A group representing Hong Kong architects has appealed to the government to speed up capital works projects and outsource more work to compensate for a dearth of jobs and widespread layoffs in the construction sector. “The local architectural practices are undoubtedly facing an extremely difficult time and some of them are already at the tipping point of their survival battle,” chairman of the Association of Architectural Practices (AAP) Dennis Lau wrote in a letter to Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn. In a reply to HKFP, the bureau said the government would continue to allocate resou…
