1. A better city does not necessarily require elimination of places unpleasing to the eyes, such as old and shabby buildings hidden between skyscrapers.
2. Some old houses look shabby externally, but amazingly clean and beautifully decorated inside.
3. Most of the local houses in the housing estate are old and shabby.
4. Chairman Barry Cheung said the shabby building of old Central Market will need a lot of money to green it and make it respectable again.