My father was born in 1954 in HK, he told me amazing stories of when he was a kid playing in Kowloon and seeing Bruce Lee walking past him. I am born in 1998 in the Benelux of Europe and every time I visit Hong Kong I try to imagine how it was for my father to grow up there, this video almost brought me to tears, Hong Kong used to be so relaxed and less fast-paced. However, I still love the city and will always visit my roots.
I’m from Antwerp, Belgium. I have extended family in Hong Kong, but I went to Hong Kong for the first time in 2008. I met my best friend there, and had experiences and made memories for a lifetime. Despite the evolving political status, I still remember Hong Kong fondly, and will visit again soon!
Wow yes , I always wonder whyyy I feel a connection to Hong Kong when I wasn’t even born there. But at home my parents would talk about Hong Kong a lot. It sounded like a very vibrant place to live in with its food, entertainment industry, billionaires, social gatherings ie mahjong. It’s a shame the politics have changed the mental wellbeing of the citizens. Because of this I no longer want to be associated to Hong Kong. I feel so bad it’s so different and gloomy
Can you imagine being a poor farmer in what would be Shenzhen on the other side of the border looking at all the hustle and bustle of trade coming in and out of Hong Kong?
its amazing here, i’m born here and lived here for 18 years of my life and honestly i couldn’t get enough of it, going to uni soon and abbé moving out, but ill never forget this place, watching old videos of this place will just make me miss this place even more also the chinese fish and chips are absolutely amazing, i eat it every so often and its a very delicious little treat and me and my parents love
I was there in 1991 and saw a lot of this still, but a lot of it was already gone then - nobody was farming with water buffalo in Hong Kong in the 90s! They were busy flattening an island to build the new airport.
HunterShows almost every Chinese immigrant has a story to share about crossing the river to Hong Kong. So much hardship and strife. People literally risking their lives to escape to Hong Kong. Chairman Mao was hurting millions of Chinese people and he thought himself as some kind of savior. My mom said in schools they make kids sing “I love Chairman Mao” but a lot of Chinese people who remember the republic of China, really hated him
@@patataking9326 Which came out of labour disputes with unions with strong Beijing ties on the one side, and the local Hong Kong government and police on the other. Back then, as in today's Hong Kong, the PRC/Beijing were interfering in others affairs.
If there wasn't starvation at all before Mao's rule in China, how could Mao get millions Chinese to join his army, overthrow KMT Government and take power in 1949? Besides, Mao ruled China 26 years. Only 3 years, from 1960 to 1963, there was a starvation, because China had to repay the debts which China borrowed from Soviet for Korean War and industrialization then, or bowed to Nikita and became a satellite country of Soviet. If Trump was the King of America and he decided to repay all US national debts within 3 years but not left the debt to his successors, what would happen to Americans? Mao used to use radical approach to achieve his goal.But you can not deny that the long-term effects of most of his decision are generally positive. For example, in 1960-1963, there were thousands of Chinese mainlanders fled to HK for seeking better life. But decades later, most of these guys and their descendants still live in HK's cage home meanwhile most of their former neighbor villagers who remain in mainland have better life than them nowadays.
If you compare the Hong Kong in the 60's to that in 2019, though it was much less advanced and wealthy, it was a much more pleasant place to live than what it is now, sadly.
@Ganda Gandara Funny because the British man still called the non white Hong Kong people "Chinese" in this video. No one questioned it back then. Funny how things change. People pretend Hong Kong people are not Chinese anymore.
@@buckethead133 and them starting the video saying "what's up everyone" while talking fairly fast and moving his hands in front of his chest with open palms when speaking
My aunty and uncle moved to hong kong in the 70s and when they visited they used to bring me and my brother souvenirs back like models of hong kong taxis and pokemon cards😀
I lived there then. It was fantastic. Definitely the best time of my life. I visited HK island very briefly in February 1997 but sad to say the 'spirit' of Hong Kong wasn't there. All the glass skyscrapers and office blocks made it look just the same as any big , modern city in any other country. Didn't have time to explore further so maybe Kowloon was better.
Hongkong at the time when Bruce Lee is number one big martial art movie star, at the time Jacky Chan still play as the amateur stuntman and Jet Li and Donny Yen still im embrio of their moms
2:26 Dude with a Qantas bag... Dang that brings back memories.. My old man used to bring back one every trip he made for work. We had a closetful of those.
