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Monthly Archives: February 2018
Visiting Tai Lei – Peng Chau’s boring little brother
Peng Chau is a small outlying island of Hong Kong, known for its temples, island lifestyle and fresh seafood. It is also connected to the even smaller island of Tai Lei, which is home to the ugly and boring things […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged bottled gas, Hong Kong, Outlying Islands, Peng Chau, power supply, sewage treatment plant, waste management
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1970s KCR proposal for double deck carriages
For decades the Kowloon–Canton Railway was a quiet single track railway, with a handful of passenger trains heading along the line linking the villages of the New Territories to the urban heart of Kowloon. But the development of the New […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged Australia, Comeng, double decker, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, New Territories, rail operations
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