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Monthly Archives: November 2019
Cycling in Hong Kong
Hong Kong isn’t known as a cycling city – for transport or for leisure. But if you take a closer look, you’ll eventually find them. Hong Kong Island and Kowloon Delivering packages to a shop. Gas bottles. Crossing Nathan Road […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged bikes, cycling, Hong Kong, Kowloon, New Territories, Outlying Islands
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Miniature fire trucks and ambulances
Hong Kong is a big city. With fire and ambulance stations like any other city. Fire trucks. And ambulances. But the streets of Hong Kong’s outlying islands are far narrower. So they use miniature fire trucks. And ambulances – but […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged ambulances, emergency, Fire Services Department, firefighting, Hong Kong, on the water, Outlying Islands, Peng Chau
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