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Monthly Archives: March 2014
‘Keep Off The Tracks’ advertisement from the 1980s
Back in the early 1980s the Kowloon Canton Railway through Hong Kong underwent a massive transformation – from a single track country railway to the modern double mass transit system it is today. It was during this period that the Hong Kong Government ran a series of public service announcements warning people to keep off the tracks.
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