Approaching the Art Week in #hongkong, the government keeps destroying its most unique art scene on the streets based on a new regulation that kills most existing signboards that have stood for decades
Part of the ~40 years old Wing Shing's sign in Mong Kok could be partially preserved by 街招 streetsignhk & 霓虹黯色 Hong Kong Neon Lights with the help of our friends Michelle & Samuel, & with the biggest supports from the shop's representatives - however, it's a very rare example
the disappearance of the last group of historical landmark signs is already happening before anything that could be done through rectification in government policy that gives no cultural assistment towards signboards as urban heritage. Here we'd like to ask for SUPPORT FROM ALL OF YOU by reporting to me or @streetsignhk if you see - scaffolding being built around a sign, the closure or moving of an old shop, or if you know somebody receiving a demolition order of their sign from the government. We'd try hard to help the shop to understand the related regulations and to preserve or keep these overlooked cultural heritages
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