Take a trip around the harbour via this set of colour slides from 1970. It’ll be two more years before the first cross-harbour tunnel opens, so we’ll be travelling by sampan and ferry.
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Here are links if you'd like more information about the topics in this video:
- 00:25 Magazine island
- 00:50 Hongkong Electric's power station on Ap Lei Chau
- 02:30 Photos of Aberdeen Harbour
- 04:05 Tai Pak floating restaurant
- 04:10 Sea Palace floating restaurant
- 04:45 Chinese permanent cemetery, Aberdeen
- 06:35 Old Aberdeen police station
- 06:50 The 'Sir Cecil Clementi' launch
- 08:10 Vehicular Ferry Pier, Central
- 09:00 Star Industrial Co., Ltd
- 09:40 Central Fire Station
- 10:25 Star House
- 10:30 Kowloon Wharves
- 10:35 Video of the elephants being unloaded
- 11:10 Jordan Road ferry pier
- 11:15 Ferry Point Estate
- 12:10 Tai Pak at Castle Peak Bay
And if you'd like more photos and stories of Hong Kong's harbour I recommend Volume 3 in my series of books, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell.