Former ATV Studios, Sai Kung, Hong Kong, August 2017

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1. The History
Situated in the village of Ho Chung on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong, this former multi-story dye works was more recently known as the studios for Asia TV, a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. Despite a relatively small market share, ATV received numerous awards with one of its biggest successes being a HK version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in 2001. After that viewer figures began to diminish, the station's credibility was further damaged when in 2011 its news department falsely reported the death of Chinese President Jiang Zemin, landing them a HK$300,000 fine (£30,000)! On 1st April 2015, Hong Kong's Executive Council refused to renew ATV's broadcast license and the station ceased over-the-air transmission a year later.

The studios in Ho Chung were abandoned in 2007 and have been empty since. The space has been used by local graffiti artists and photographers. The building hit the news in June 2015 when ten suspects (including 10 women) were held under suspicion of using the space to store chemicals for use in bomb-making.

2. The Explore
Sadly this was, like the Central Market, another fail. Was planning to visit this in July 2015 but with the bomb-plot freshly discovered, the place was in lock-down. And predictably since then the security at the abandoned studios has been stepped up, including a live-in security guard, who I saw through the perimeter fence. With a tall wall and a rivulet down the building's right-hand side and the building of a new road along the back and left-hand of the site, entry from the front was the only option. However a busy main road, road works and the guard called time on that one. Hence, again, just externals here. See the link HERE for a glimpse inside, courtesy of a report from the excellent "Hong Wrong" website.

3. The Pictures

36763472912_9bb3e4db02_b.jpgimg1705 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36126185943_e7c382b0b6_b.jpgimg1704 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36794965191_03e3e1f9f4_b.jpgimg1692 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36763651282_efbba7f32e_b.jpgimg1694 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36126392653_0956f9e648_b.jpgimg1690 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36538512950_33542f63a5_b.jpgimg1687 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36126491813_58065da6ea_b.jpgimg1684 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36100619704_e40d9f415d_b.jpgimg1686 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36794744191_efe8b49dc1_b.jpgimg1706 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36538713200_a2a4bf766b_b.jpgimg1677 by HughieDW, on Flickr

36421074896_40d7fb20be_b.jpg20170804_163927 by HughieDW, on Flickr
 
Externals are okay. I had a look at the internal pictures on the Hong Wrong website and it is just a concrete shell, but with lots of graffiti, some of it a bit artistic. Maybe something else will turn up.
 
Externals are okay. I had a look at the internal pictures on the Hong Wrong website and it is just a concrete shell, but with lots of graffiti, some of it a bit artistic. Maybe something else will turn up.

Some really hi-quality graff there. Quite surprising given this place is a bit off-the-beaten-track...
 

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