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Signal Tower
Hidden behind the modern skyscrapers of Tsim Sha Tsui, a silent witness to Hong Kong’s long-gone past still stands as tall as its ancient bricks and stones allow. Snugly fit between the Mariner’s Club, Salisbury Road, and Chatham Road South, it still guards a small park, whose sole innocuous entrance on a dead-end street is all too easily overlooked.
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Ocean Park's Ying Ying Is the World’s Oldest First-Time Giant Panda Mother
On August 15, 2024, Ocean Park announced the birth of a female and a male giant panda cub, the first panda cubs born in Hong Kong. They weighed 122 grams (4.2 ounces) and 112 grams (4 ounces), respectively. The cubs received intensive care from the park’s veterinarians to ensure their well-being. The announcement came after years of failed attempts and miscarriages, making the unexpected news all the more remarkable, as Ying Ying’s pregnancy was confirmed on August 11—only fo
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The First Female Police Officers in Hong Kong Were Recruited in 1951
Walking down the streets of twenty-first-century Hong Kong, it is not unusual to come across female police officers patrolling the city. Yet, that wasn’t always the case. In fact, for the majority of Hong Kong’s history, law enforcement was a male-only occupation. When the Hong Kong Police Force was officially established on May 1, 1844, thirty-two men were tasked with enforcing the law in the booming town Hong Kong had become. As the decades passed, the city grew, and so d
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A Giant Gorilla Scaled Jardine House in 1977
In 1933, King Kong made a sensation as it climbed the iconic Empire State Building in New York City. Forty-three years later, its remake became highly profitable, earning triple its budget and opening at number one at the box office. Eager to capitalize on the success of this remake, Shaw Brothers Studio, the largest film production company in Hong Kong at the time, decided to produce The Mighty Peking Man in 1977, which was released under the title Goliathon in the United
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The First Hijacking of a Commercial Flight Occurred Between Macau and Hong Kong
On July 16, 1948, a Consolidated PBY-5A Catalina seaplane named Miss Macao , owned by Macau Air Transport Company, a subsidiary of Cathay Pacific, took off from Macau with 23 passengers and 3 crew members. Its destination: Hong Kong. Unfortunately, Miss Macao never landed at Kai Tak, Hong Kong’s international airport at the time. A fisherman later reported seeing an airplane diving nose-first into the sea. That plane was Miss Macao . The only survivor of the crash happened t
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The Old City Hall Was Demolished to Make Way for HSBC Headquarters Building and Bank of China Building
When it opened on June 28, 1869, the Old City Hall was the first multipurpose performance facility in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Designed in a Renaissance style, the City Hall included a library, a theatre, a museum, and a lecture room. However, as the neighboring Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) gained influence, its Second Generation Building became somewhat cramped. Plans for their Third Generation Building required additional land, and the bank
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The White-Bellied Sea Eagle
Hong Kong is one of the most densely urbanized regions in the world. Yet, the white-bellied sea eagle, a large raptor species notorious for being negatively affected by human disturbance, thrives in Hong Kong more than in any other region of the world.
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The South China Tiger
Hiking on one of the 579 mountains, you will soon realize that the forests of Hong Kong are teeming with life; ranging from the smallest of ants to wild boars and deer. Yet, somehow, regardless of this abundance of life, apex predatory mammals are nowhere to be seen on the territory of Hong Kong. As a matter of fact, beside the Burmese python and the snake-eating king cobra, there simply are no terrestrial apex predators in Hong Kong.
Feb 248 min read
Garden Hill
If you enjoyed the opening scene of the original Blade Runner, you might very well enjoy the night view from Garden Hill. The similarity is striking, yet in the case of Garden Hill, no CGI is required.
Feb 255 min read
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