The living room at 23 South Bay Road.
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The low-rise apartment block above Repulse Bay reflects the area’s rich history from Japanese occupation to reconstruction during Hong Kong’s boom.
This is part of Bloomberg’s Open House series, featuring Hong Kong’s most interesting homes.
Seventy-three years ago, workers put the finishing touches on a low-rise block of apartments overlooking Repulse Bay on Hong Kong island’s southern side. Designed in what resembles Art Moderne style, the building formed part of the British colony’s reconstruction efforts after an almost four-year occupation by the Japanese left much of its European housing stock in ruins.