Archive for the 'Carpe Diem in Hong Kong' Category

Gleaming Crystals

This is part four of our ongoing series - Carpe Diem in Hong Kong.

The following is an image taken during the holiday season at the end of 2008 in the MTR subway Central station in Hong Kong. Gleaming Crystals is evidence of Hong Kong’s growing affluence as Asia World’s City and the pearl of the orient.

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Urban Market

This is part 3 of our ongoing series - Carpe Diem in Hong Kong.

The following is a picture of Wan Chai’s street market in the Hong Kong island. Despite efforts of urban renewal and new development, Wan Chai still retains its charm as the major cultural centre on Hong Kong island hustling and bustling with small shops and vendors, promoting a growing and everlasting small business and entrepreneural atmosphere in Hong Kong.

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Echoing Skyline

This is part two of our ongoing series - Carpe Diem in Hong Kong.

Echoing Skyline was inspired by the beautiful sight of Hong Kong island from Victoria Harbour. Overlooking the hustling and bustling Central Business District, Echoing Skyline takes us into the daily lives of the seven million Hong Kong people and the busy financial sector that revolves around the lives of everyday people. From the falling property market to the Lehman mini-bonds, the echoing distortion symbolizes of the current socioeconomic environment today.

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Concrete Forest

This is part one of our ongoing series - Carpe Diem in Hong Kong.

“Concrete Forest” is reminiscent of the architecture from 1960s to the 1970s in Hong Kong consisting of the typical concrete construction. To facilitate the growing economy and population, buildings had to erected quickly and efficiently. This photo was taken at Peking Road in the bustling Tsim Sha Tsui district in the Kowloon side of Hong Kong, where local and tourists gather in one of the busiest areas in Hong Kong.