The Last Days of the Graham Street Wet Market
This project reports on the redevelopment of a 160-year-old outdoor market in Central, Hong KongKeng Gee Noodle Factory: The “ineligible” shop under the URA’s renewal scheme
By Henry Wong Ho Shun-gun, 72, pointed at a vintage telephone inside of his small grocery shop. “We can’t lie about that. We have been doing business in Graham Street for more than 50 years…Check our business or phone number registration if you want evidence,” he...
Western deli thrives during market redevelopment: Expats see opportunity in a redevelopment zone that is bringing the city’s oldest market to a close.
By Crystal Tai While many shop owners of the 160-year-old Graham Street Market are contemplating being forced to move out, a group of expats are growing their business inside the redevelopment zone. "Since we started this business four months ago, we've seen...
Graham Street Market struggles for survival
By Susan Gao Siqi, Jessie Pang Yu Tung and Tracy Zhang Lingyu Despite reports a year ago that Central’s Graham Street Market had it’s last day in operation, business continues as usual in the busy streets. But the ear-splitting sounds of construction from a site in...
The Graham Street Wet Market: Ruined or Renewed?
By Morris Chan Ho-chiu, Alfred Lam Ka-sing & Daniel Ma Chun-wai We might not have even realised it, but the redevelopment plan for the Graham Street Market could lead to the end of an era in Central. The 160-year-old Graham Street Market is Hong Kong’s oldest wet...
Vegetable vendor dismayed to see market disappearing
By Emily Cheung Ho Ying One vegetable vendor in the Graham Street Market said she received more than 100 lai see, the traditional Chinese blessing of a red envelope containing money, from her regular customers. “I am so happy. Though I am old, I still can get lai see...