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0:00:34 > 0:00:36- Welcome to a new series of 04Wal.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41- This special programme - comes to you from Hong Kong.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47- We'll visit The Peninsula, one of - the Far East's most plush hotels.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- This building combines the romance - of yesteryear with modern design.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00- A landscape architect - called Sion Edwards...
0:01:00 > 0:01:05- ..will show us examples of his work - and we're also invited to his home.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17- First stop, the flat Beks Walters - shares with Rhodri and Ela.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22- Their flat is outside the centre - of Hong Kong, on the south coast...
0:01:23 > 0:01:25- ..in a town called Stanley.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33- What are the main differences - between living here and Cardiff?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Well, obviously, - the weather's quite different!
0:01:37 > 0:01:41- It's sunny here all the year round, - more or less.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45- It's autumn now and it's lovely - - not too hot.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49- I have a busy social life, - just as I did in Cardiff.
0:01:49 > 0:01:54- Many people who live here are - separated from their close families.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58- Your friends - then become your surrogate family.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03- Hong Kong attracts young people - from foreign lands.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06- It's busy - and there's a real buzz here.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09- If you like New York, - you'll love Hong Kong.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- It's like being in Spain!
0:02:11 > 0:02:15- You're 100 yards from the sea - and you live on the roof.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- Yes, we eat out here.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19- We have Sunday brunch here.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22- You have lots of lovely plants here.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28- You must choose plants carefully - because the weather varies so much.
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- We have typhoons in the summer - - lots of rain and lots of sunshine.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- This flat is 1500 square feet.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- It's quite big, for Hong Kong.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59- We needed a spacious home because - Ela was used to having space.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03- What have you done - with all the stuff you left behind?
0:03:03 > 0:03:08- I rented out my house in Cardiff, so - the bulky furniture is still there.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- Things like sofas, the dining tables - and the beds are still there.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16- I also shipped lots of things - over here.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20- Paint turned out to be - extremely important.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24- I scoured the streets here for weeks - before we moved in...
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- ..in search of yellow paint.
0:03:26 > 0:03:31- I couldn't find any, so I had - this yellow paint shipped over.
0:03:31 > 0:03:37- Almost every flat over here is white - and I wanted an element of colour.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42- This is quite a large room, - so the colour added warmth to it.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46- It made it feel much more homely.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- We wanted to have - pieces of Welsh art in our home.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- Our house is very eclectic.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17- There's a red dragon - on the television.
0:04:17 > 0:04:22- There are Welsh things everywhere, - especially in Ela's room.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32- It's a very open room.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- Yes, it feels very spacious.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39- Flats can feel claustrophobic - but that isn't the case here.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- This room in north facing...
0:04:41 > 0:04:46- ..but the light that does come in - reflects off this shiny floor.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50- Yes, we're very lucky - to have these wooden floors.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54- You often see quality wooden floors - in the flats of Hong Kong.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58- You watch television over there - and you eat over here.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00- Yes, that's right.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- This dining set comes from Macau...
0:05:03 > 0:05:07- ..a small country - an hour away on the hovercraft.
0:05:07 > 0:05:12- It has a Portuguese feel - because it was a Portuguese colony.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17- It's back in Chinese hands but - the Portuguese influence remains.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- This is the master bedroom.
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- Several pieces in here - suggest we're in Hong Kong.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- This bed comes from China.
0:05:42 > 0:05:47- The wooden cabinets with - the brass handles come from Macau.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- There's a small corner - of Wales here!
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- This is a picture - of Y Parog, Newport.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- This is a picture of Mwnt, - which is dear to Beks and Rhodri.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- The wooden floor is beautiful.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- These lovely curtains - mask the wardrobes.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26- Is furniture - easy to come by in Hong Kong?
0:06:26 > 0:06:31- Yes, it's readily available - but everything is expensive here.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- There are several antique shops - on Hollywood Road.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- My favourite shop - is called Shambala.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- I bought that sideboard from there.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42- I love it!
0:06:43 > 0:06:48- It's an early 20th century piece - from the Shanxi Province.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52- There are - some modern pieces here, too.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54- We don't have many modern pieces...
