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| Topic Started: Nov 13 2010, 11:55 PM (283 Views) | |
| Kahu | Nov 13 2010, 11:55 PM Post #1 |
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Hot and humid ...... very smoggy. Friendly people most of whom speak some english ..... road signs are in english and chinese scripts and they drive on the left hand side of the road. The regular chinese army has occupied the former Queen Elizabeth II barracks and which has been renamed in chinese. Hong Kong chinese seem to be very nervous of this group as the soldiers are all mainland chinese and they are confined on the base at all times .... no leave at all for the two year posting. The use of the army during the Tienamen Square incident has most very wary of their presence.
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| Kahu | Nov 13 2010, 11:58 PM Post #2 |
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A mixture of old and new ..... eastern and western.
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| Kahu | Nov 6 2011, 12:29 AM Post #3 |
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Posted Image Cable car to Lantau Island Posted Image Cable car to Lantau Island Posted Image View of the giant Buddha Posted Image Entrance gateway to the monastery Posted Image Posted Image Posted Image Buddhist deities Posted Image Buddhist deities Posted Image A giant temple bell Posted Image Buddhist deities |
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| lilal | Nov 6 2011, 04:54 AM Post #4 |
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Thank you for posting all the great pictures Kahu! With all you have posted it's like being on a short trip. |
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| Changi | Nov 8 2011, 10:43 AM Post #5 |
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Kahu - When I lived in HK in the mid 1950s, I used to go camping with the 4th HK Sea Scouts on Lantau. We used to camp in the middle area of the island among the funery urns! The only life there at the time was a small fishing village at one end and a Trappist monastry at the other - there was no cable car, it was a boat trip that got you there. Oh, and the international airport was at Kai Tak and was shared with the RAF. When I was there the RAF were still flying Sunderland flying boats off from [near] the slipway that was at the end of the runway. Stanley Fort [on a peninsula near Stanley village], where I lived for a while was later occupied by the Chinese Army, and Victoria Barracks where I also lived is now part of some Botanical Gardens. Most of the Chinese who lived in Hong Kong during the latter colonial times seemed to regret the Brits leaving. Edited by Changi, Nov 8 2011, 10:50 AM.
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| Kahu | Nov 8 2011, 01:49 PM Post #6 |
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The Skyway did pass above or very near a rather isolated village .... I've taken a picture which roughly shows the edge of Lantau as the Skyway takes a directional turn .... the village would be to the right of the Skyway as it turns towards Lantau. I remember Kai Tak quite well ..... landing in a plane between the buildings was rather hair raising ..... you could almost tell what they were having for tea! That general area is now well built out now. You've awakened a few local memories of the Short Sunderland Flying boats ...... we were really at the very end of the world then! Six days by ship to Australia, and six weeks to the UK. They were operated by Tasman Empire Airlines Ltd (TEAL) the forerunner of Air New Zealand. TEAL site Flying Boats at Evans Bay, Wellington I understand now that Victoria Barracks ..... is still known as Victoria Barracks .... but is now occupied by mainland Chinese troops. My local informant told me that they are posted there for a three year tour of duty, but they are confined to the Victoria Barrack grounds and are not allowed to fraternise with the Hong Kong chinese residents. He said the local population were very nervous about them, because of the non fraternisation orders .... and they wonder when they may be used as a military force against them. It is still a very 'British' place in many ways.
Edited by Kahu, Nov 8 2011, 01:50 PM.
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