'These recent heritage battles represent a desperate search for a cultural anchor,' says Lee ho Yin, director of the architectural conservation program at the University of Hong Kong.

香港大学(University of Hong Kong)建筑文物保护课程主任李浩然称，最近发生的这些关于保存建筑文物的抗争，折射出港人对文化定位的渴望。

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According to Mr Bryan, who runs the college's architectural stone conservation course, the structure is sound but work is needed to slow its rate of decay.

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The River Hart flows through the rural area which has 1, 000 buildings listed as being of special architectural or historical interest and more than 30 conservation areas.

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"Due to the prominent siting of the advertisement within the Kensington Place conservation area, its elevated position on the buildings and its use of modern and incongruous materials the proposal fails to preserve or enhance the architectural of historic character and appearance of the conservation area and the appearance of the building and represents an unduly dominant and obtrusive advertisement, " the council said.

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