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"Our staff were looking at its appearance (and thought it was heritage)," monuments office secretary Tom Ming told the paper.
"But then after the owner sent us an objection against our proposal of grading, we learnt from the buildings department the original building had been demolished."
Architectural conservationist Lee Ho-yin said the mansion was so convincing that even he had been mistaken.
"The columns were so properly arranged and the proportions so right that, on first look, experts could have been fooled," he told the Post.
Fierce protests over the 2007 demolition of the historic Star Ferry pier and the destruction of Queen's Pier, where Britain's royalty used to step onto the territory, have seen the government become more sensitive about preserving what remains of the former British colony's heritage.
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"But then after the owner sent us an objection against our proposal of grading, we learnt from the buildings department the original building had been demolished."
Architectural conservationist Lee Ho-yin said the mansion was so convincing that even he had been mistaken.
"The columns were so properly arranged and the proportions so right that, on first look, experts could have been fooled," he told the Post.
Fierce protests over the 2007 demolition of the historic Star Ferry pier and the destruction of Queen's Pier, where Britain's royalty used to step onto the territory, have seen the government become more sensitive about preserving what remains of the former British colony's heritage.
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