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“The Last Sawmill” is a one-year social campaign that tells the story of Chi Kee Sawmill & Timber Factory—the last sawmill factory standing in Hong Kong—before its eviction and potential shut down in 2021 in the face of the North East New Territories Development Plans.

This exhibition is a partial documentation of the space and history of Chi Kee, through the eyes of architects and sociologists from LAAB Architects, who have benefited from Master Wong’s teaching and craftsmanship when they collaborated in the T · CAFE project back in 2014 to transform fender wood collected from the demolished Wan Chai Pier into bespoke furniture.

Through this exhibition, LAAB hopes to raise the city’s awareness of Chi Kee’s contribution to local craftsmanship and open up the discussion to preserve the factory as an industrial heritage.