For Hong Kong’s famed neon lights, the future looks dim. (Vincent Yu/Associated Press)HONG KONG — For Hong Kong’s famed neon lights, the future looks dim. Over the past two decades, Hong Kong’s neon industry has been gradually dying out, a victim of changing tastes, new technologies and tighter regulations. And it is very unique to Hong Kong.”Wu Chi-kai is one of about half a dozen neon sign masters left in Hong Kong. The owners donated it to M+, Hong Kong’s museum of visual culture, which is now adding neon signs to its permanent collection and had dedicated an exhibition in 2014 to neon signs.

Source: Washington Post August 31, 2017 02:01 UTC