Shawna Kwan

In Taiwan, a second-generation elevator manufacturer commissioned an architect to transform his family’s rundown factory into a modern design showcase. Part of the “Look at That Building” series. https://t.co/kPCS6CYVab via @citylab

RT @subramaniamsh: Follow Hong Kong's annual budget presentation @business TOPLive blog with @ShawnaKwan @frostyhk @andymukherjee70 @johnch…

RT @Quicktake: Hong Kong is trying to tackle its housing crisis. Under pressure from Beijing to provide decent homes to the poor, the city…

Hong Kong to build the so-called "light public housing" despite concerns about costs and its choice of locations. In one estimate, these temporary units are 25% more expensive than traditional ones. https://t.co/TtPjS7I4EI via @citylab

RT @luluyilun: Hong Kong home prices to drop 10% before rebound, Goldman Says https://t.co/R6PPLBsonu via @markets @ShawnaKwan

RT @luluyilun: Hong Kong mortgage applications from mainland buyers with HK residency rises to a record, underscoring the group’s growing i…

RT @stegersaurus: another major neon sign goes down in HK, this one from a knife shop in Sham Shui Po, as part of the govt's "Tackling Hygi…

RT @luluyilun: Hong Kong’s property market is seeing more deals as buyers bet the border reopening with mainland China will help channel mo…

RT @CityLab: NEW: Hong Kong's notorious tiny apartments, sometimes no bigger than a parking space, have emerged as the biggest losers in th…

RT @luluyilun: Hong Kong’s notorious tiny apartments, sometimes no bigger than a parking space, have emerged as the biggest losers in the c…

RT @CityLab: NEW: This is how young people lured by free housing revitalized Taiwan's dilapidated military villages. @ShawnaKwan reports:…

Property agents in Hong Kong are resorting to increasingly wry advertising slogans to attract potential buyers during the city’s worst housing slump in years @oliviahttam https://t.co/iQGVtk1gke via @markets

RT @luluyilun: The slump in Hong Kong’s property market is accelerating as borrowing costs rise https://t.co/F64Lz8PrWq @ShawnaKwan @frosty…

There are many people trying hard to document the disappearing icons in HK. Carlos Sun, the person behind Instagram account vanishing.hongkong said he won't leave the city yet. "I have set a goal for myself: I will go when I have photographed all of Hong Kong."

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"There's a business closing down every week." From traditional bakeries to popular dim sum shops, businesses in Hong Kong are disappearing at a dizzying pace https://t.co/7BUUAO3b20

RT @CityLab: "There's a business closing down every week." From traditional bakeries to popular dim sum shops, businesses in Hong Kong are…

RT @luluyilun: Meanwhile, the number of unsold new homes in Hong Kong has increased to the highest in more than 15 years https://t.co/auzA…

RT @CityLab: NEW: Hong Kong's empty office space has surged to a record after Covid curbs diminished city’s appeal as a regional hub and ga…