HONG KONG (NYTIMES) • When the General Post Office opened on Hong Kong's waterfront in 1976, a local newspaper predicted that the modernist-style building would "certainly become as much of a landmark" as its Victorian-era predecessor. Not quite.
The building - with its white concrete facade, harsh angles and tinted glass - became a fixture of Hong Kong's downtown. But it was never added to the city's register of protected landmarks. Now, with Hong Kong officials under pressure to generate revenue, the nearly 12 acre site, which has been valued at over US$5 billion (S$6.6 billion), was put up for sale this month.
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