Everything tagged: chapter 1

Views of Central from the harbour in the 1950s were dominated by the buildings of the HSBC Bank (on the right) and the Bank of China:

Martin Booth: "On a stubby headland was a small village and some low houses ..."

Here's how it looked in the 1950s:

The completion date is shown on the foundation stone, photographed below.

The closure / demolition date is given on this timeline at the Swire website.

Obviously back in 1952, when Booth first arrived in HK, the impressive terminus building was still standing.