Fightback #5

"What? This is #5?" you say! I know this is the first time I've written a "Fightback" post, but I've previously told you about:

1) The Fight against Article 23,
2) the fight against allowing the Chinese Communist Party to dictate how HK wears its hair,
3) The Battle for Wedding Card Street,
4) The Fight to Stop the Demolition of Queens Pier.

So, yes, this one is "Fightback 5".

Oh, by the way, you remember how we won that concession during the Demolition of Queens Pier - yes, they'd pull it down but they'd keep the clock tower? Well, here's what they've done with it:

The New Pier.
And note how they've removed
any reference to the Queen!

See how the new pier has incorporated the clock tower into the structure? No? OK, see if I've got a clearer photo:

The New Pier, again!

So what do you think? Did we win anything?

Well, this is yet another fight that we kinda won. It's the old colonial Marine Department Headquarters in Tsim Sha Tsui. They were going to tear it down, but Feisty Hong Kong said "No!" and they said "OK! We'll keep it!" And here it is:

The Marine Headquarters.
Can you see it?
There in the background?

Do I have a clearer photo? Yes!

Better view.

As you can see, they've torn down the hill and built this ... gosh, what shall we call it? ... Roman Forum-thingy below it. And the building itself is to become a boutique hotel.

Oh, and when they were tearing down the hill we fought for the trees, and they kept those, and here's what they've done with them.

This mighty tree is now
a giant potplant!

And another giant potplant.

And this wall tree is
now on a tiny reinforced
scrap of wall.

So, what do you think? Did we win anything?

Mmmm? Kinda! The jury is still out on that one!