There are people in Hong Kong today heading for middle age, whose memories of Kai Tak airport will have faded away or have none at all.
Improbably it has been left to the MTR at its Kai Tak station’s pedestrian subways to leave them in wonder comparing the displays of aviation photographs of early Kai Tack, to the developments in progress above and around them on the airport’s site.
The Kai Tak Airport Post Office closed for business at Kai Tak at 8.30 pm on July 4 1998 (Saturday).
Source: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/199806/26/0626134.htm
Hi all! I uploaded some stills from movies in the 80s (hopefully it's ok), Aces Go Places 最佳拍檔 1982, and The Occupant 灵气逼人 1984. They all show that there was a Arrival Hall Miramar Snack Bar behind the Arrivals Hall flight display board. The board was then suspended from the ceiling.
Hi guys. I am new to gwulo.com. Nice to meet you all and learn the history about Hong Kong from all of you.
I took the pictures below last year from Kai Tak Airport Photo Exhibition at Mikiki, San Po Kong. Before the Airport’s closure, I was still very little living in Sham Shui Po. Even though I had never been to the Airport, I was amazed by aeroplanes and engine noise flying over my head. The rest of my impression about Kai Tak is from TV dramas and movies.
Do you have special memories or nostalgia with Kai Tak?
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