong Kong post. Initially built in 1976, the building sits adjacent to the Ferry Pier, Jardine House and the IFC. Prior to its location in Connaught Place, Central, the General Post office was located in St. John’s Cathedral, Garden Road (1841-86), Queen’s Road Central (1846-1911), and the Junction of Des Voeux Road Central and Pedder Street (1911-76). 2. Why is it vanishing? How do we know that it will no longer exist

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Cat Links Filming the Modern Asian City

[Reading Response]: Seng E Noirs: The City, The women and other spaces

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This article discusses about the social status of women in Hong Kong Cinema during the 1960s especially in the genres of melodrama and noir thriller. The article shed light on the geopolitical tension and how gender inequality deteriorated accomplished by modernization of the city. The article used James bonds series on Hong Kong’s noir thriller genre and the prominence of female lead in Cantonese-language films. They emphasise women’s beauty, physical power and intelligence, which tried to tell the public that women can also be strong, independent and work in the society. In this article, they also discuss how movies utilise

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Cat Links 2023 Blog, Everyday Spaces as Narrative

[Reading Response] Cuts Through Hong Kong, Seng, E. (2021)

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3036237831 Wong Chun Fung “Cuts through Hong Kong” uses Wong Kar Wai’s film “In the Mood for Love.” as a springboard to explore the theme of change and inevitability of the transient cityscape of Hong Kong in the 1960s and brings out the idea that our landscapes can be preserved through films. This reading depicts the transition of Hong Kong in the past, when it was a British colony. The film captures the mood of Hong Kong in the 60s, where “private spaces felt like public spaces” with the intimate relationships between one and other that will be gone soon

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Cat Links Monsters, Materials + Skyscrapers

[Reading Response: Abbas, M. A.]

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The subject of Abbas’ book “Hong Kong: Culture and the Politics of Disappearance” is how architecture both shapes and embodies culture. The removal of recognizable structures and public areas in Hong Kong serves as an example of how architecture imbues a place with a sense of place and belonging by reflecting distinctive cultural character through its design and symbolism.  The book emphasizes on how maintaining a place and its identity requires balancing modernization with cultural preservation. A significant representation of cultural and historical values, architecture is more than just physical structures, as demonstrated by Abba. The book also underlines the

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