‘Business will be severely impacted’: Hong Kong flower market concern group speaks out against redevelopment

[HKFP] - 10/21/2024

Around 20 local residents and florists from Hong Kong’s century-old Flower Market district have joined forces to advocate against a controversial redevelopment project of the area. Ada Lee, a member of the concern group who has lived in the neighbourhood since 1999, told HKFP last Friday that (…)



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