Old Hong Kong, Sheung Wan district back in 1964

Sheung Wan looked like this 45 years ago. Still the same? I wonder.

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• 1964
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• michael rogge

[jennylingwong]

why don't you travel to hong kong and see the differences ????

[MichaelRogge]

@jennylingwong I'm 82 years old and find no pleasure in traveling by plane anymore. Moreover I do not recognize HK anymore. I only go on cruises in Europe.

[maestrovso]

Dear Mr. Rogge,

Others may already replied. At 2:40 the temple and the school adjacent to it are both quite well preserved. The school was built with the donations collected at the temple. The temple belongs to a long time non-profit organization that also built many hospitals serving the residents many whom cannot afford paid services.

[MichaelRogge]

@maestrovso Thanks for your info. Yes, one cannot stop the tooth of time. Here in Amsterdam old buildings are declared a national treasure that may not be demolished. This makes that we still have buildings centuries old.

[nwong6410]

By the way, Michael, your films are great. I hope the hk govt archive has reached out to you. They should be preserved for viewing by all hk people.

[MichaelRogge]

@nwong6410 . Yes, they will have a professional digitalisation of the films for their archives very soon.

[aussiehansi]

Dear Michael, I'm a German HK resident since 15 years and your videos make me want of go into a time machine back 50-60 years to experience the pure HK as it was.

God bless you for giving us such a precious insight about our beloved and treasured people and city.

Love, long life and health to you, Hans & Vera, Cheung Chau island

[darkstatehk]

These collections are superb and capture the essence of Hong Kong exquisitely during those times. Personal videos like these truly show the power of sites like You Tube, enabling people all over the world to enjoy them to their fullest. A most refreshing beak from the norm. Great job!!

[168mightymark]

The temple is called Man Mo Temple (文武廟) is still there. The street at around1:15 is still there selling antiques.The little girl was making fire crackers at 3:30, there is no longer such business in HK.

[bringbecksthehorizon]

thank you SO much for these videos!

i'm only a teenager, so I've only ever been able to see what Hong Kong is like now with all the sky scrapers.

always been facsinated by how my grandparents lived and how the city would have looked.

truly amazing, thank you so much :)

[waynehor1974]

Wish the building at 3.53 still exist!

thanks for sharing your video.

[hkchrism]

@MichaelRogge Macau has done a good job of preserving its old part and building on new land. The coastline isn't the same but there is a very distinct old town area.

[hkchrism]

Sheung Wan has maintained its old architecture relative to the other areas of Hong Kong. Possibly because of this it's become the cool area for young people in the last 10 years, with very high rents as a result.

[maestrovso]

The old buildings with the pillars supporting the upper floors all but disappeared. If you look really hard you can find a handful scattered in different neighborhoods. Many are marked for demolition. In my recent trip this spring I was tempted to go into one near the temple street that was condemned and boarded up just to explore.