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Bryan Ong has made it his mission to preserve items that tell the story of Hong Kong’s British colonial past even as Beijing increasingly shapes life in the territory that is firmly back in the fold of mainland China.
Ong, 42, has been collecting colonial memorabilia since he was a child and last year opened the Museum Victoria City to put his treasures on display, detached from growing acrimony between China and Britain, fuelled in part by the colonial legacy.
“Whether it’s good or bad, it’s part of Hong Kong history,” Ong said.
His two-storey museum displays military medals, badges, royal portraits, stamps,
The Downtown Victoria Business Association is now the second largest business improvement association in the province, after the city adopted a bylaw this week expanding its downtown boundaries.