A Hong Kong Album
by John December
I traveled to Hong Kong in August 1996 and May 1997 to give talks at the
Second and Third Hong Kong Web Symposia. These pictures are from my 1997 trip.
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Hong Kong
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Kowloon
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- Troubled Sky
- Ladder Street
- Peak View
- Star Ferry Crossing the Harbor
- Peak Sunset
- Tai Ping Shan Street
- Alley off Tai Ping Shan Street
- Centre Street
- Street Market, Central
- Storefronts, Central
- Escalator, Mid Levels
- Exchange Square, Central
- Skyline and Outer Ferry Terminal
- Sheung Wan Skyline
- Heading East Out of Hong Kong Harbor
- Entering Hong Kong Harbor from the East
- Skyline and Sampan
- Star Ferry Terminal
- Chung Wan Skyline
- Sai Ying Pun Skyline
- Skyline, HSBC Building, New MTR Station Construction
- Crowd at Statue Square in front of HSBC Building
- Man Mo Temple Street View
- Man Mo Temple Altar
- Man Mo Temple Interior
- Sundown on the Peak
- Possession Street and Queen's Road
- Tonkin Street
- Prince of Wales Building and Skyline
- Star Ferry and HSBC Building
- Streetcars
Here are more pictures of the Hong Kong & Shanghai
Banking Corporation Hong Kong headquarters than probably you'd ever want to look at. I studied this building
in an architecture course and was happy to be able to see it in person.
- HSBC Building North Facade
- HSBC Building Struts
- HSBC Building East Side
- HSBC Building North Facade
- HSBC Building North Facade [Upper]
- HSBC Building West Lion
- HSBC Building East Lion
- HSBC Building West Lion Face
- HSBC Building East Facade
- HSBC Building Lower North Facade
- HSBC Building South Bottom
- HSBC Inside Base
- HSBC Tablets on South Facade
- HSBC Building above Star Ferry
- HSBC Building and Star Ferry
- HSBC Building Northwest Corner
- HSBC Building Support, Looking North from Inside
- HSBC Building North Facade [with Tree]
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Looking for a Poster of Hong Kong?
Kowloon is the name of the Peninsula that lies just to the north of Hong Kong Island.
- Cultural Center Plaza
- Star Ferry Interior
- Dolphins [Statue]
- Habor Walk
- Container Port Under Construction
- The Peninsula
- Kowloon Park View
- Sampan Exhibit, Museum of History
- Outside the Mass Transit Railway Station, Tsuen Wan
- Sam Tung Uk Museum
- Public Housing, Cheung Sha Wan
- Space Shuttle Display
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Aberdeen
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Aberdeen is a rapidly growing area on the south side of Hong Kong Island.
- Sampan
- New Buildings
- Harbor Boats
- Harbor Buildings
- Boat Factory
- Welcome to the Jumbo Floating Restaurant
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Repulse Bay
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Repulse Bay is on the south side of Hong Kong island, between Aberdeen and Stanley.
- Goats at Repulse Bay
- Good Luck Budda
- Skyline at Repulse Bay
- Beach, Repulse Bay
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Cheung Chau
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Cheung Chau is a small island approximately 10 km southwest off the coast of Hong Kong island. No
cars are allowed on Cheung Chau.
- Street Leading to the Sea
- Harbor Entrance
- Harbor Boats
- Western Beach
- Ancient Carvings
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Stanley
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Stanley is a small town on the south side of Hong Kong island.
- Shops
- Beach
- View to the Sea
- Stanley Fish
- Cutting Fish in the Market
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