My Uncle visited family friends who were living in HK in the late 90s. He landed in the old airport in the harbour, and days later departed from the newly opened (current) airport out on the island. He told me how it was kind of chaotic upon opening, but got onto his flight okay. I believe he also got some card or certificate to say that he was one of the first passengers to board there.
5:39 “Feel a thousand miles away from all that transistor technology” That had me thinking... only if they knew how much those “transistors” have shrunk and we carry millions of them in our pockets! Feel a thousand miles away from that? Not for most people nowadays anyway(even in HK). Nice to see how people lived not long ago.
Honestly a lot of foreigners or people who watch older Hong Kong films probably also think it is like this. Although I’m not born from that era, it is what I imagined Hong Kong to be like, although today it’s not quite the same.
A lovely reminder of HK back in the day. It took 30hrs from London to HK and (with no MTR) the bustle and traffic was unbelievable. Water was only available a few times a week and every glass was savoured. The city is so much more sophisticated now...
I’m not even from that era nor am I from Hong Kong but it feels so nostalgic mostly because it is Cantonese and resembles nyc Chinatown. Even the Chinatown in nyc today is nothing like what it was 20 years ago.
The ferry between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon is called Yau-Ma-Da 油麻地 not Yamaha which is a Japanese name. But more popular for the tourists is the Star Ferry 天星小輪。
It looks an ideal place for traditional and modern peoples. The video makes it feel so alive but show at the same time how the hustle and bustle is more concentrated in the city. What a beautiful Hong Kong.
Anonymous heard many stories from my late grandpa... living conditions in china went from bad to worse in the 60s. Don't know how but he took great risks smuggled his children (my uncles and aunts) across border to hongkong. Some used forged to documents, some by bribing the officials. Eventually some of my aunts will live in hongkong to this day while the rest of the family will journey again for a new beginning in Indonesia. I am a second generation born in Indonesia.
Anonymous My grandparents told me it was tough. And they are grateful for how much their lives have improved over the years. However Hong Kong’s prosperity is brought by British not democracy.
I mean honestly mainland China has drastically changed and in my opinion could rival the US as a world super power. China doesn't need Hong Kong anymore because how much wealth they have
The property speculators and tycoons ruined Hong Kong. All the shopping malls in Hong Kong look the same. There is no retail diversity in Hong Kong. Bangkok and Taipei are the best places for shopping in Asia.
That’s all I stumbled on while there: one overpriced mall after another which felt that you are not welcome there unless you have a limitless credit card.
@@FireVortex720 Bangkok has cleaner hotels and better service than any city found in China. The markets offer a huge variety in street food. Thailand is switching to imports from Vietnam once manufacturing infrastructure is operating.
Those that have lived or even visited HK over the years absolutely love the place. It’s given so much...the current issues will change over time I’m sure. The people there are so dynamic ...long live Hong Kong 🇭🇰
@@zkmoonea How many Us spies are you saying. Are you saying that the US maintain 10,000 plus spies and China can’t do anything about it because thousands of people seem to be mad at the ccp. So I think what you say is impossible
oh yeah those where the times..... where people could still voice their opinions in public without getting send into a gulag and never coming back again.
@@TheNickyVera The handover actually happened in 1997, you can find the footage here: m.ua-cam.com/video/Wv6f3lplUf8/v-deo.html and here: m.ua-cam.com/video/dVZzRY0X6_g/v-deo.html
Strange how pleasant and civilized all seem. People seem interested in each other. The people of Hong Kong should decide the future of Hong Kong, such a charming east - west romance.
@@Orthane No, Hong Kong culturally and ethnically are Chinese, British influence is only in some of our cuisine and our city/transport.🤨 That's like saying Africa is closer to Western nations because they controlled it for a long time.
No Hong Kong did not. Anybody that says otherwise is viewing the past with nostalgia filters. The Chinese were second class people, with no citizens rights whatsoever. Everything was dictated by the British crown, and the wealth was all siphoned off to the UK. Economic mobility for the Chinese was nearly nonexistent. There's a reason why the elderly Hong Kongers are very angry with the rioters today. These young folk had no idea how difficult life was back in the 60s and 70s. They have no idea how much hard work the previous generations put in to give them the privileged life they have today.
@@jyashin And in 2020 after the outbreak of the coronavirus the same elderly people finally understood why the young people of Hong Kong are protesting against the government.
Hong Kong in the 60s and 70s was only beautiful at its face value. I lived in HK from 1966 to 1979, life was a struggle in my youth and teenage years. The place was so full of crimes and corruption. The opportunities of getting higher education passed secondary school was scarce and highly competitive. I was one of the many who did not make it but I was lucky enough to be able to have further education in North America. I only visit HK once in many years and my visits turned out much more enjoyable than when I was living there because I was going back as a tourist to spend my vacation.
