Hong Kong stories. Centennial stories
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1. Healing bones with heart
2023-11-06
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"It has been more than a century since bone-setting clinics rooted in Hong Kong. In the days when Western medicine was not yet popular, people could only go to martial arts schools to ask the “masters...
2. Tram memories
2023-11-13
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"Tram, commonly known as “Ding Ding”, is one of the oldest means of transportation in Hong Kong, and has been serving the public since 1904. A ticket machine, which has been around for more than a cen...
3. Tailor-made
2023-11-20
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"Hong Kong is a city where East meets West. The making of western clothing has a long history. Western clothing was called “fan yi” (foreign clothing) in the 19th century and later took its current na...
4. The pawn industry
2023-11-27
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"The pawn industry is an old industry with a history of more than a thousand years. Today, there are still about 180 pawnshops in Hong Kong, although the operating mode has not changed much, the marke...
5. Travel across the sea
2023-12-04
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"The “Star Ferry” was founded in 1880 by a foreign businessman to provide the ferry service plying between either side of Victoria Harbour between Tsim Sha Tsui and Central. Most of the passengers the...
6. Old tea century
2023-12-11
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"One hundred years ago, Hong Kong was the hub and point of sale of Chinese tea, and at that time, tea trade was governed by Nam Pak Hong, and concentrated in the vicinity of Bonham Strand West and Win...
7. Little gadgets
2023-12-18
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"When we look back on our childhood, the happiest memories are always about the good friends whom we grew up with, the sweet and delicious snacks, and those toys that we did not want to discard even w...
8. Happy marriage thereafter
2023-12-25
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"The kwan kwa is a gown worn by women at their weddings in traditional Chinese wedding etiquette. The red cloth is embroidered with lifelike patterns of dragons and phoenixes using glittering gold and...
9. Printed Matters in Life
2024-01-01
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"Printed matters have become an inseparable part of our life, and they were essential carriers of cultural heritage and records in the last century. Since early 20th century, Central and Sheung Wan ha...
10. Milk Bottle
2024-01-08
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"Collector Simon CHEUNG collected a variety of glass milk bottles of different eras over the years. The most precious one is a double-headed glass milk bottle that he found in a deserted village in Lu...