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Q Should Dragon Garden be preserved?

'Family split on fate of Dragon Garden' (July 5) presents an incomprehensible situation. Filial piety is a cornerstone of Chinese society. Lee Iu-cheung was a man of charity and distinction, and spent 20 years cultivating this magnificent garden as a legacy and a site for his mausoleum.

While some members of the surviving family wish to maintain his legacy, it appears that others can only see dollar signs. It is tragic if Hong Kong life has become so materialistic that our traditions are being summarily discarded. It is unfathomable that their grandfather's heritage can be demolished and sold off to a developer. What is happening to Chinese family values?

Y.P. Ho, Central

Shame on Lee Him and the two grandsons who have voted to dispose of Dragon Garden. The reason these people are comfortable in the world is because of the wealth of their father or grandfather, Lee Iu-cheung, and he owed his success - at least in part - to Hong Kong.

Even if he didn't intend it as such, his garden has been a small thank you to the place that made him; when open to the public as a pleasant spot in which to stretch legs and as a tourist attraction, and even when closed as a valuable green pocket in an increasingly built-up area.

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