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The City Development in the Post War Period

City Scenes

1945 HKRS170-1-167
The University of Hong Kong, November 1945.
1946 03-05-120
Grampian Road, Kowloon City, c. 1946.
1950 HKRS246-1-28-3
Queen’s Road Central, 1950.
1950 HKRS246-1-28-4
Queen’s Road Central, 1950.
1950-1951 X1000069
Open nullah in Argyle Street, 1950-1951.
1956 HKRS365-1-10-10
A cooked food stall at Mongkok, 1956.
1956-1957 X1000574
Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market, 1956-1957.

c.1957 X1000635
Ice House Street, c.1957.

1961-1962 X1000574
An aerial view of Aberdeen Wholesale Fish Market, 1961-1962.
1962 HKRS365-1-64-2
Hong Kong City Hall, 1962.

1964 03-05-123
Nathan Road at Mongkok - night scene, c. 1964.
1964 HKRS365-1-133-6
A policewoman on traffic control duty, 1964.

1965 HKRS365-1-178-6
Victoria Park, 1965.

1965 HKRS365-1-163-8
Fire engines in action on Shanghai Street, 1965.
c. mid-1960s X1000069
Chatham Road, c. mid-1960s.

c.1966-1967 X1000311
An aerial photo of fishing port of Tai O, c. 1966-1967.
1968 01-09-245
The General Post Office, c. 1968.

1970 03-02-029
Kowloon-Canton Railway, Kowloon Terminal Station, 1970.
1970 01-17-466
Private tenements and roof-top squatter huts in Wan Chai. Lockhart Road at the bottom left and Wan Chai reclamation at the top, 1970.
1970 03-04-098
Aerial view of Kowloon Walled City with Tung Tau Tsuen Road on the left and Tung Tau Estate at the top, 1970.
1971 01-13-368
View of the eastern portion of the Central District and Mid-Levels of Victoria with Century Tower in the right foreground, 23 March 1971.
1972 01-13-367
Wan Chai waterfront from the air showing recent reclamation and a new flyover complex in the vicinity of Canal Road, 1 February 1972.

1972 01-13-365
Kowloon Peninsula and the Central District of Victoria viewed from Victoria Gap. Peak Tower and the tram terminus in the foreground, 21 June 1972.
1972 03-04-081
Fly-over complex adjacent to Kai Tak Airport, 1972.


1972 388 HOC NO89
Minibus stop at Kwun Tong Road near Tung Yan Street, 1972.

1973 03-04-078
Reclamation for the Kai Tak Airfield Runway Extension viewed from the east, 16 February 1973.
1973 04-02-035
Kwai Chung Container Terminals, 1973.


1974 HKRS471-2-5
Luen Wo Road, 1974.
1974 X1000186
Lai Tak Tsuen under construction, 1974.
1975 08-10-112
Whitfield Barracks (now Kowloon Park), 1975.
1975 08-10-114
Whitfield Barracks (now Kowloon Park), 1975.

1976 HKRS1158-1-15
The main public entrance of the old General Post Office Building at Pedder Street, 1976.
1976 HKRS1158-1-15
The Prince’s Building in Central, 1976.

1977 03-02-041
Signal Tower at Blackhead Point, 1977.
1979 HKRS908-1-73
Vietnamese Boat People, 1979.
1979 HKRS908-1-73
Vietnamese Boat People, 1979.
1979 X1000186
Jat Min Chuen under construction, 1979.

c. 1970s HKRS365-1-374-1
Public light bus that headed to Daimaru, c. 1970s.
c. 1970s 711.4095125 TUE 1976
Pui To Road at Tuen Mun, c.1970s.

1980 HKRS1158-1-19
The old Western Market (North Block), 1980.
1981 X1000186
Lai Tak Tsuen, 1981.
1982 X1000186
Jat Min Chuen, 1982.
1982 X1000186
Night scene of Jat Min Chuen, 1982.
1983 X1000186
Playground in Jat Min Chuen, 1983.
1983 X1000186
Landscaped area in Jat Min Chuen, 1983.
1984 HKRS1333-1-3
Mong Kok Station, 1984.
1984 HKRS1333-1-3
Sha Tin Station, 1984.
1987 X1000149
Shek Kip Mei Park, 1987.
1989 HKRS1185-2-14
The Sham Shui Po to Macao Ferry Terminal, 1989.
c.1989 X1000148
Lei Yue Mun Park, c.1989.

1980s X1000188
Sui Wo Court, 1980s.

c.1980s HKRS1545-1-1
Peng Chau Ferry Pier, c.1980s.
c.1980s HKRS1545-1-1
Peng Chau, c.1980s.
c.1980s HKRS1545-1-1
Kam Fa Temple on Peng Chau, c.1980s.
c. early 1980s X1000146
Hollywood Road Market, c. early 1980s.


c.1980s X1000188
Cheung Kwai Estate under construction, c.1980s.

c.1980s X1000149
Christmas light displayed on the buildings around the Urban Council Centenary Garden in Tsim Sha Tsui East, c.1980s.
c.1980s X1000188
Butterfly Estate Commercial Complex at Tuen Mun, c.1980s.
c.1980s X1000188
Butterfly Estate Commercial Complex at Tuen Mun, c.1980s.
c.1980s X1000188
The developing Tuen Mun New Town, c.1980s.
c.1980s X1000146
Ko Shan Road Park, c.1980s.

c. early 1990s X1000148
Hollywood Road Park, c. early 1990s.

c.early 1990s X1000148
Carpenter Road Park in Kowloon City, c.early 1990s.
c.2004 069.5 BRI 2004
Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, c. 2004.