A shop in Central that has been selling sugar-cane juice for 63 years is facing closure as the historic building that houses it is to be sold for HK$100 million.
The building will be preserved, but rent for the shop is expected to shoot up once the deal is closed.
The Tsui family, who have been running the shop, fears its days are numbered as they will not be able to afford a steep rent rise.
Tsui Chi-san, who took charge of the family business 20 years ago, helped by his wife and two sons, said: 'Recently, estate agents kept coming and asking us about the sale of the building. We have no idea and the landlord won't tell us his plan.'
Kung Lee, on the corner of Hollywood Road and Peel Street, has been selling its signature sugar cane juice to white collar workers, residents and tourists since 1948.
The ground-floor shop, as well as the three-storey tenement building, is a landmark in SoHo. But the building owner, named Kenny Kwong Kam-kin according to land records, is expected to close a deal soon to sell it.
