Hong Kong from the 1960s
This is part one of our ongoing series which will explore with you Hong Kong from the eyes of a localized tourist, one with strong knowledge of Hong Kong but doesn’t live in the hustling bustling city.
I found this picture on Carpe Diem Review, a creative arts publication and I felt it is quite an interesting picture since it represents Tsim Sha Tsui, a popular tourist destination on the Kowloon side of Hong Kong. We can see in the picture the Yue Hwa Department Store, known for its fine tradional goods imported from Mainland China.
We can see the constant public works improvements taking place in Hong Kong that reflects on the city’s care to infrastructure and its people. We can see many highrises, noting the high density nature of Hong Kong. And many of those buildings just look like towers of concrete.
But it is in these buildings that the daily lives of Hong Kong residents take place in, where people buy and sell goods or come home from a long day of work. It is these buildings that create the tourist nature of Tsim Sha Tsui and the rest of Hong Kong.
