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Ma On Shan Park 馬鞍山公園
Like many HK dwellings, our apartment doesn’t have a garden (well, not our own anyway), nor do we have a balcony to grow decent plants For this reason, there are many gardens/parks in HK for apartment residents to enjoy, stretch their bodies, socialise & kids to play. Plants are well manicured, and rubbish [...]
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Mid Autumn Festival 中秋節
Mid Autumn Festival, Moon Festival, Lantern Festival, all one and the same thing, was yesterday (3 October 2009). There’s lots of history behind this Chinese festival, from story of war-torn era with hidden secret slip inside mooncakes (George told me that yesterday) to legend of beautiful princess (hence the decoration on some mooncake boxes… again [...]
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西貢 Sai Kung
Sai Kung, a waterfront ‘garden’ of Hong Kong, is on the east side (despite the name) of Kowloon/New Territories. No longer a small fishing village, it has developed along with the rest of Hong Kong, but due to its seaside location, distance & limited public transport (no MTR station here… yet), there is a nice [...]
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香港照明 Hong Kong Illuminations
There’s no doubt that people in HK (& of course China!) loves to decorate their towns, homes, schools, shopping malls, parks… Here are some examples that we’ve captured on photos so far.