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Title Year
Ship moored off Stonecutters
Ship moored off Stonecutters

1981
Squatters' huts
Squatters' huts

1981
Kai Tak Lufthansa plane coming in to land
Kai Tak Lufthansa plane coming in to land

1981
Boeing 747 leaving Kai Tak
Boeing 747 leaving Kai Tak

1981
Boeing 747 turning to avoid Lion Rock
Boeing 747 turning to avoid Lion Rock

1981
Customs launch
Customs launch

1981
Tsim Sha Tsui, Y.M.C.A. and Peninsula hotel
Tsim Sha Tsui, Y.M.C.A. and Peninsula hotel

1981
Large sampan
Large sampan

1981
Kai Tak runway
Kai Tak runway

1981
Central from harbour
Central from harbour

1981
Junk and sampans
Junk and sampans

1981
Sampans
Sampans

1981
Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry pier
Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry pier

1981
Star Ferry pier Tsim Sha Tsui
Star Ferry pier Tsim Sha Tsui

1981
Ships unloading in harbour
Ships unloading in harbour

1981
Elizabeth Nance and 4 kids at Stanley 1949
Elizabeth Nance and 4 kids at Stanley 1949

1949
Ship off-loading to lighters and junks
Ship off-loading to lighters and junks

1981
A busy harbour
A busy harbour

1981
Star Ferry piers in Central
Star Ferry piers in Central

1981
Star Ferry piers Central
Star Ferry piers Central

1981
Victoria from Tsim Sha Tsui
Victoria from Tsim Sha Tsui

1981
Kellett Island and Wan Chai waterfront
Kellett Island and Wan Chai waterfront

1981
Ship off-loading to junks
Ship off-loading to junks

1981
Three masted vessel off Stonecutters Island
Three masted vessel off Stonecutters Island

1981
Sampan under power
Sampan under power

1981

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