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Hong Kong’s then-chief executive Tung Chee-hwa shakes hand with Mickey Mouse at Government House in 1999. Photo: SCMP

On This Day | Hong Kong inks deal to build Disney theme park in 1999 – SCMP archive

Twenty-five years ago in 1999, the creation of a Disneyland resort in Hong Kong was announced.

On This Day | Hong Kong outlines plans for new international airport – from the SCMP archive

When former Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau made a pioneering trip to China

Was Wah Fu Estate the first self-sustaining housing complex in Hong Kong?

The estate in Pok Fu Lam was valued at HK$3.8 million when it was announced in 1965, comprising a restaurant, department store, bowling alley and community hall

A panoramic view of public housing estate Wah Fu Estate in Pokfulam, in 1968. Photo: SCMP Archive

On This Day | ‘Chaos and kinks’ as Hong Kong’s MTR opens to public in 1979 – SCMP archive

Running from Shek Kip Mei to Kwun Tong station, the MTR map’s green-coloured railway line opened to the public 45 years ago.

On This Day | Historic pact over future of Hong Kong gets first signing – from SCMP archive

Four decades ago, Britain and China initialled a draft of the joint declaration on Hong Kong’s future status.

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That time Serena Williams was an hour late after a Hong Kong shopping spree

‘I can’t stay long enough,’ the American tennis superstar once said on her 3rd visit to Hong Kong, adding, ‘The people are very nice and welcoming and I feel it is a very warm place to be’

American tennis star Serena Williams wears a traditional Chinese outfit while on her third visit to Hong Kong, in 2002. Photo: SCMP Archives

Highly embarrassing: that time the police commissioner’s Peak residence was robbed

In 1990, a duo of robbers threatened commissioner Li Kwan-ha’s wife and tied up their maid before fleeing the couple’s luxury home atop The Peak with HK$50,000 in Rolex watches, jewellery and cash

Then & Now | Behold PostMag, the latest evolution of SCMP’s weekend supplement

Change is nothing new here – launched back in 1989, the Post’s iconic Sunday magazine has morphed again and again to meet the needs of an evolving readership.

Then & Now | Columnist Jason Wordie on 25 years of writing for the Post

No, he isn’t told what to write about, says Wordie, in answer to the most common question he gets, as he looks back on a quarter century documenting the region’s huge changes

Jason Wordie at work, his pet parrot watching on, as he looks back over 25 years of covering the history and culture of Hong Kong. Photo: courtesy of Jason Wordie

On This Day | Typhoon York kills 2, injures hundreds in Hong Kong in 1999 – SCMP archive

The ‘erratic behaviour’ of the strongest typhoon to hit Hong Kong in 16 years catches forecasters by surprise

Sampans drift off Sai Kung Pier after being carried away by huge waves caused by Typhoon York on September 16, 1999. Photo: Dickson Lee

‘Foreign Tiger not so powerful as local worm’: how Shanghai Tang was born

When cigar importer David Tang raised US$20 million to birth a global brand from Hong Kong’s Pedder Building

Troubled waters: when the Post dove into deadly cross-border abductions from Hong Kong

In September and October 1970, the Post reported on abductions from the Deep Bay oyster beds and the ensuing investigation and arrests in mainland China

Heated argument: 1 dead and 2 injured as a barbecue boils over

Remembering the night when groups of picnickers fought with forks to the deadly end

The night in 1982 when a barbecue boiled over, with two groups attacking each other leaving one man dead and two injured. Illustration: Wai Yee

On This Day | Hong Kong athletes wins city’s second-ever Olympic medal in 2004 – SCMP archive

Two decades ago, table tennis players Ko Lai-chak and Li Ching win silver in Athens and receive a heroes’ welcome upon their return to Hong Kong.

Silver medalists Ko Lai-chak and Li Ching of Hong Kong wave from the podium after the medal ceremony for the men’s doubles table tennis at the Athens Olympic Games on August 21, 2004. Photo: Reuters

The great escape: when 3 prisoners broke out of a Hong Kong jail

After 2 months of planning their escape from Chi Ma Wan open prison, the prisoners were recaptured within a couple of days

On This Day | Hong Kong MTR’s Eastern Harbour Crossing opens in 1989 – SCMP archive

On this day 35 years ago, the Eastern Harbour Crossing linking Quarry Bay to Kowloon East was opened to the public.

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Why did Bruce Lee’s widow auction off his private possessions?

When Linda Lee put 150 personal items belonging to the late Hong Kong icon up for auction, for ‘people who might find great value in it’

Twenty years after his death, Bruce Lee’s widow Linda Lee Cadwell hosted an auction of 150 of the late kung fu star’s personal possessions. Photo: Handout

How a triple murder in 1958 led to the attacker’s hanging in Hong Kong

Three men were chopped to death while sleeping in the street, but their assailant was caught within days and hung for the crime later in the year

On This Day | A visual tour of Hong Kong’s iconic ‘ding ding’ trams through the decades

On the 120th anniversary of the day Hong Kong Tramways began operation, we take a look at the iconic vehicles that trundle through the city’s streets.

When 6 Hong Kong construction workers died after a lift cable snapped

The tragic accident happened at Telford Gardens, then under construction, when the workers took the lift rated for 20 people up to the roof and the motor malfunctioned, causing the cable to snap

Telford Gardens, under construction in this picture taken on January 4, 1979, was the scene of a terrible accident in July of that year, when six workers were killed when the cable of their lift failed. Photo: SCMP Archives

On This Day | Landslip in Hong Kong’s Kennedy Town kills 3 people in 1994 – SCMP archive

On this day 30 years ago, heavy rain washed away a slope in Hong Kong, killing three people and forcing 2,000 families to evacuate.

1994’s landslide at Kwun Lung Lau housing estate in Kennedy Town killed three people, including a 9-year-old girl and her father. Photo: Eric Li

When a Hongkonger was accused of dealing more opium than the global medical supply

In 1958, an Indian merchant appeared in court accused of possessing nearly 500kg of opium – enough to make more than 45kg of heroin

When an armed robber killed two security guards in Hong Kong jewellery raid

Two security guards were shot and killed in a struggle during an armed robbery at a jewellery store in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong, in 1983.

When a death sentence was upheld for murder of Hong Kong triad leader’s boy

In 1988, a man killed the son of a triad leader in Hong Kong because he hated his father. A year later, he was convicted for the murder and sentenced to death. He lost his appeal to overturn it in 1990.

A suspect held in connection with what a judge called a “gruesome revenge attack” on a triad leader’s 14-year-old son is escorted to the scene of the crime in June 1988. Fung Kam-keung was convicted of murder for the killing, and in 1990 lost an appeal against his sentence. Photo: SCMP

‘Lazy cow’: HSBC executive sued dance instructors for fees after 2004 insult

When a dance instructor insulted his pupil, wealthy bank executive Mimi Wong, in public in 2004, she took him and his partner to court to demand the return of US$8 million in prepaid fees.

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The then head of private banking in Asia for HSBC, Mimi Wong (above), who sued her dance instructors for the return of HK$62 million in fees after alleging one of them insulted her in public in 2004. A court ordered she be paid HK$62 million. Photo: Martin Chan

On This Day | 1964: Hong Kong comes together as The Beatles arrive in city – SCMP archive

On this day 60 years ago, the Liverpudlians touched down in Hong Kong to screaming crowds. We look back at the Post’s coverage.

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When Hong Kong opened its first methadone clinic – with a caveat

At the opening of Hong Kong’s first methadone detox facility at Violet Peel Clinic in Wan Chai, in 1976, officials warned it wasn’t a cure-all and called for more ways to combat drug addiction.

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