Sky-high bamboo scaffolders in Hong Kong

Mar 25, 2013

Bamboo scaffolding is an ancient Chinese craft that helped build Hong Kong, yet the work of scaffolders often goes unnoticed. In this week's installment of "Hong Kong Heartbeat", we spoke with Tony Wong Wai-lun, experienced scaffolder and owner of local scaffolding company, to learn more about this traditional trade and some of the challenges it is facing.

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