NEW: Hong Kong's empty office space has surged to a record after Covid curbs diminished city’s appeal as a regional hub and gateway to China. Shawna Kwan reports: trib.al/xRJNdpI

Meanwhile, the number of unsold new homes in Hong Kong has increased to the highest in more than 15 years bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Shawna Kwan

"There's a business closing down every week." From traditional bakeries to popular dim sum shops, businesses in Hong Kong are disappearing at a dizzying pace trib.al/pEubsHd

There are many people trying hard to document the disappearing icons in HK. Carlos Sun, the person behind Instagram account vanishing.hongkong said he won't leave the city yet. "I have set a goal for myself: I will go when I have photographed all of Hong Kong."

The slump in Hong Kong’s property market is accelerating as borrowing costs rise bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Shawna Kwan Richard Frost

Property agents in Hong Kong are resorting to increasingly wry advertising slogans to attract potential buyers during the city’s worst housing slump in years Olivia Tam bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

NEW: This is how young people lured by free housing revitalized Taiwan's dilapidated military villages. Shawna Kwan reports: trib.al/SZqgx1D

Hong Kong’s notorious tiny apartments, sometimes no bigger than a parking space, have emerged as the biggest losers in the city’s property downturn bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Shawna Kwan

NEW: Hong Kong's notorious tiny apartments, sometimes no bigger than a parking space, have emerged as the biggest losers in the city's property downturn. Shawna Kwan reports: trib.al/zq7vTOz

Hong Kong’s property market is seeing more deals as buyers bet the border reopening with mainland China will help channel more capital into the city and stoke a recovery bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Shawna Kwan

another major neon sign goes down in HK, this one from a knife shop in Sham Shui Po, as part of the govt's "Tackling Hygiene Black Spots" campaign. Shawna Kwan wrote about it here bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Hong Kong mortgage applications from mainland buyers with HK residency rises to a record, underscoring the group’s growing influence in the city’s property sector bloomberg.com/news/articles/… Shawna Kwan

Hong Kong home prices to drop 10% before rebound, Goldman Says bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Shawna Kwan

Hong Kong to build the so-called "light public housing" despite concerns about costs and its choice of locations. In one estimate, these temporary units are 25% more expensive than traditional ones. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @citylab

Hong Kong is trying to tackle its housing crisis. Under pressure from Beijing to provide decent homes to the poor, the city plans to spend $3.3 billion on 30,000 temporary apartments. But is it enough? Bloomberg's @shawnakwan reports trib.al/pKUaf5G

Follow Hong Kong's annual budget presentation Bloomberg TOPLive blog with Shawna Kwan Richard Frost Andy Mukherjee John Cheng Adrian Kennedy bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

In Taiwan, a second-generation elevator manufacturer commissioned an architect to transform his family’s rundown factory into a modern design showcase. Part of the “Look at That Building” series. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @citylab

While she was reporting in Taiwan, Shawna Kwan stopped by New Taipei City to see this amazing project by Üroborus Studiolab 共序工事 — an arts and industrial showcase center in an aging manufacturing district. bloom.bg/3ZZBGRw

Chinese tycoon Chen Hongtian lost about $1.4 billion worth of properties in Hong Kong and London just over weeks. With ⁦Shawna Kwan⁩ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A billion-dollar luxury residential project in Hong Kong was supposed to be a lifeline for a pair of Chinese developers — if only they could find buyers bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets lorrettachen & Shawna Kwan