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Taskforce fights for Wan Chai Market Pressure group wants a reclassification of the building to prevent its demolition.
(From South China Morning Post)
Byline: Chloe Lai
A campaign has been launched to have the Wan Chai Market building reclassified so that it can escape demolition.
The Wan Chai Heritage Taskforce - an alliance of district council members and leading architects - has demanded that the Antiquities Advisory Board take decisive action to protect the building, which is the only example of Bauhaus architecture in the city.
The market is listed as an historical building, which means it can be torn down. If it was reclassified as a protected historical building, the owner would not be allowed to demolish it.
The taskforce has also urged …
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