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Hong Kong’s last sawmill faces closure amid development plan

A visitor tries on a wooden rocking horse in the Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong's last operating sawmill, has operated in the city for nearly four decades. But soon, the sawmill could be forced to shut down as authorities look to develop the area to make it more metropolitan and integrate it better with mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Visitors' notes are displayed in the Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong's last operating sawmill, has operated in the city for nearly four decades. But soon, the sawmill could be forced to shut down as authorities look to develop the area to make it more metropolitan and integrate it better with mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) A worker cuts the wood in the Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong's last operating sawmill, has operated in the city for nearly four decades. But soon, the sawmill could be forced to shut down as authorities look to develop the area to make it more metropolitan and integrate it better with mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) A gavel is placed in the Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong's last operating sawmill, has operated in the city for nearly four decades. But soon, the sawmill could be forced to shut down as authorities look to develop the area to make it more metropolitan and integrate it better with mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) A worker lifts a wood log in the Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong's last operating sawmill, has operated in the city for nearly four decades. But soon, the sawmill could be forced to shut down as authorities look to develop the area to make it more metropolitan and integrate it better with mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Workers cut the wood in the Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong's last operating sawmill, has operated in the city for nearly four decades. But soon, the sawmill could be forced to shut down as authorities look to develop the area to make it more metropolitan and integrate it better with mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Wong Hung-kuen, Director of Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, poses for a photograph in his factory in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber, Hong Kong's last operating sawmill, has operated in the city for nearly four decades. But soon, the sawmill could be forced to shut down as authorities look to develop the area to make it more metropolitan and integrate it better with mainland China. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)