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Monthly Archives: November 2021
A Singapore bus in Hong Kong
I’ve written before about retired Hong Kong buses in Australia, but here’s a different example – a retired Singapore double-deck bus was purchased by a private collector and shipped to Hong Kong. Photo: 縱橫巴士綫．BusLanes Bus SBS9844Z was first registered in […]
Bin night in Hong Kong
Time to take out the rubbish. It all starts with a bin. Until it gets full. Time to empty it. And walk down the street. Until you reach the refuse collection point. The rubbish is transferred into a truck. And […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged containers, fishing, freight, Hong Kong, on the water, Outlying Islands, waste management
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