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- ..but we have bought some - modern pieces with a Chinese twist.
0:06:59 > 0:07:03- They include - that enormous, silver beanbag.
0:07:03 > 0:07:08- I bought it in a shop called G-O-D, - or Goods of Desire.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- There are four G-O-D shops - in Hong Kong...
0:07:11 > 0:07:16- ..and I can't go there without - spending a couple of hundred!
0:07:16 > 0:07:17- They're great shops.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- Beks and I left the flat...
0:07:24 > 0:07:28- ..and we went on a shopping spree - in central Hong Kong.
0:07:28 > 0:07:32- First stop, 'Shambala' - - a huge furniture warehouse.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- They sell goods from China - and the rest of Asia.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47- Have you bought - a lot of furniture here?
0:07:47 > 0:07:49- Yes, quite a lot.
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- The small desks and the bookcase - came from Shambala.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57- Everything in here - is quite expensive.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00- Yes, it's quite an expensive shop.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- They offer - a wide selection of pieces...
0:08:03 > 0:08:08- ..and it's not as expensive - as the antique shops in town.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- This shape of box - is very common in China.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22- It curves downwards in the middle.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- That isn't an old one - because it costs 35.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- The writing inside the box - makes it look old.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- They're rich colours, aren't they?
0:08:38 > 0:08:39- They're rich colours, aren't they?- - Yes - it's lovely.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- A thing of beauty is a joy for ever!
0:08:42 > 0:08:43- You're not wrong.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- We moved on from antiques to focus - on some 21st century furniture.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57- G-O-D offers a modern interpretation - of Hong Kong culture.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05- This shop - is called 'Goods of Desire'...
0:09:05 > 0:09:11- ..and it's in stark contrast to - the antique shops we just visited.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- Yes, the shop was designed - by a man called Douglas...
0:09:15 > 0:09:20- ..and he wanted to prove you can - create contemporary pieces...
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- ..that also have a strong, - Chinese flavour.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28- He wanted to do for Hong Kong - what Conran has done for London.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- I think he's achieved his goal.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- I'll buy - these Double Happiness candles.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- They'd be perfect for our bedroom.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- A very traditional, Chinese symbol.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02- Living on the South Side makes us - feel we're on a permanent holiday!
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- It's a seaside town - and it makes us feel really good.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11- Working in Hong Kong - is very exciting.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14- It's more exciting than Britain.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17- Things tend to move faster here.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19- Is this a long-term move?
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- Will you stay in Hong Kong?
0:10:22 > 0:10:28- Work is going extremely well for me - and Beks is just finding her feet.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33- We plan to stay here - for the next three or four years...
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- ..with a little bit of luck.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37- What then? Back to Llandysul?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39- What then? Back to Llandysul?- - Yes, apparently so!
0:10:39 > 0:10:39- What then? Back to Llandysul?
0:10:39 > 0:10:42- We're looking at a farm there - at the moment.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45- I'll milk the cows - every Sunday morning!
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0:10:57 > 0:11:02- 04Wal has taken you to see houses - in all four corners of the world.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- The Peninsula is a hotel...
0:11:04 > 0:11:09- ..but it's a temporary home - for thousands of visitors each year.
0:11:10 > 0:11:11- Down, tiger!
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- In a place where land is - so expensive and in such demand...
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- ..it's incredible to see - such an enormous lobby.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- The Peninsula was built at a time...
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- ..when it took four months - to travel across the world.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35- You needed a sit-down - by the time you got here!
0:11:36 > 0:11:40- The Kadoorie brothers - built The Peninsula in 1928.
0:11:41 > 0:11:46- The 1920s were exciting times for - the expats who lived in Hong Hong.
0:11:46 > 0:11:51- The First World War had ended and - the British Empire was still intact.
0:11:51 > 0:11:56- The well-heeled would gather here to - dance the Charleston and drink tea.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00- Tourists now drink tea - in this splendid lobby...
0:12:00 > 0:12:05- ..eat in the restaurants - and choose from over 300 bedrooms.
