Oasis amid HK's mad housing market
Wonderland Villas is an example of an older development that has risen in value, beyond what the young can afford
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RED-WHISKERED bulbuls start chirping at around 5 am at Wonderland Villas, a hilltop housing complex in northern Hong Kong, the history of which has mirrored the city's political, economic and social fortunes.
Built in 1984, the year colonial power Britain signed an agreement to hand Hong Kong back to China, the complex was one of the pioneering designs of its time, a cluster of 22 curvaceous white apartment blocks complete with clubhouse, tennis courts and swimming pool.
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