There’s a very nice little site featuring archives on Hong Kong tramways, aviation activities, etc. It’s at hongkongheritage.org. The site currently focuses on archives from the Kadoorie family, but I understand it is bound to expand.

There are a couple of cool Hong Kong-related widgets over at widgetbox.

Hong Kong traffic webcams widget:

Top stories from the South China Morning Post:

Asia celebrities widget:

Hong Kong pictures

It’s so easy to create a widget that I quickly made one using my pictures.

But why oh why there is no dishwasher salt on sale in any Hong Kong supermarket? I finally found the answer here.

Cinephiles, Pack Your Bags. An Uncut Version Awaits. The phenomenon of so many people visiting Hong Kong to see uncensored films has highlighted changing attitudes toward government censorship of the arts in China. An interesting read on the New York Times.

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Hong Kong, one photo a day The daily photo trend seems to catch on: check out Hong Kong daily photo for daily pictures and webcam views of the city. Regular readers will know that we host many Hong Kong pictures on Blue Hong Kong, our contemplative guide.

Surreal Photos of Hong Kong’s Urban Architecture

‘Architecture of Density’, an exhibition of large scare color photographs by Michael Wolf, reveals the sheer density of living in Hong Kong. Really fascinating pictures of Hong Kong’s skyscrapers and housing development. See some of our similar pictures here.

see more pictures from the exhibition here