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Master Strokes

t wasn’t so long ago that tourists on the Kowloon waterfront would stroll past the () without being aware of its very existence. Despite its prominent location, the unremarkable tiled building was eclipsed not just by the backdrop of Victoria Harbour, but also the geometry of its immediate neighbors: namely the

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