0:12:08 > 0:12:09- HE CHUCKLES
0:12:09 > 0:12:11- Oh! Dear me!
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- This is the bedroom.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- Oh, I say!
0:12:17 > 0:12:20- Comfortable furniture - and a television.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23- This bed is like a football pitch!
0:12:23 > 0:12:28- You won't fall out of it, no matter - how much you toss and turn!
0:12:33 > 0:12:34- Wow!
0:12:35 > 0:12:40- Acres of marble and - a jacuzzi bigger than the harbour!
0:12:41 > 0:12:44- If you don't want everyone - to see your assets...
0:12:50 > 0:12:52- Isn't that amazing?
0:13:01 > 0:13:04- When you're bored with - your palatial room...
0:13:04 > 0:13:08- ..you can eat in one of - the hotel's seven restaurants.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11- Failing that, - you could opt for a cup of tea.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Even that's complicated.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16- They sell - 25 different kinds of tea here!
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- Eeny, meeny, miny, mo.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- It smells like soap - but doesn't taste like soap!
0:13:40 > 0:13:41- Very nice!
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- The Felix restaurant, - on the top floor...
0:13:53 > 0:13:58- ..is in contrast to the colonial - atmosphere of the rest of the hotel.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- It's a clean, sleek, modern design.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05- It's very contemporary...
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- ..and it's organic, in shape.
0:14:08 > 0:14:13- The typical Philippe Starck - idiosyncratic touches are evident.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16- Faces on the chairs, for example.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- That's all from The Peninsula.
0:14:33 > 0:14:35- It sums up Hong Kong, in a nutshell.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- A mixture of the colonial - and the modern.
0:14:58 > 0:15:03- Sion Edwards lives a short distance - from the centre of Hong Kong...
0:15:03 > 0:15:05- ..close to the new airport.
0:15:05 > 0:15:09- He lives somewhere up there, - in that nest of flats.
0:15:09 > 0:15:13- When did you - move to Hong Kong, Sion?
0:15:13 > 0:15:14- About 14 years ago.
0:15:15 > 0:15:16- What brought you here?
0:15:17 > 0:15:23- I was living in New Zealand - for three years.
0:15:24 > 0:15:29- I won a scholarship - to study landscape architecture...
0:15:29 > 0:15:31- ..at the university.
0:15:31 > 0:15:35- I stopped off in Hong Kong, - on my way back to London.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41- Someone suggested - I could find work in Hong Kong...
0:15:41 > 0:15:45- ..so I came here for a week - and I'm still here, 14 years later!
0:15:46 > 0:15:51- Obviously, you've taken to life - in a tower block, like this.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Was it a shock to the system?
0:15:55 > 0:15:59- Yes, it was a shock to the system - when I first moved here.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04- You must adapt and get used - to living in fairly small rooms.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07- There's very little - storage space here.
0:16:07 > 0:16:12- You must find a place to put - furniture you only use occasionally.
0:16:12 > 0:16:16- You only need some things - for a few days at a time.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- You must adjust before you can - live in a flat such as this.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- It's completely different - from living in a house.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30- Your life revolves around - the work you do in Hong Kong.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- Most people only use their flats - as a place to sleep.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- They don't use them - as a place to relax...
0:16:37 > 0:16:42- ..and they don't host - dinner parties in their flats.
0:16:44 > 0:16:49- You use your flat in a different way - here - compared to Britain.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Sion is a landscape architect...
0:16:57 > 0:17:02- ..and he's designed some of - Hong Kong's most ambitious projects.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- This includes - the International Finance Centre.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16- This is - Hong Kong's tallest building...
0:17:16 > 0:17:20- ..and you were part of the team - that worked on this tower.
0:17:21 > 0:17:26- I started working on the project of - designing and reclaiming the land...
0:17:26 > 0:17:31- ..along the coast - of Hong Kong Island 14 years ago.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36- Hong Kong has developed - through the reclamation of land...
0:17:36 > 0:17:40- ..as there's so little land - between the sea and the mountains.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43- As you look across the city...
