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Everything tagged "1960s Hong Kong"

1961 Kai Tak Airport Temporary Control Tower

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1961

1961 Austin Hotel and Golden Gate Hotel

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1961

Quarry Bay 1962

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962

Features are

  • the 3 blocks of Stanley Terrace;
  • reservoir to the east;
  • Woodside across the western valley;
  • churchlike structure on Kings Rd below the dam was car garage for middle executives;
  • Quarry Bay Chinese workers village south of Kings Rd;
  • above the docks - expatriate bachelors qtrs and hostel for ship officers intransit, Taikoo Club in front with bowling green, tennis court, playing field, and the original (Kings ?) road around it;
  • newbuild slipways in the dockyard. 

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Gloucester Road after the Boat Pool was filled in and new road cut directly through HMS Tamar and Dockyard Circa 1960.

Peak Tram lower terminus

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1961

Photo courtesy of Mr Chung.

P&O SS Chusan

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1961

Photo courtesy of Mr Chung

Kowloon Wharves

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1961
Places shown in this photo: 

Photo courtesy of Mr Chung

Sea Terminal-aerial image location

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1966

Round white structure at the end of the pointer appears to be the Sea Terminal's entrance structure

Sea Terminal-location Navy Street

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1960

Sea Terminal-passenger area and shops

Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1962

Looks similar to the Ocean Terminal galleries when that opened a few years later

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