Hong Kong in the 1970s underwent many changes that shaped its future, led for most of the decade by its longest-serving and reform-minded Governor, Murray MacLehose. Economically, it reinvented itself from a manufacturing base into a financial centre.
People grew richer entering the 1970s. Not surprisingly, people started to look for some means of investment.
Many factors contributed to the decline of manufacturing in Hong Kong. The late 1970s saw increases in land prices. Along with the opening up of global trade with China via the 1978 economic reforms, factories were gradually relocated to the mainland, where labour costs were lower.
These fascinating photos were taken by
Nick DeWolf that documented everyday life in Hong Kong in 1972.
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| Schoolgirls, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Schoolgirl, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Advertising posters, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Apartments, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Apartments, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Argyle Street, Mong Kok, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Bamboo scaffolding, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Chinese opera, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| From balconies, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| From balconies, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| From balconies, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Fruit stand, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Harbor life, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Harbor life, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Harbor life, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Harbor life, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Harbor life, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Hong Kong street scenes, 1972 |
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| Houseboats, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Market, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Market, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Mei Foo Sun Chuen, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Night life, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Public housing estate, Berwick Street, Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Public housing estate, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Rural life, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Schoolboys, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Shek Kip Mei estate, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Shek Kip Mei estate, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Shek Kip Mei estate, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Shek Kip Mei, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Street barber, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Street vendor, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| The intersection of Barwick Street and Shek Kip Mei Street in Sham Shui Po, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Train crossing, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, 1972 |
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| Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, 1972 |
(Photo © Nick DeWolf)
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