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Subway Culture Park in Beijing
The China Railway Museum spread across two sites in Beijing is the best known railway museum in China, but there is a smaller one hiding on the south-west suburbs of Beijing – the ‘Subway Culture Park’. Photo by Siyuwj, via […]
A history of MTR Ho Tung Lau Depot
The main maintenance depot for the MTR East Rail line located at Ho Tung Lau, north of Sha Tin, has a long history dating back almost 60 years. So let’s take a look around the depot today, as well as […]
Posted in Transport
Tagged depots, East Rail, Hong Kong, KCR, Kowloon Canton Railway, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, property development, rail operations, railway, real estate, Sha Tin
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Early electronic betting systems at the Hong Kong Jockey Club
I ended up down an unusual rabbit hole the other day – electronic betting systems at the Hong Kong Jockey Club. So here goes a quick look at their pioneering efforts to make it easy for punters to pout their […]
Posted in Everyday Life
Tagged gambling, Hong Kong, horse racing, technology, telecommunication
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Say hello to Chan Tai Man – Hong Kong’s everyman
At home In Australia I’m used to seeing “John Smith” is the usual placeholder name on forms and identity documents. But obviously placeholder names are a product of local culture, and so they’re different around the world – so in […]
Staff travel discounts to Hong Kong International Airport
As a major aviation hub, it’s not just air travellers that make their way to Hong Kong International Airport each day, but thousands of staff who work behind the scenes to keep the airport running. However the premium fares charged […]
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Tagged Airport Railway, buses, Citybus, Hong Kong, Hong Kong International Airport, Mass Transit Railway, MTR, Octopus card
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