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  2. The artist creating mind-bending images of an alternate Hong ...

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    They include muscular bamboo-scaffolding builders, a woman in a quintessential Hong Kong barbershop with a mountain of metal rollers in her hair, and the aforementioned men in wrinkled shirts ...

  3. West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre - Wikipedia

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    The cost of land levelling and bamboo scaffolding is about HK$1,000,000. [5] The Bamboo Theatre was constructed traditionally using over 10000 bamboo stalks by 10 bamboo scaffolders within 2 weeks to provide 800-seat auditorium. In addition, it is the largest bamboo theatre built in Hong Kong.

  4. Bamboo construction - Wikipedia

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    Bamboo has also long been used as scaffolding; the practice has been banned in mainland China for buildings over six stories, but is still in continuous use for skyscrapers in Hong Kong. [4] In the Philippines, the nipa hut is a fairly typical example of the most basic sort of housing where bamboo is used; the walls are split and woven bamboo ...

  5. Scaffolding - Wikipedia

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    A fulcrum supports this bamboo scaffolding in Hong Kong. Bamboo scaffolding is a temporary structure to support people and materials when constructing or repairing building exteriors and interiors. [26] In bamboo scaffolding, plastic fibre straps and bamboo shoots are bound together to form a solid and secure scaffold structure without screws. [27]

  6. Bambooworking - Wikipedia

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    Bamboo has also long been used as scaffolding; the practice has been banned in China for buildings over six stories, but is still in continuous use for skyscrapers in Hong Kong. A modern resort guesthouse in Palawan, Philippines, with traditional woven bamboo walls

  7. Tsing Yi Bamboo Theatre - Wikipedia

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    Tsing Yi Bamboo Theatre (Chinese: 青衣戲棚) is an annual large-scale traditional Cantonese festival held in Hong Kong with a temporary built theatre which made with bamboos. It is located in Fung Shue Wo Road Football Field, which is next to Municipal Service Building in Tsing Yi , Hong Kong .

  8. Oil-paper umbrella - Wikipedia

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    Meinong oil-paper umbrella scaffolds are made mainly from bamboo sticks, which are translocated from places such as Puli, Zhushan, Nantou County and the Cishan District of Kaohsiung. Especially the famous moso bamboo of the Qushan district. Moso bamboo is famous for its strength and elasticity. Thus the scaffold is mainly made of moso bamboo.

  9. Swimming shed - Wikipedia

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    Sai Wan Swimming Shed is the only shed that is still in service in Hong Kong. It was set by the government in the 1960s to 1970s in which regular swimming facilities weren't common. It is on the brink of the Hong Kong Island, outlining the Victoria Road and Mount Davis. It functions as a hybrid of swimming lot and photo-taking spot for ...