2023-09-15 08:29:59
[Independent media report]The government launched “Hong Kong’s Night Fun” to boost the economy. At the same time, the Historical Archives of the Government Records Service also launched the “Hong Kong Tourism in the Past” exhibition today, which provides a different view of old Hong Kong through historical photos from the 1950s to the 1980s. A “new understanding and new feeling”. The exhibition content includes themes such as “Shopping Paradise” and “Food Paradise”. It shows the food stalls in the night market, which are not only crowded, but also rated as one of Hong Kong’s food cultures by foreign tourism newspapers. Visitors can also enjoy sampans in typhoon shelters or on the sea. While dining in the restaurant, the historical photos also include the Aberdeen Seafood Restaurant, which sank in the South China Sea, and its grandeur in 1986.
The Historical Archives of the GRS will start an exhibition today. The public can view historical images through the online exhibition. They can also go to the exhibition hall on the 2nd floor of the Hong Kong Historical Archives Building, 13 Tsui Ping Road, Kwun Tong, to view more than 70 selected collections. Admission is free. .
Large shopping mall “fashionable and gorgeous” attracts tourists to hunt for treasures
This exhibition displays a series of selected collections related to tourism information from the 1950s to the 1980s, focusing on four themes: “Tourism and Scenery”, “Shopping Paradise”, “Gourmet Paradise” and “City Events”. The exhibition also shows various aspects of life in Hong Kong in the past. For example, many large shopping malls were built in the 1960s. Visitors can search for various gifts in fashionable and gorgeous shopping malls, and can also hunt for treasures in street shops and traditional markets. The photos also capture typhoon shelter sampans, restaurants on the sea, Tai Pai Dong and Chinese restaurants, etc., which are the common memories of Hong Kong cuisine among locals and tourists.
Hong Kong-British travel book details recommended retail prices of products to prevent “cut offs”
In the “Food Paradise” section of the online exhibition, various restaurants’ “one cup and two items” are introduced. Some of them have disappeared from the menu today, such as glass shrimp balls, steamed beef in lotus leaves, smoked fish, etc. The exhibition also mentions and interesting English and Roman pinyin for various snacks.
In the “Shopping Paradise” section, the British Hong Kong government at that time provided tourists with a lot of exclusive information. For example, the Hong Kong Tourism Promotion Association distributed travel guides introducing the recommended retail prices of different popular products and brands, such as various perfumes, photographic equipment and watches.
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