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Old Market Shop


Old Market Shop
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Copyright: Hong Kong SAR (mphotographies) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 602 W: 39 N: 263] (1354)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-13
Categories: Daily Life, Architecture
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/100 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-06-19 0:30
Viewed: 316
Points: 8
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
One of the old shops in the market areas of Central.

"There goes the neighborhood

Saturday, July 28, 2007

The constant redevelopment of Hong Kong's oldest areas is drawing more public criticism, especially from those who believe in conserving the essence of local life. Vaudine England reports

Alison Kwan remembers playing on the steep stairway in the back of the Wing Woo Grocery store when she was a child. The business, on the corner of Graham and Wellington Streets, Central, has been in her family for three generations.

But she's looking forward to the Urban Renewal Authority's plans for change in the neighborhood.

"That's the way it should be I think. It is too old. As their children, we want them both to retire earlier - they are already 70-something," she says, referring to her mother and father. "But they love it here, especially my father - he has been here since he was young. He's sad about that, but there's not much he can do."

That's because her father, Kwan Moon-chiu, is a tenant, not an owner; and besides, the store doesn't make money any more.

"Their profit margin is already very low but they can't compete with the supermarkets - people's buying patterns have changed. The business actually runs at a loss but my father keeps on because that is what he wishes," says Alison Kwan.*

*Read more about this article from The Standard.
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This is a great tribute to those old time neighborhood shops that are disappearing all too fast (just like most of them did where I live a few decades ago). Your picture shows their beauty - especially the light is very well managed.

Support your local shop!

Benny

Hello Jom,
How are you my friend!
how is life in HK? treating you well?
I loved the black framing really suitable for this sort of oldie image especially with this sort of light condition!
you had achieved the best exposure and focus in this shot with great sharpness and wonderful details!
yummy on those hanging salted fishes!
many thanks and take good care my friend
Tony

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  • adores Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2690 W: 52 N: 3769] (12063)
  • [2008-06-19 16:42]
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Hi Jom!
I'm glad they are still keeping soeme of these amazing old stores. So many details we have here, and so different from the new supermarkets.Good pov, light and sharpness.

Hi Jom:

Very sharp... very lifelike. Good job.

Joscel

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