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It seemed fitting that in the 1980s the world’s biggest neon sign, for Marlboro cigarettes, was in Hong Kong. Some of the neon was in English, some in Arabic, some in Japanese.
Hong Kong’s narrow streets were once a dazzling gallery of neon signs – now these are to be displayed in the M+ museum ...
Scout your favourite neon signs before you go on a photography trip. It can be difficult to find the sign that you want in the dark because Hong Kong is saturated with lights of every kind.
From Hollywood blockbusters to Wong Kar-wai movies, neon signs have been an iconic representation of Hong Kong. First introduced in the 1920s, these signs flourished in the later half of the 20th ...
Kwok tells CNN that in 2018 and 2019, when he was doing research for his book, there were about 470 neon signs left in the five Hong Kong districts he surveyed. Today, he thinks that only about 10 ...
In this Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, photo, a partly lit neon sign is seen at a down town street in Hong Kong. For Hong Kong's famed neon lights, the future looks dim.
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s famous neon signs are becoming harder and harder to find. The once-ubiquitous signs advertising bakeries, restaurants, pawn shops and more became a symbol of Hong Kong ...
Hong Kong is changing. No, I am not talking about its economics, political scene or culture. The former British colony is literally starting to look different. For pretty much everyone who is alive ...
From Hollywood blockbusters to Wong Kar-wai movies, neon signs have been an iconic representation of Hong Kong. First introduced in the 1920s, these signs flourished in the later half of the 20th ...