HONG KONG -- After nearly three decades, the warm glow of the green and red Hop Hing Hotpot neon sign dimmed into the evening darkness one final time before the 4-meter board was carefully dismantled by several skilled laborers, meeting the same fate as dozens of other Hong Kong neon signs.
With the illuminating signpost gone, the street looked unremarkable to Yuen Siu-yam, the owner of the Hop Hing Hotpot restaurant.
