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Monthly Archives: August 2015
Hong Kong transport footage from the 1990s
The other week on YouTube I stumbled upon a great collection of Hong Kong transport footage, recorded back in 1993/94 and uploaded by a user going by the name of ‘kamepo‘. We start by looking out the right hand side […]
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Tagged buses, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Tramways, Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon, Star Ferry, trams
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