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Confessions at Hong Kong University

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Posted on April 12, 2013 by Leonhard Weese

This gallery contains 15 photos.

For the first time ever, HKU hosts a Student Art Fair on its campus, which opened on April 8, 2013 and will continue with various exhibitions and events until April 20. One of the exhibitions allows students to write down … Continue reading →

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福昌樓 Fook Cheong Building, 鰂魚涌 Quarry Bay

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Posted on January 12, 2013 by Leonhard Weese

This gallery contains 15 photos.

Related to my recent post on density, I went to explore this great building in Quarry Bay. It lies south of King’s Road at the corner with Yau Man Street. I havn’t found much about that building, any pointers are … Continue reading →

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German Admiration in Taiwan

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Posted on January 8, 2013 by Leonhard Weese

This gallery contains 14 photos.

One thing that will quickly strike a German traveler as odd in Taiwan is the unusual high number of German flags and symbols on cars, buildings and clothes. It seems to far overshadow the occasional references to the United States or France. … Continue reading →

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Queuing for Democracy – July 1st

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Posted on July 4, 2012 by Leonhard Weese

This gallery contains 18 photos.

Happy independence? July 1st is a day of both celebration and grief for Hong Kongers. It both marks the day on which Hong Kong was finally released from the rule of the British, whose only good policy was to not … Continue reading →

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License Plates

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Posted on May 24, 2012 by Leonhard Weese

This gallery contains 20 photos.

Hong Kong license plates are numbered chronologically, starting with HK1 to HK9999, then XX1 to XX9999. From there it went on more logically with AA1–A9999, AB1–9999 and so on. Not all two-letter prefixes were allocated. BA and BF were not … Continue reading →

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Graffiti

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Posted on May 6, 2012 by Leonhard Weese

This gallery contains 77 photos.

Hong Kong does not has as much of an open and striving street culture as other cities do. But when walking around slowly and looking carefully, you can find bursts of creativity and criticism around you in the form of … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Honeypot

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Posted on February 11, 2012 by Leonhard Weese

This gallery contains 66 photos.

This is my photo gallery of Hong Kong. It also has a few images of places around the Pearl River Delta. I regularly update it. Enjoy!

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