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A small, smart Hong Kong apartment packed with personality

At 540 square feet, it may not be the most spacious but this Kennedy Town apartment boasts a sizeable bedroom, a walk-in wardrobe and plenty of storage, the highlight of which is the cabinet that houses the owner’s designer-shoe collection

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Photography: Kathy Li. Styling: Viv Jones

When Kaitlyn Leung Kan-yen first looked at apartments in Kennedy Town, three years ago, it was the vibrant neighbourhood’s similari­ties to the Canadian city of Toronto that appealed to her.

“Its proximity to the water, the trams run­ning into the city from just outside the door, the friendly vibe, the boardwalk, the local shops and restaurants – they all reminded me of where I used to live,” she says.

But the perfect home remained elusive until she walked into a 540-sq-ft, three-bedroom apartment in The Hudson early last year.

“I am very particular,” Leung says, with a laugh, adding that she had agreed to visit the flat initially just to mollify her long-suffering agent, who had arranged an early viewing. “On paper, it looked too small for me, but I walked in and fell in love with the potential for a walk-in closet [carved out of one bedroom].”

With windows on three sides and two small balconies, the apartment had what Leung – a Hong Kong-born financial exec­utive who moved to Canada after high school and returned in 2006 – was looking for, and she signed on the dotted line to become the first person to take possession of an apartment in the high-rise on trendy Davis Street.

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