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Monthly Archives: August 2016
Kai Tak Airport arrival in 1998
My first visit to Hong Kong was in February 1998 – a few months after the territory had been handed back to Mainland China, but while the world renowned Kai Tai Airport was still open to passengers. Here is a YouTube video showing the hair raising approach to the airport.
Riding the KCR to the Hong Kong countryside
Hong Kong is famous for being an urban jungle, but a little known fact is that the countryside is only a short train ride away – something that a 1988 television commercial from the Kowloon-Canton Railway promoted.
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Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, television commercials
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