This aesthetically pleasing, and surprisingly tranquil, early 1950’s Hong Kong cityscape appears in Stericker, John & Veronica, The Hong Kong Gift Book, Self-published, Hong Kong 1954. The authors write: From the New Secretariat - This photograph, looking over the Cathedral roof and the Cricket Ground, was taken from the new Colonial Secretary’s Office; it is only remarkable, therefore, as a new view. However, it was taken at 5.15 p.m. on a Friday afternoon, the rush hour in the most crowded place on earth (literally), and yet no human being can be seen, nothing moves. At the time, the camera was the only thing that saw the heart of a city stop; for a moment it lied, and showed chaos as a peaceful cathedral close or a sleepy English market town.