Permanent railway station under construction, platform already finished. The preliminary station is probably no longer is use as a station, possibly offices or storage rooms. <Read more ...>
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This boundary stone is exhibited at the Hong Kong Museum of History in Tsim Sha Tsui.
Obviously, it's a replica - and not an exact one!
It bears the date 1899; this is ok with the year of delimitation of the boundary, but the original shows the date 1898 - that's the year of the Second Peking Convention. <Read more ...>
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The photo shows buildings on Nathan Road (left) and Haiphong Road (right), possibly taken from the HK Telephone Building. It gives a similar view like Tsim Sha Tsui 1954, but extends more to the north-west. <Read more ...>
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View along Nathan Road in southerly direction possibly taken from the HK Telephone Building. The largest building is the Peninsula Hotel, and we can see a couple of roads going west (right): Salisbury and Middle Roads near the hotel, then Peking Road, and finally (in the foreground) a short road that leads to Lock Road which didn't have a junction with Peking Road at this time.
Many of the houses visible were built around 1930, and they will be demolished shortly after this photo was taken. <Read more ...>
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A view of Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront near the junction of Salisbury Road and Chatham Road South. The Jumbo Floating Restaurant that is still under construction can be seen 1976
New World Centre under construction, Regent/InterConti Hotel construction site prepared.
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