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'Living gallery': fighting to save Hong Kong's fading neon signs / 33D42UP
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Neon signs once transformed Hong Kong's oldest neighbourhoods into a kaleidoscope of luminous colour after dark, but most have been removed with a few lucky ones now piled up in a ramshackle yard.
Citing safety concerns, city authorities have begun extinguishing the neon signs, which are widely seen as part of Hong Kong's heritage. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES