A top adviser to the Hong Kong government on heritage issues has revealed how he is pressing for a new system to evaluate modern architecture as a number of familiar landmarks face demolition.Local support for preserving buildings erected after 1950 has been growing, with famous sites such as the General Post Office, the headquarters of the Garden Company bakery, and the Excelsior hotel due to be knocked down.“In some sense we are racing against time,” said Douglas So Cheung-tak, chairman…
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