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Monthly Archives: September 2018
Travelling the ‘wrong’ way down the East Rail Line
Given the British influence on Hong Kong road and rail have one thing in common – traffic runs to the left. However for trains this isn’t always so, as this video shows. Filmed at University Station, we see a southbound […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, rail operations
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An Australian ship in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has been the home of the busiest container port in the world for many years, seeing vessels from many countries. Here we see the Australian National Line’s “Australian Enterprise” underway on Victoria Harbour, with a 1970s Hong Kong […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged Australia, Hong Kong, maritime, on the water, Port of Hong Kong
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