位於全港黃金地段的銅鑼灣羅素街與波斯富街,多次獲選全港最貴街道。不過波斯富街的一列唐樓,樓上單位人去樓空,窗戶已拆卸剩半道牆壁,猶如城中鬧市廢廈,有鬼城之感,與地面行人如鯽,熙來攘往成強烈對比。
這城市迷幻奇觀的背後原因,是不少發展商約7年前看中潛在商機,開始收購波斯富街54至76號的3幢樓齡逾50年的唐樓單位,唯地舖叫價甚高,仍未能完全收購,市區收購重建過程漫長。
Russell Street and Percival Street in Causeway Bay, located in a prime location in Hong Kong, have repeatedly been selected as the most expensive streets in Hong Kong. However, in a row of Chinese tenement buildings (Tong Lau) on Percival Street, the upstairs units were vacant, the windows had been demolished and half of the walls were removed. They look like abandoned buildings with a “ghost mansion” feel, a great contrast compared with the crowded and bustling scene on the street level.
The reason behind this city’s surreal spectacle is that many developers took advantage of potential business opportunities about 7 years ago and began to acquire units of the 3 Chinese tenement buildings that are over 50 years old at 54-76 Percival Street. However, the asking prices of the street level shops are high and the acquisition has not yet been completed. The process of urban acquisition, redevelopment and renewal is long.
楊必興 P H Yang
專業攝影師。
人生上半場在IBM、惠普和匯豐銀行等跨國公司擔任高級技術及管理層的IT人。數十年後,楊必興改變了軌跡,選擇追求他對攝影的終身熱愛。
楊必興屢獲殊榮,在美國三藩市,首都華盛頓,北京和香港曾舉辦十多場個人攝影展,包括香港 PMQ 之開幕攝影展。作品經常在國際媒體的首頁刋登 - 包括 CNN,CrowdSpark(前Newzulu,Citizenside)和Demotix;三藩市紀事報;Hong Kong Free Press;香港 01;香港信報月刊;明報;蘋果日報;TVB 等。
他的作品授權 Lonely Planet 旅遊指南和港龍航空機上雜誌《絲路》刊登。
2015年榮獲香港人權藝術獎。
Professional photographer.
After decades working as an IT professional in senior technical and management positions with multinationals such as IBM, HP and HSBC, P H Yang changed tack and chose to pursue his life-long passion in photography.
Award-winning photographer Yang is an exhibited and published artist in North America and Asia. His work is frequently featured on the front page of international media – CNN; CrowdSpark (formerly Newzulu, Citizenside) and Demotix; San Francisco Chronicle; Hong Kong Free Press; Hong Kong 01; Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly; Ming Pao; Apple Daily; TVB...
His work is licensed by Lonely Planet travel guides and Dragonair's in-flight magazine Silkroad.
Yang has held over 10 solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Washington DC, Beijing and Hong Kong including PMQ's opening photo exhibition.
Yang won the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize in 2015.
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