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c.1930 Hong Kong Girl Guides tea-party

c.1930 Horse-racing at Happy Valley

Kom Tong Hall documentary

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cage dwellers - "Chinese House"

Much is made today of the discrimination  of refusing to allow "Chinese houses" to be built next to "European Houses".  To put it into perspective, here is a description of the standard Chinese tenement house in 1880:

Hong Kong Kombis

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1930s Videos of Hong Kong

Andrew Tse writes:

I have posted some old HK short video clips from the 1930's on YouTube. Your readers may be interested. These are 16mm films taken by my grandfather Tse Ka-po.

Tse Ka-po was also known as Simon Tse Yan. He was the compradore of NYK Line. He was also son-in-law of Ho Kom-tong.

1931: Pajama Parade at Repulse Bay

"Pajama Parade at Repulse Bay, Benefit of Military Children's League. September 8, 1931. Photography by Simon Tse Yan."

1932: Tennis at Kowloon Cricket Club

"Mrs Helen Wills Moody Playing at Kowloon Cricket Club in 1932."

Remembrance Day at Statue Square

1935: Silver Jubilee Procession on 6 May

The sequence starting at 2:58 looks just like break-dancing!

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