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Modernism and Public Markets in Hong Kong

Modernism and Public Markets in Hong Kong

Date & Time: 15/10/2023 (Sunday) 3:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Hong Kong Central Library (Lecture Theatre, G/F)
Speaker: Prof. TSUI Chung Man, Carmen (Associate Professor, Department of History, Lingnan University)
Organiser: Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries and the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
Remarks: Conducted in Cantonese.
Free admission. First come, first served.
Hybrid mode.
Link of Live Broadcast: https://www.facebook.com/thelwht/
Enquiry: Promotion and Programming Unit, Hong Kong Central Library
(Monday to Friday: 9:00a.m. - 1:00p.m.; 2:00p.m. - 5:30p.m.)
Telephone: 2921 0285

Lord Wilson Heritage Trust
Telephone: 3509 7083

In the 1930s, the Modern Movement of architecture began to widely influence architectural design in Hong Kong. This talk uses government markets designed by the Public Works Department as examples to discuss the way Hong Kong’s public architecture has gradually shifted from the traditional forms and construction techniques of the past to a new era of modern design after the First World War. It seeks to relate changes in the repertoire of market design strategies to Hong Kong’s social, political, and economic contexts. The talk also outlines the chronological development of public markets and systematically analyses how public markets have adapted to the social imperative to modernise.