Hong Kong textile vendors reluctant to move to new fashion centre
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
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For more than 40 years, Yen Chow Street Hawker Bazaar in Hong Kong’s Sham Shui Po district has been the go-to place for fashion designers and students looking for cheap and original material and accessories. In its heyday, the wholesale and retail hub, also known as “Pang Chai,” had nearly 190 stalls offering a wide variety of textiles and fabrics.
But in October 2017, the Hong Kong government announced plans to redevelop the market into residential buildings and move vendors into a modern fashion centre in 2023. The South China Morning Post spoke to vendors who have spent decades in “Pang Chai” and are reluctant to relocate.
i actually cried watching this, the fact that they both love what they do and that he built everything and created everything by himself is amazing, i can see why they don't want to let it go
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_D Yes, it's the music. You're a pussy.
Thats one of main charms of traditional market, where many vendors are old people loyal to their jobs and very sincere to their customers, hence their decades of surviving from sweeping modernization. Compared with modern shopping malls where the employees are attractive, youthful people, but wear artificial smile.
I managed to visit this bazar a few times during my visit to HK recently and also had the pleasure to meet this lovely gentleman. He appears more frail now which is sad to see but his hard work ethics is also very inspiring - I saw on another channel that he does charity work to help less fortunate kids which is commendable for how little he sells his fabrics for. It brings a tear to my eye that these vendors are being forced out of a place they love, treasure and make an honest living.
It’s so sad that industrialisation is pushing out such businesses... not that the business can never run again, but such trade it’s hard to sustain in a time and age where everything is so mass produced and I feel so sad for this family... :( Traditions as such are dissipating.
Boz Harb it’s true. But if you ask the kids from those ethnic minority families, I don’t think they will necessarily want to live the way their ancestors used to. Many culture and languages died in history. It’s sad but true. Like how many kids with native American ancestry can speak the language of their tribe?
I wish Fabric Market did not move. after all , it is a one of the spot fabric plus also the trademark of sham shui po. if i could protect the fabric market or anyone start petition than i will join. I hope we realize that if we always modernize everything than we will forget our own roots.
this is the cutest thing ever
I feel so nostalgic and sad seeing this. These vendors have worked here for years and it feels like this place is like a second home to them not just a typical work place. I know they are reluctant to let go but sadly we cannot live in the past forever even if we want to. Life is becoming so much harder these days. I feel so bad for them. They seem to have a passion for their work unlike most people these days who just care for money.
Working a stall at 85... very impressive!
Location of this place please ?
it’s so sad that the government wants to move all these traditional stalls
overpopulation and greed is forcing these vendors out! you cannot get any traditional then these vendors. its such as shame they are being forced out i hope for a miracle where they won't have to move at all.
you could advertise your fabric and sell overseas.
Catharina Bellekom there would not be enough profit. For starters, they can’t afford to advertise. Materials and clothes from factories in places like China can supply more for cheaper. They would not sell anything and would be at a loss
It's so sad, old they didn't think about big profit. Loyalty only
Why do they have to move out? Can't they choose to stay?
Los Angels -The developer want to build condominium in the that area.
very sad😭
Best
Sunset industry ..... so sad ! 😢
why am i crying
All this due to HK govt reluctant to use more land for development in order to get the highest bidder for those land
Lucky. He s still healthy. Age 85. If they close. Better retire then. Gov gives him some retire money?
Bart's Friends
Sad