(From left) Villagers Yuen Ka-keung, who started the mural campaign, John Choy Yuk-wai and Yeung Koon-ping. Photo: Roy Issa
(From left) Villagers Yuen Ka-keung, who started the mural campaign, John Choy Yuk-wai and Yeung Koon-ping. Photo: Roy Issa

Is this mural village the last stand against Hong Kong’s rapid urbanisation?

Inspired by Taiwan’s ‘Rainbow Village’, New Territories residents campaign to preserve city’s rural past, not with loudspeakers or banners, but with paintbrushes

(From left) Villagers Yuen Ka-keung, who started the mural campaign, John Choy Yuk-wai and Yeung Koon-ping. Photo: Roy Issa
(From left) Villagers Yuen Ka-keung, who started the mural campaign, John Choy Yuk-wai and Yeung Koon-ping. Photo: Roy Issa
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