Historic Hong Kong

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In 2007, a Hong Kong civil servant was nearly kidnapped
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How Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay Hotel became a haven for the famous
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When Arnold Palmer hit some ‘pretty mediocre’ tee shots in Hong Kong in 1964
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How Hong Kong’s tailoring industry has evolved through the ages
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Culture
In 2007, a Hong Kong civil servant was nearly kidnapped
Long Read
How Hong Kong’s Repulse Bay Hotel became a haven for the famous
Culture
When Arnold Palmer hit some ‘pretty mediocre’ tee shots in Hong Kong in 1964
Culture
How Hong Kong’s tailoring industry has evolved through the ages
Summary
Throughout its history, Hong Kong has been a place of ever-changing contours and skylines as well as home to a great variety of people. Here we present columns, photo galleries and stories about people who've lived in and helped shape Hong Kong, buildings preserved and long vanished, historical events, the city's changing culture and how the past shapes the present....more
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Hong Kong Public Transport
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Hong Kong Traditional Crafts
Religion
Hong Kong Brands
Kowloon Walled City
Old Footage of Hong Kong
British Royalty
Hong Kong War History
Hong Kong Aviation
Hong Kong Colonial Buildings
Hong Kong Land Reclamation
Hong Kong Public Transport
Hong Kong Neighbourhoods
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Second world war relics
150 pillboxes
Hong Kong historians want city's second world war relics conserved
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The Star Ferry’s history dates back to
1888
when the Kowloon Ferry Company was founded. In 1898, a British businessman purchased the fleet of four ferries, and the service became known as the Star Ferry Company
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Reclaimed land represents around
6%
of Hong Kong’s total area
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