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Reopening of Hong Kong’s Avenue of Stars could be pushed back to February 2019

Delay due to renovation work being a bigger project than expected

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Modelled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Avenue of Stars honours celebrities in the Hong Kong film industry. It was opened in 2004. Photo: Dickson Lee
Elizabeth CheungandSum Lok-kei

The reopening of Hong Kong’s popular Avenue of Stars has been delayed to February next year at the latest, with renovation work turning out to be more extensive than expected and requiring more time.

The popular tourist attraction in Tsim Sha Tsui, which has been closed since October 2015 for repairs and improvement works, was originally expected to reopen to the public in the third quarter this year. But the project would take longer to complete as more work needed to be done, according to a Leisure and Cultural Services Department paper submitted to Yau Tsim Mong District Council for discussion on March 15.
An updated renovation plan involves the replacement of the bridge piers supporting the avenue. Photo: Dickson Lee
An updated renovation plan involves the replacement of the bridge piers supporting the avenue. Photo: Dickson Lee
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The department said the plan had been to maintain the bridge piers that support the avenue, which extends along the waterfront. But after discussions with the relevant government departments, all the bridge piers were to be demolished and rebuilt. 

“As the works involved will be larger in scale and require more time than expected, in addition to the impact from bad weather on progress of renovation work, the Avenue of Stars is expected to reopen in or before February 2019,” the department stated in the paper.

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An artist’s impression of how the attraction will look. Photo: Handout
An artist’s impression of how the attraction will look. Photo: Handout
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