0:49 I think this entrance has a historical significant in 1897 when the 'eight villages' united togather against the British Imperial force in a 6 days war before they got into the lease of the New Territories.
@@hungtailo7337 . If my memory is correct , I just entered the 3rd grade in the then Tang King Po Roman Catholic School’s elementary from the Holy Trinity ( American Southern ) Baptism Elementary located near Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon City area . I used go up that hill behind Tang King Po and the King George V School . That hill was right next to Ho Man Tin . I left HK in 1969 and to join my father in USA . I’ve got hired by Pan American Airlines HK branch but needed to turn it down for going back to my hometown in the Midwest . I still missed that opportunity and all those tasty good foods in HongKong . And the Cantonese . ❤👍 👨🏻🦳🧑🏻🦳 ☕️🍰🥨🍪🍦 🐇🐈. 🙏.
@@benmak3283 Excellent, many thanks. My father took these on various trips to places like Honk Kong and Saigon in around 1959 to 1961, but never really told us much about where he had visited, sadly. 太好了，非常感谢。 我父亲在1959年至1961年左右带着他们去过香港和西贡等地，但遗憾的是，他从未真正告诉我们他去过的地方。
@@benmak3283 Thank you very much for the link - very interesting indeed. No, I am not in Hong Kong, I returned from Singapore to England in 1960, sadly. I loved it there - though of course it is very different now. I was never taken to Hong Kong, though I would happily have gone. Ah well. 非常感谢您提供的链接 - 确实非常有趣。 不，我不在香港，我在 1960 年从新加坡回到英国，很遗憾。我喜欢那里，当然现在已经很不一样了。我从来没有被带到香港，尽管我很乐意去。
From the country side New Territories to the busy Central District Commerical and Business Centre. There is no moer countryside in Hong Kong nowadays. Everywhere is full of 50 plus storeys highrises.
There is plenty of countryside in Hong Kong. But the city centre and the the new towns with their skyscrapers are majestic, convenient and have great infrastructure.
Thank you very much for sharing such precious film,,,,,part of our fading history,,,,,,,
Of course,,, appreciate and respect to your father
Very glad that you enjoyed it.
What a sharp contrast between the beginning of the video and towards the end.
0:49 I think this entrance has a historical significant in 1897 when the 'eight villages' united togather against the British Imperial force in a 6 days war before they got into the lease of the New Territories.
Thank you for that information. Is it still there?
Yes, it's 1959, most likely May or June.
1959, 我剛升初中一
家住港島水坑口, 上學要去九龍何文田巴富街, 同學來自五湖四海, 香港仔, 柴灣, 荃灣, 上水！
上水廖, 現在何方？
@@hungtailo7337 . If my memory is correct , I just entered the 3rd grade in the then Tang King Po Roman Catholic School’s elementary from the Holy Trinity ( American Southern ) Baptism Elementary located near Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon City area . I used go up that hill behind Tang King Po and the King George V School . That hill was right next to Ho Man Tin . I left HK in 1969 and to join my father in USA . I’ve got hired by Pan American Airlines HK branch but needed to turn it down for going back to my hometown in the Midwest . I still missed that opportunity and all those tasty good foods in HongKong . And the Cantonese . ❤👍 👨🏻🦳🧑🏻🦳 ☕️🍰🥨🍪🍦 🐇🐈. 🙏.
@@hungtailo7337 為何要去咁遠讀書 ?
2:05 景賢里
Jingxianli? Not sure what (or who) that is...
@@steveknight878It is a building , 一座古色古香的建築物 , 已被香港政府列為一級古蹟保護！
@@benmak3283 Excellent, many thanks. My father took these on various trips to places like Honk Kong and Saigon in around 1959 to 1961, but never really told us much about where he had visited, sadly.
太好了，非常感谢。 我父亲在1959年至1961年左右带着他们去过香港和西贡等地，但遗憾的是，他从未真正告诉我们他去过的地方。
@@steveknight878 zh.m.wikipedia.org/zh-hant/%E6%99%AF%E8%B3%A2%E9%87%8C
www.heritage.gov.hk/tc/revitalisation-scheme/batch-vi-of-revitalisation-scheme/virtual-tour-on-batch-vi-historic-buildings/king-yin-lei/index.html
景賢里
@@benmak3283 Thank you very much for the link - very interesting indeed.
No, I am not in Hong Kong, I returned from Singapore to England in 1960, sadly. I loved it there - though of course it is very different now. I was never taken to Hong Kong, though I would happily have gone. Ah well.
非常感谢您提供的链接 - 确实非常有趣。
不，我不在香港，我在 1960 年从新加坡回到英国，很遗憾。我喜欢那里，当然现在已经很不一样了。我从来没有被带到香港，尽管我很乐意去。
I was born in 1959😊
So was my wife here in HK.
2:00 跑馬地
Happy Valley
0.05 元朗橫洲 " 聚星樓 "
Yuen Long Heng Chau "Star Building "
Thank you for the IDs - wonderful
@@steveknight878 my pleasure！ 唔使客氣！
Are you a Englishman ?
@@benmak3283 Yes, indeed.
@@steveknight878 I don't know whether you can read Chinese writing or not ?
@@steveknight878 www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/new-territories/monuments_75/index.html
No audio.
No - this was taken in the days before cameras recorded audio. Sorry.
Imagine making a comment of there being no audio in a video that was taken in the 1950s lmao
i think my cellphone is CAN not use😂
From the country side New Territories to the busy Central District Commerical and Business Centre. There is no moer countryside in Hong Kong nowadays. Everywhere is full of 50 plus storeys highrises.
That's a shame. We need contryside.
There is plenty of countryside in Hong Kong. But the city centre and the the new towns with their skyscrapers are majestic, convenient and have great infrastructure.
Yes there is, we have a house in the new territories.