The Lily

28 April 2010 - Repulse Bay is one of the most beautiful - and most expensive - bays in Hong Kong. When I came to Hong Kong in 2003 ChinaChem had just finished constructing a lily-shaped apartment block, designed by Lord Norman Foster (also responsible for the HK airport and the HSBC building). It took til 2007 to complete the interiors, and the late Nina Wang never saw her lily blossom. I heard that apartments in the building will now go on sale, which is good news because it is rather sad to have such a huge empty (dead) building in one of the most stunning sites of Hong Kong. There is, of course, a lot more to say about the topic, but this cartoon from Harry/SCMP sums it all up.