BY CLAUDIA BLUME
In Hong Kong, words such as conservation and heritage have only just started to seep into people's consciousness. In fact, in recent decades, the city has changed beyond recognition, and many traces of its past have disappeared forever.
Today, Hong Kong is a curious mix of ultramodern glass-and-chrome skyscrapers, run-down buildings from the 1950s and '60s and a small residue of elegant colonial structures. But what the city lacks in historic buildings and architectural beauty, it makes up for with atmosphere and a vibrant street life.
Only a few meters away from hectic Queens Road in Central, for example, lies ...
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