A disappearance of a building does not necessarily mean it was being demolished, which may be because it lost its historical significance or is out of place in the environment. In a commercial society like Hong Kong, businesspeople are always anxious to maximize the benefit of all things and use the commercial point to calculate everything, including architecture. Like the clock tower in front of Hong Kong Culture Center, the value of these historical sites merely remains decorative. Similar with the consequence of the clock tower and Repulse Bay Hotel, many preservations of the historical sites become gimmicks of the businessman to attract customers. As a result, when the tourists rely on those famous checkpoints represented by the bourgeoisie to understand the history and daily life of locals, they can only reflect on one side of the city, which remains a large gap between real life.
Tsz Ham, Cheung (3035779674)
Good summary and reflection. What do you think is needed for people to understand real life under the influence of the culture of disappearance?