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- ..you can see the towers - competing against each other.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49- It's a Hong Kong tradition.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- We're on the terrace - at the Finance Centre.
0:17:54 > 0:17:59- Sion chose the materials and - designed the fountains and seats.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03- In Tung Chung Crescent, - where Sion lives...
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- ..he designed the landscape - surrounding the development.
0:18:14 > 0:18:19- Are the blocks of flats - in which you live fully occupied?
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- Yes, although it took - a couple of years to fill them.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- A couple of thousand people - live here.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- It's built in a crescent shape...
0:18:33 > 0:18:38- ..and it's a development that has - won the admiration of local people.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49- There's limited room...
0:18:49 > 0:18:54- ..so you must utilise the space - as efficiently as possible.
0:18:55 > 0:19:01- I take it, this is where you dine - when you invite your friends round.
0:19:01 > 0:19:05- Yes, we invite people round - for dinner, from time to time.
0:19:07 > 0:19:08- It's a striking table.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10- It's a striking table.- - This is an office desk.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15- It was designed by Norman Foster, - or Lord Foster as he is now known.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21- It was designed by an architect and - I like it because it's quite open.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- You can see its supports - and that appeals to me.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- These are 1960s chairs.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33- They were designed by - an American called Charles Eames.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37- I like the fact - that these are very light...
0:19:37 > 0:19:41- ..compared with the heavy chairs - we have over here.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- These are leather chairs.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48- They have two legs.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- The rear leg is like a steel fin.
0:19:51 > 0:19:55- These chairs were designed - by Philippe Starck of Paris.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- It's almost like a museum, - or an art gallery!
0:20:02 > 0:20:04- It isn't supposed to be - like a museum!
0:20:05 > 0:20:07- We use everything.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- I've tried to collect pieces - that are of interest to me...
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- ..especially - from a design perspective.
0:20:18 > 0:20:22- What about the works of art, - on the walls?
0:20:23 > 0:20:30- I collect works of art, when I'm - on my travels around the world.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- This comes from New Zealand.
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- A lot comes from New Zealand. - Art is cheaper there than here!
0:20:37 > 0:20:40- You sit in this area - to relax, obviously.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44- Yes, we sit here - to relax and watch television.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- The television is one of the - most important things in the room!
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- It's a plasma screen television, - so it's only 50mm thick.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Its design - makes it a sculpture, almost...
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- ..and it goes well - with the rest of the room.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- This rug is very striking.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09- Yes, you're right.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12- What wonderful colours!
0:21:12 > 0:21:17- This is the work of Richard Killeen, - an artist from New Zealand.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- He's developed - quite a surreal style...
0:21:20 > 0:21:24- ..and he uses the shapes of insects - in his work.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- You have a wonderful view from here.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35- Yes, we look out at Sunset Peak and - Lantau Peak, behind the building.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- We have lots of typhoons - in the summer...
0:21:42 > 0:21:47- ..and you can see waterfalls - cascading down the mountain.
0:21:48 > 0:21:53- This is the spare bedroom, - which is used as a dressing room.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- The bathroom is neat and tidy.
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- This is the only bedroom - that's used as a bedroom.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- The bed is plain and simple.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- This is the only souvenir of Wales - in this flat.
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- It came from Melin Tregwynt.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- He sleeps under a bit of Wales - every night...
0:22:14 > 0:22:17- ..and the light shade - is a brass mosquito net.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21- It diffuses the light - in a very interesting fashion.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- That's it - - plain, simple and efficient.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43- I moved to Tung Chung because - I wanted to move out of the city.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46- I lived in the city - for seven or eight years...
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- ..and, in effect, - I've moved to the countryside!
0:22:52 > 0:22:54- A country cottage!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- Yes, this flat - is my country cottage.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01- Are you hoping to move - to another country, when you retire?
0:23:01 > 0:23:04- Yes, it would be hard - to retire in Hong Kong.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06- It's too expensive.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- I'd prefer to move away from here - when I retire.
0:23:10 > 0:23:15- I may move back to Wales, - or I may go back to New Zealand.
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