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Hong Kong: Privatization of Public Space

Written byOiwan Lam
Posted 6 March 2008 5:46 GMT

Littleolso comments on the privatization of public space by Time square [zh], a super shopping mall at Causeway Bay, a most expensive district in Hong Kong Island. The shopping mall rented out the public space and made huge profit while deprived the right of ordinary citizens to use the space freely.

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