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Snapshots of Hong Kong 香江搜影

Capturing a transient moment of the ever-changing Hong Kong
捕捉蛻變不斷的香港,這一剎那的光景




All the food that you want - made entirely of chocolate and cheese only!
令人垂唌欲滴的食物——其實是巧克力及乾酪(芝士)








Free mobile broadband Internet - perfect for killing time in a traffic jam!
免費流動寬頻上網,塞車也不用怕!







The new harbour front at Central 中環海傍新貌










The new Star Ferry Pier - or more correctly, a blast from the past, from early last century
新天星小輪碼頭——其實是上世紀初的碼頭死而復生













Reclamation in earnest, for the new harbour promenade
填海正進行得如火如荼,將來變身為海濱長廊




The tallest building of Hong Kong, International Financial Centre Phase 2 (IFC2), a prominent landmark of the harbour front
全港最高的國金二期,是中環海傍的地標













The Hong Kong World Carnival near Tamar Barracks - the last year in the running, to make way for the new government precinct
香港環球嘉年華——今年最後一屆,以後原址會成為添馬艦政府總部













Views of Central (left) and the Exhibition & Convention Centre (right) from the ferris wheel
從摩天輪看到的中環(左)及會展中心(右)


The older faces - some bound for oblivion, while some will never change
香港舊的一面—— 有些轉瞬即逝,也有天長地久




A desert in the oasis - Li Tung Street (Wedding Card Street) in Wanchai deserted, waiting for its rebirth through urbal renewal works
綠洲中的沙漠——渺無人煙的利東街(喜帖街),等待着市區重建後的重生















Living perilously (Left: Peel Street; right: Robinson Road)
活在危牆上(左:卑利街、右:羅便臣道)



A sea of drying laundry, an eyesore to the authorities
政府禁不盡,春風吹又生















4th June 1989 - when the student movement in Beijing was crushed by the government - proves difficult to forget in Hong Kong 18 years on.
(Left: the Pillar of Shame commemorating the event at the University of Hong Kong; right: a memorial for those died for the protest at the Star Ferry Pier in Tsim Sha Tsui.)
十八年了,仍未淡忘,六四的心結至今仍未完全解開。
(左:港大的國殤之柱、右:支聯會在尖沙咀天星的紀念活動。)

Comments

C.M. said…
Long time no see, Geoffrey!

How's it going? Pleasant trip to HK?

You said you had updated with photos of "Fisherfolks' Village". Where are they...?

BTW, where is it? (Never heard of it)

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