Mural celebrates Thai culture in Hong Kong under renovation scheme
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“A pilot scheme includes seven murals, with one already created on Jenford Building in the heart of city’s ‘Little Thailand’”
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“Seven murals celebrating the Thai and Chiu Chow heritage of Hong Kong’s Kowloon City will be erected in the district known for its ethnic Thai population and traditional stores”
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Three Wikipedia results were found, but they pertain to general Hong Kong information, the Hong Kong 47, and prostitution laws—none mention murals, Kowloon City heritage, or related initiatives.
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— Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
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— The Hong Kong 47 is a group of 47 pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under the Hong Kong national security law.
On 6 January 2021, 53 activists, former l…
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— Prostitution in Hong Kong is itself legal, but organised prostitution is illegal, as there are laws against keeping a vice establishment, causing or procuring another to be a prostitute, living on the…
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“The first on Jenford Building has been completed on South Wall Road in the heart of the city’s 'Little Thailand', featuring a purple cartoon elephant dressed in a blue Hawaiian shirt”
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“Against a vibrant yellow background, smiley emojis amplify its joy while pink lotuses float above the monochrome street below”
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“Jenford Building is one of the blocks under the Urban Renewal Authority’s district-based building rehabilitation pilot scheme”
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“Under the scheme, the authority subsidises renovation works and pays for beautification works on the exterior”
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“The Jenford mural’s theme centres on Thai culture, as the building was surrounded by Thai restaurants and grocery stores along South Wall Road”
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“The artists were instructed not to depict ferocious beasts, such as tigers, on the mural”
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