What ever happened to...some personal 'landmarks' from my childhood?

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 05/27/2008 - 18:01

This is a slightly odd question for old Hong Kong hands.

I visited HK again for the first time in 17 years, and I am interested in two things I remember from my childhood which had disappeared.

One was the large digital clock standing at the foot of the stairway in the main entrance hall of the Ocean Terminal. It was a beast of a thing, a large cabinet about the height of a man, with red glowing numbers. I was entranced by it as a child, and it must have been their for 20 years or so. Anyone know what happened to it?

The other is also slightly odd, I must admit - the old metal reliefs by the escalators and entrance ways to Prince's Building in Central. Prince's Building is obviously still there, and with it's refurbishment the reliefs, showing jousting knights etc. in a modern style, have gone. Have they just been covered over, or were they thrown out (if so, what a shame).

If any sharp-eyed reader with a good memory can remember these things and knows what happened to them, I would be very interested to hear from them.