There's even a computer game on demolition team vs'nail households':(right click to open new window) http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2010/09/16/fighting-eviction-the-videogame/

Such demolition and reconstruction happen often in HK. Actually many people want some older parts of Hk to be rebuilt.I doubt  palembang feels the issue for a country in a stage of fast construction like China