Hong Kong has gone through reclamations for 170 odd years. Since the establishment of the City of Victoria in early Hong Kong, Chinese merchants have been playing an important contributive role in land and new city development.

In May 1841, the Briti...

In 1953, the most destructive fire in the history of Hong Kong hit the squatter area in Shek Kip Mei and left nearly 50 000 homeless. Subsequently, the Government built a large number of temporary accommodations for the victims. Many people think tha...

Urban development leads to transport innovation, and transport improvement in turn accelerates urban expansion. There is a strong tie between a city and its transport. In just more than a century, Hong Kong has quickly transformed itself from a small...

The rule of law is one of the most important cornerstones of Hong Kong. But by whom and when was it put into the social system in Hong Kong?

It probably began when the British people occupied the Hong Kong Island.

Not long after the British people l...

In Hong Kong, vessels come and go. In the past hundred years or so, Hong Kong has put on a million faces, having evolved from a small fishing village into a prosperous entrepot, and then into the current state as a global financial centre. Throughout...

The History of Hong Kong III-

Ep4 # Press Industry in Hong Kong

Because of her peculiar political environment, Hong Kong enjoys the freedom of speech and press (very much owing itself to the West) as well as the close ties with China. Moreover, s...

When the city of Hong Kong was just established, the public environment was deplorable. At first, the death toll among the British army was high as healthcare services were only provided by floating clinics. Although there were Hospital of the Medica...

On the morning of 8 December 1941, Japanese troops started bombing Kai Tak Airport, marking the start of the 18-day “Battle of Hong Kong”. Hong Kong lost the battle and went through the Japanese Occupation. A bitter experience as it was, the Japanese...

Besides historical documents and artifacts, buildings are also tangible evidence of history. Heritage conservation has aroused concerns in recent years, and at the same time it has stirred controversy of whether “conservation and economic development ...