Decision on Chinatown's future deferred to next week

A public hearing billed as shaping the future of Vancouver’s Chinatown has deferred any decisions until early next week.
City council finished hearing from more than 100 speakers during a long, second session that ended mid-afternoon on Wednesday.
At stake are proposed amendments to an existing Chinatown plan that would conserve the historic neighbourhood’s “special qualities,” including “smaller buildings with narrow storefronts, spaces for businesses and culture,