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Boat building
Submitted by Tjaddington
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Photos by TJ Addington
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Hong Kong in the 1960's
Date picture taken (may be approximate): 
Friday, March 14, 1969
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1960s Hong Kong
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Submitted by tngan on Sun, 2016-12-04 21:26.

Hi There,

This is likely a slipway.  The object looked like a boat to me.  An unfinished one, I think.

T

Submitted by Tjaddington on Sun, 2016-12-04 22:35.

Yes you are right. It was a typo.  I meant to say boat building 

Submitted by David on Mon, 2016-12-05 17:39.

Hi TJ, Thanks for posting your photos. Any chance you remember where this was taken?

Regards, David

Submitted by tngan on Mon, 2016-12-05 18:11.

Hi David,

It is likely Cheung Chau.  I saw a footpath on a slope which looked like Sai Wan Road.  Further up the slope there is a chimney.  If it was indeed Cheung Chau, I remember wandering at that location to the site of the former Electric Plant.   The terraces there also seem to fit.

On the other hand, there seemed to be a temple in the photo that approximately matched the location of the Tai Sek Kou Tin Hau Temple.    Tin Hau Temple and Hung Sing Temple are primarily on the water front when they were built.  This appeared to fit.

The location of the slipway was likely close to the location we last visited,

T

Submitted by David on Tue, 2016-12-06 17:22.

Thanks T, I've set the location to Cheung Chau.

Regards, David

Submitted by Tjaddington on Wed, 2016-12-07 22:53.

Cheug Chau makes perfect sense as our family vacationed there in the 60's

Submitted by tung lin on Fri, 2017-01-13 17:14.

Hi folks, 

It's Cheung Chau.

The view covers the Tai Shek Hau area on the lower level. Up higher on the left is the Fairy Well area.

The CLCY village is by the forest behind, ie about hundred meters east of  the Tin Hau temple. The Huge Mysterious Fruit Tree I mentioned, ( on Mystery Rock on Cheung Chau ), is among one of those visible near the rowhouse of  CLCY. 

The building atop the hill is on the site of House # 30 of the Peak Road West. It was a radar station and  an air traffic beacon, CC NDB prior to Stonecutter Is.  and  Kai Tak Int'l Airport.

The foreground used to have dozen shipyards which could build the full size tradtional fishing vessel, but this industry keeps shrinking fast. Only a handful remains in this photo.

Can you smell the wood? I do when in the area! For the sake of bending, the wood needs to be soaked in sea water and then gently heated for flexible bending. The smell gets so strong in the wind and quite bad for some noses.

It's Cheung Chau I remember!

Tung