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Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

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Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1972, Hong Kong Kowloon Peninsula, Nathan Road, one of the prosperous streets of Hong Kong, formerly known as Robinson Road, commemorating the then Governor Robinson Law, in 1904, Hong Kong Governor Sir Nathan vigorously developed the Kowloon Peninsula, widened Nathan Road, and in 1909 changed to the name of Hong Kong Governor Nathan Road,—— Haight Wong shooting.

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1972, Hong Kong Kowloon Peninsula, Nathan Road, in 1904, when the Governor of Hong Kong Sir Nathan widened this avenue, the Kowloon Peninsula was still a sparsely populated area, and people called Nathan Road at that time Nathan's Foo (Nathan's Foo), and now this area is very densely crowded, from morning to night is full of traffic ,—— Haight Wong shooting.

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1974, Hong Kong Sheung Wan Staircase Street, as the name suggests, this is a street that is all steps, is the longest staircase in Sheung Wan, the street starts from Queen's Road, goes up the hill, and has now been listed as a characteristic building of historical buildings, opposite the Golden Time Department Store, which is being demolished and sold - Haight Wong shooting.

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1974, in Central, Hong Kong, two workers stood on scaffolding and painted the exterior wall of a building, which is like a forest of buildings and restaurants, known as a shopping paradise, a paradise for tourists - Bill Hawker (Bill Hocker).

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1974, on the streets of Central, Hong Kong, a mobile newsstand retail stall, the stall owner wore a bamboo pipe, spread various newspapers all over the wooden cart, flipped through the newspapers, and waited for the peak of the flow of people ,—— photographed by Bill Hocker.

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1974, on the streets of Central, Hong Kong, the double-decker tram in Central, Hong Kong, drove to North Point, the green body was painted with various advertisements, and the front of the car reminded passengers to be photographed by Bill Hocker ,—— the rear of the car.

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1977, 26-year-old Hong Kong actor and host Deborah, young and beautiful, Hong Kong's first Hong Kong sister champion in the seventies, at that time, she had just become popular in the Hong Kong film and television industry with several excellent works, married Xie Xian in 1979, gave birth to Nicholas Tse brothers and sisters, and gradually returned to the family.

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1979, the Aberdeen Cemetery (Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery), located between Aberdeen and Tin Wan, there were thousands of open-air spiritual ash stands built by Chinese self-financed - photographed by Bill Hocker.

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1979, in the Aberdeen area of Hong Kong, a fisherman was drying dried fish, probably limited conditions at that time, the drying method was not to use a fish rack to dry, but to use a fish curtain to dry, this method is inconvenient because of the regular drying of the dried fish turned over ,—— Bill Hawker (Bill Hocker).

Old photos of Hong Kong in the 70s | Young Deborah, Aberdeen and Kowloon Peninsula

▲ In 1979, in the Aberdeen area of Hong Kong, a wooden barrel wholesale distribution workshop with the name "Helai", billboards in Chinese and English marked "Specializing in domestic pot barrels, welcome to sell wholesale", the workshop was processing "Leung Yousheng" brand basin barrels,—— photographed by Bill Hocker.

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