Formerly a colony of the British Empire, after Qing China ceded Hong Kong Island at the conclusion of the First Opium War in 1842, Hong Kong is a specially administered territory on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in southern China, and the fourth-most densely populated region in the world.
Originally a lightly populated area of farming and fishing villages, the territory has become one of the most significant financial centres and trade ports in the world. Hong Kong remained under British control until 1997, when it was returned to China.
As a special administrative region, Hong Kong's system of government is separate from that in mainland China.
Photographer Keith Macgregor took these beautiful pictures that documented everyday life of Hong Kong in the 1970s. Take a look!
(Photos and content © Keith Macgregor)
Originally a lightly populated area of farming and fishing villages, the territory has become one of the most significant financial centres and trade ports in the world. Hong Kong remained under British control until 1997, when it was returned to China.
As a special administrative region, Hong Kong's system of government is separate from that in mainland China.
Photographer Keith Macgregor took these beautiful pictures that documented everyday life of Hong Kong in the 1970s. Take a look!
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| Aberdeen harbour, 1971 |
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| Collecting seaweed at Tai Po Kau, 1971 |
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| Jordan Road, Ping Pong diplomacy billboard, 1971 |
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| Lau Fau Shan postboxes, 1972 |
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| Old lady and baby in Tai Po, 1972 |
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| Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower & Kowloon railway station, 1972 |
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| Wan Chai Road, 1972 |
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| Aberdeen harbour, 1973 |
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| Aberdeen sampans, 1973 |
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| Aberdeen, sampans & grannie with baby, 1973 |
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| Fishing at Hei Ling Chau, 1973 |
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| Fishing boat at Hei Ling Chau, 1973 |
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| HK Island with Maersk cargo ship, 1973 |
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| Ladder Street, 1973 |
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| Aberdeen and Junk at Chinese New Year, 1974 |
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| Aberdeen dragon boat races, 1974 |
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| Aberdeen floating village, 1974 |
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| Aberdeen, sampan and fishing boats at Chinese New Year, 1974 |
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| Cheung Chau Bun Festival, 1974 |
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| Cheung Chau smoker, 1974 |
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| Junk off Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Station, 1974 |
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| Kowloon train station, the YMCA and the Peninsula Hotel, 1974 |
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| Man in old medicine shop in Hollywood Road, 1974 |
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| Pedder Street and corner of Old HK Post Office, 1974 |
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| Pedder Street and Gloucester Building, 1974 |
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| Peel Street, Soho, 1974 |
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| Rowing junk through Lei Yue Mun, 1974 |
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| Tai Po Kau boat and people, 1974 |
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| Aberdeen sampans, 1975 |
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| Kowloon Warf to Kai Tak from the peak, 1975 |
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| Mandarin Hotel from old Hong Kong Club roof, 1975 |
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| Over the peak, Strawberry Hill and Harbour, 1975 |
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| Sampans off South Bay, 1975 |
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| Tai Po Kau sampans, 1975 |
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| Cheung Chau Harbour, 1976 |
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| Rickshaws and posters in Western, 1976 |
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| Johnston Road, 1976 |
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| Making barrels for the fish, Aberdeen, 1976 |
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| Moon Festival lanterns in Wan Chai, 1976 |
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| Mother and child at Aberdeen dragon boat races, 1976 |
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| Junks and sunset, 1977 |
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| Boy in Cheung Chau Bun Festival, 1978 |
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| Courtyard wall, 1978 |
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| Elgin Street, 1978 |
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| Elgin Street, 1978 |
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| Girl looking after her little brother, Kao Sai Chau, 1978 |
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| Junk in harbour, 1978 |
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| Mong Kok Street, 1978 |
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| Sampans in Tai Po, 1978 |
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| Street in Sheung Wan, 1978 |
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| Tai Yuen Street, Wan Chai, 1978 |
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| The ship painter with the golden teeth, 1978 |
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| Gough Street, 1979 |
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| Gough Street, view from Hollywood Road, 1979 |
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| Tai Po Kau, 1979 |
(Photos and content © Keith Macgregor)
