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Harbour, Sha Tau Kok, New Territories, Hong Kong 1980

Submitted by Klaus on Sun, 2021-10-03 00:54

Text on Flickr:

Junks and sampans moored up at a jetty at Sha Tau Kok harbour.

 

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1980
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Survey parties for the Sino British Boundary

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-07-16 21:04
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010

Diorama at the Zhong-Ying Street Historical Museum.

Shows the delimitation of the Sino-British boundary: first marker at Sha Tau Kok.

Compare the photo from the 17th March, 1899.

British officers standing at mainland China border marker in Shau Tau Kok

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-07-15 20:25
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1949

View the original, larger copy of this image at the UWM website: 

Photo by Harrison Forman

Caption:

Print 1104 c2: Stone marker in the middle of the main street in a village on the border between Red China and British Crown Colony of Hong Kong.

British Police Inspector and Chinese Red Guard (heroic version)

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-07-15 20:02
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2010

Sculpture from the Zhong-Ying Street Historical Museum. Shows almost the same scene as in the photo from 1949, but in a more heroic pose on the Chinese side.

Chung_Ying_Street_Jiexian_Bei_No. 7(?).JPG

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-07-14 03:07
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2009

From Wikimedia Commons

(Hopefully) shows boundary stone no. 7 on Chung-Ying Street. On the Chinese Wikipedia article it attributed to no. 7.

Chung_Ying_Street_Jiexian_Bei_No.5.jpg

Submitted by Klaus on Wed, 2021-07-14 02:54
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2011

From Wikimedia Commons

(Hopefully) shows boundary stone no. 5 on Chung-Ying Street. On the Chinese Wikipedia article it attributed to no. 5.

Couldn't identify the number myself, the light and the angle are too unfavorite.  

Chung Ying Street Boundary Stones 1 - 8

Submitted by Klaus on Sat, 2021-07-03 17:19

Updated version:

Compilation of 8 boundary stones at Chung Ying Street

No. 1 Boundary Stone (Chinese side)

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-07-02 17:15

Text on Flickr: 中英街 界石 Chung Ying Street, Boundary Stones

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014
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No. 1 Boundary Stone

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-07-02 17:10

Text on Flickr: 中英街 界石 Chung Ying Street, Boundary Stones

The original wooden marker was replaced by a "permanent boundary stone of a substantial character" in 1905. (Source)

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014
Tags: 
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No. 2 Boundary Stone

Submitted by Klaus on Fri, 2021-07-02 17:07

Text on Flickr: 中英街 界石 Chung Ying Street, Boundary Stones

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
2014
Tags: 
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