Hong Kong’s colonial heritage is far less visible than Macau’s, but a few quaint (and baffling) traditions such as afternoon tea and firing the Noon Day Gun survive, along with several period buildings and monuments that have somehow avoided demolition and now sit isolated amongst the city’s futuristic high-rises.
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All that remains of the former transcontinental train station, where passengers from Europe once disembarked.
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Fine Victorian building now housing a collection of Chinese teaware.
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Former assembly hall for the Hong Kong Legislative Council; one of downtown Central’s last old buildings.
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Classic English afternoon tea is served in the lobby of Hong Kong’s most opulent hotel.
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This nineteenth-century relic is fi red daily at noon.
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Colonial Hong Kong