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Article: Interview: Traditional Chinese Architecture Favored in HK
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- May 7, 1996
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Traditional Chinese architecture has become a most-favored choice
in designing and building public recreational places in Hong Kong,
said Tse Shun-kai, senior architect with the Hong Kong Architectural
Services Department (ASD) which is in charge of building the
territory's public facilities.
A 9,000 sq. m. public leisure garden is to be built in the style
of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in Diamond Hill of Hong Kong.
This is one of a series of building projects in Hong Kong which
adopt traditional Chinese styles in a bid to boost public awareness
of Chinese culture.
In an interview with Xinhua, Tse said that traditional Chinese
architecture occupies a unique position among the world's ...