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.

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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.

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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.

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