Ocean Park Hong Kong, commonly known as Ocean Park, is an amusement and animal theme park in Wong Chuk Hang on Hong Kong Island. Opened on 10 January 1977, it covers 91.5 hectares (226 acres) and combines amusement rides with aquariums and other live-animal exhibits. The park is divided by Brick Hill into two main attraction areas, the Waterfront and the Summit, which are connected by a cable car and the Ocean Express funicular. It is operated by the Ocean Park Corporation, a statutory, financially independent and not-for-profit organisation.
Ocean Park was conceived in 1959 as an oceanarium. The Hong Kong government provided land for the project in 1967, and the Hong Kong Jockey Club subsequently financed its construction. Marine animals formed a central part of the park from its beginnings; its best-known early attraction was the orca Hoi Wai, which lived there from 1979 until her death in 1997. In 1987, Ocean Park ceased to be part of the Jockey Club and became a statutory body. Following Hoi Wai's death and growing controversy over captive-animal performances, the park increasingly developed amusement rides alongside its marine exhibits. (Full article...)
Sir Sze-yuen Chung, GBE,GBM,JP,FREng (Chinese:鍾士元; 3 November 1917 – 14 November 2018), often known as Sir S.Y. Chung, was a Hong Kong politician and businessman who served as a Senior Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils during the 1970s and 1980s in the colonial period and the first non-official Convenor of the Executive Council in the SAR period. For his seniority in the Hong Kong political arena, he was nicknamed the "Great Sir" and "Godfather of Hong Kong politics".
An-engineer-turned-politician, Chung was appointed to various public positions by the colonial government including the chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries (FHKI) in the 1960s before he was an Unofficial Member of the Legislative and Executive Councils. As a Senior Member of the Executive Council, Chung was involved heavily in the Sino-British negotiations on the Hong Kong sovereignty in the early 1980s, in which he sought to voice the concerns on the behalf of the Hong Kong people between the Chinese and British governments. After his retirement from the colonial positions in 1988, he began to take Beijing appointments of pre-handover posts. In 1997, he was invited by Chief ExecutiveTung Chee-hwa to become the first Convenor of the Non-official Members of the SAR Executive Council until his second retirement in 1999. (Full article...)
Image 5People honouring gods in a dajiao celebration, the Cheung Chau Bun Festival (from Culture of Hong Kong)
Image 6Hong Kong international airport was moved from Kai Tak to Chep Lap Kok. Photograph of Kai Tak taken the day after it closed. (from History of Hong Kong)
Image 7A statue of McDull, a Hong Konge cartoon character. He has become a well known throughout East Asia. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
Image 10Pang uk in Tai O; Pang uks were built by the Tanka people, who had the tradition of living above water, and regarding it as an honour. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
Image 25Lion Rock is a symbol of Hong Kong. There is a term, 獅子山下 (Beneath Lion Rock), which refers to the collective memory of 20th century Hong Kong. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
... that the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival canceled the screening of a politically themed film due to the "inability to locate suitable copies", despite the film having been showcased three years earlier?
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