The image of Hong Kong’s neon-lit streetscapes is, like the signs that lent their glow to those cinematic scenes, largely a thing of the past. But although bureaucracy has stripped many buildings of their illuminated adornments and left just a handful of neon masters to ply the dying trade, there are others dedicated to keeping the craft alive. Artist Chankalun is one of them. With a background in museum and set design, Chankalun, who is also known as Karen Chan, told HKFP’s Yum Cha podcast that she had always had a penchant for the “theatrical.” It was from a typically out-of-the-box idea tha…