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Monthly Archives: June 2016
People’s Liberation Army enter Hong Kong
I was still in primary school when the British handed back Hong Kong to China in 1997, but there was one thing that stood out to me – the People’s Liberation Army streaming across the border into Hong Kong.
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged 1990s, China, Hong Kong, Hong Kong handover, mainland, military, People's Liberation Army
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1983 timelapse tour of Hong Kong
Here is another YouTube find – this time a timelapse tour of Hong Kong dated 1983.
A fresh looking Tai Koo Station
Finding photos of the early years of the Hong Kong MTR is a little tricky, but here is a photo of Tai Koo Station soon after oepning in 1985.