Primitive sailing boats, locals in sedan chairs and not a skyscraper in sight! Fascinating photographs show an undeveloped Hong Kong before the island’s phenomenal boom

Hong Kong has become a bustling vibrant city and financial hub filled with skyscrapers . But it hasn’t always been like this. Photos taken between 1841 and 1843 show Hong Kong long before it became the metropolis it is today. Black and white images …
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