Hong Kong children's party 1953 香港 五六十年代

A party for poor children is held by the the JC's with the aid of Hong Kong boy scouts. Two of my colleagues are members of the HK Junior Chamber of Commerce and I undertook to film it.
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Hong Kong children's party 1953

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Travel & Events

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• hong kong
• 1953
• boy scouts
• jaycee
• junior chamber of commerce
• JC
• charity
• children
• boys
• girls
• refugee
• squatters
• 香港
• 五六十年代

[siuwahchan]

Mr. Rogge;

So many times we say this "great", or" Awesome" and so many vocabularies have lost their essence, that I speechless. Thanks A Million and God Bless!

[MichaelRogge]

@siuwahchan Thanks and carry on giving your comments. Friends of mine organised this party.

[mydoggie]

Excellent touching movie. Thanks for sharing. Yes, looks like Wanchai. Could it be Southorn Playground?

[MichaelRogge]

I see that we only differ a year in age, so the scenes I took should be very familiar to you. You are from HK so you would know best where this children's party was held. I remember distincly that it was in Wanchai. So it may well be the Southern Playground. I wonder whether it is still there?

[hotbloodchris]

it's still there.... but become a resting place for the elderlies, football pitch for middle-aged football players and some young Eurasian basketball players...

[MichaelRogge]

@hotbloodchris Thanks for letting me and other viewers know!

[googlebly]

一粟一飯, 當思來處不易.

半絲半縷，恆念物力維艱.

於富足豐饒的今天, 大家應心存感激.

知所惜福.

[maidestone]

So nice to see so many innocent faces shining with anticipation and happiness.

[bbbb1015]

睇到D小朋友攞住碗飯個樣好開心好滿足,,個 個年代既細路仔雖然窮但係我覺得真係好正..

[iloveup3up4]

Ha Ha 學校有奶粉派的年代.

[connie59do]

My mother told me one of the happiest thing during her childhood beside having her mother by her side was a cup of milk and a biscuit she get from church monthly. I remember going to a sponsored fair like this in choi hung estate in the early 80s. Back in the days a little plastic piggy bank I won from the fair kept me happy for months. Nowadays my little niece won't stop whining until she gets the latest toy she sees on TV and it just be days before she nag for another toy.

[Roodosutaa]

@MichaelRogge I'm only 30 but I don't remember Southorn Playground ever had a roof and concrete pillars? Maybe it did in the 50s - could be a school playgound perhaps

[yusiana12]

Nice..... to see so many happy Children. thank you.

[ChineseinCanada]

Wow, my mom was born in HK in 1953, and my dad was 2 yrs old when this vid was taken