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Here you'll find over 50,000 pages about old Hong Kong to explore, including over 30,000 photos. The content is added by a friendly community of people who enjoy sharing what we know about Hong Kong's history, and you are very welcome to join us.

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How I added a new old paper map to Gwulo

Submitted by David on Sun, 04/26/2020 - 18:00

I've just finished adding another old paper map to Gwulo's online maps. I'll come back to the map itself in a future newsletter, but this week I'll take a look at what went on behind the scenes.

 

1. Decide on what type of map should be next

We've had several posts about Kowloon sites recently, eg the New Kowloon City Road, and the Kai Tak Reclamation, so I wanted to add another map of Kowloon.

Gwulo's 2009 Top Ten

Submitted by David on Wed, 04/22/2020 - 14:00

Mail, maps, and movies make the Top Ten list for 2009.


 

#10 - The Man With The Golden Gun (1974) (38,997 views)

This was the one where Roger Moore as 007 visited the British MI6 office in the wreck of the old RMS Queen Elizabeth. Phil explores the locations for this and other scenes in the film that were shot in Hong Kong.