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Repulse Bay Hotel Resurrected

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Facade bizarrely rebuilt three years after demolition.

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1986
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c.1900 Repulse Bay

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1900
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c.1910 North Point

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Here's view of the tram line you don't see any more - green hills to the right, and beach to the left! Can anyone identify any of the (few) landmarks shown to give an exact position?

Also, do you know when the tram line was extended past Causeway Bay, to narrow down the date? The HK Tramways website just says:

1903: The construction of a single-track system began and it ran from Kennedy Town to Causeway Bay. The route was later extended to Shau Kei Wan.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1910
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1930s Canton Road

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Looking north up Canton Road from Salisbury Rd. Ramp up to Marine Police HQ on right.

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1930
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1910s Chatham Rd from Gun Club Hill Barracks

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Looking south along Chatham Road from the slope leading up to Gun Hill Club Barracks. Holt's Wharf and Signal Hill in the distance.

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1910
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happy valley 1982

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amazingly little change in almost 30 yrs apart from modernised race course building. Bamboo Court yet to be built

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1982
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Marine Dept/Harbour Master

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1979
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St. Mary's Church under construction

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Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1937
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1950s Streetscene

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On Flickr, tommybegood identifies it as "Shanghai Street @ Mongkok". Can anyone confirm?

The little car is a Fiat 500. That was launched in 1957, so the photo was taken in the late 50s, or early 60s.

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1957
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Canton / Taipo Belle in TST

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The Hong Kong Railway Society gives us the background:

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1936
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