HyperRyuu420 and RYHK HYPE bruh... The Roman Empire already had access to the tools necessary for an industrial revolution since the year 50 AD (1800 years before the real industrial revolution took place in the 19th century)
@@idaviation until I saw live-action Dumbo (set in 1919) my perception of the 20th century has changed. We were an advanced civilzation. And even today we are.
The ‘Old’ Hong Kong was the Pearl of the orient. It will always remain a fond memory for those who (have once upon a time then) experienced the magic and enchantment of this unique British colony. Been there, done that and no regrets..👍👏♥️
@@kevinaguilar7541 well, starring into a smartphone / tablet for hours a day, sharing every part of my life with the world, being “available” all the time and worse: getting into the “social media trap” isn’t my definition of “nice”.... the implications of all this from a socio-psychological viewpoint is another can of worms. Smartphones etc can be useful for many things , but the way they are used by the vast majority isn’t exactly beneficial.
@@radiumdude no one says you have to share your life with the world, I’ve been using the internet for ages and have never posted a pic of myself online or stated my real name. I use the internet for entertainment and it does it better than any other media
Hong Kong has taken giant steps backwards as a tourist magnet. The Jumbo restaurant was a real tourist attraction. There is currently a shortage of tourist attractions in the city.
*Hong Kong in the 60s looked better than my country in 2019.*
really? Which country is that? HK didn't really look any better back then than mine did in the 60s
It looked like many South East Asia countries today.
@demolazy 1968
你好 come again?
@@hollyxytphh He said don't come to Hong Kong because of the protests.
My father was born in 1954 in HK, he told me amazing stories of when he was a kid playing in Kowloon and seeing Bruce Lee walking past him. I am born in 1998 in the Benelux of Europe and every time I visit Hong Kong I try to imagine how it was for my father to grow up there, this video almost brought me to tears, Hong Kong used to be so relaxed and less fast-paced. However, I still love the city and will always visit my roots.
when I watch the documentary video of hong kong, I felt everything is bad now since 1997. it was beautiful and great in 1950s ~1980s
I’m from Antwerp, Belgium. I have extended family in Hong Kong, but I went to Hong Kong for the first time in 2008. I met my best friend there, and had experiences and made memories for a lifetime. Despite the evolving political status, I still remember Hong Kong fondly, and will visit again soon!
Wow yes , I always wonder whyyy I feel a connection to Hong Kong when I wasn’t even born there. But at home my parents would talk about Hong Kong a lot. It sounded like a very vibrant place to live in with its food, entertainment industry, billionaires, social gatherings ie mahjong. It’s a shame the politics have changed the mental wellbeing of the citizens. Because of this I no longer want to be associated to Hong Kong. I feel so bad it’s so different and gloomy
Can you imagine being a poor farmer in what would be Shenzhen on the other side of the border looking at all the hustle and bustle of trade coming in and out of Hong Kong?
Must be surreal. They had no idea
@Hoy Sum Yep. Hong Kong used to have the most GDP. Now they are only comparable to a third tier CITY's GDP/
@@TocyBlox In terms of per capita, Hong Kong still have a much higher GDP per capita compared to cities in mainland China
@@NovajaPravda True for per capita.
@@TocyBlox 夷狄妄論中夏
The people of Hong Kong had a beautiful cool style. Hong Kong is such a beautiful and unique culture....long live Hong Kong.
free HK from ccp …
Unfortunately you need to say that in the past tense.... WAS beautiful and unique... now is quickly being overrun.
had
Free Hong Kong from ccp
@@takumi8608 hong kong is part of China
My dad served there in the 60s with the Royal Artillery. He really loved it there. I've got his photos and some of them are amazing.
Send pls
Cool!
its amazing here, i’m born here and lived here for 18 years of my life and honestly i couldn’t get enough of it, going to uni soon and abbé moving out, but ill never forget this place, watching old videos of this place will just make me miss this place even more
also the chinese fish and chips are absolutely amazing, i eat it every so often and its a very delicious little treat and me and my parents love
I always felt like that older news reporting and documenting was far more enjoyable and better back than
Exactly,Now days it's show any countries badside & poverty..
The level of attention spans the content was created for is vastly different than that of the market today.
I was there in 1991 and saw a lot of this still, but a lot of it was already gone then - nobody was farming with water buffalo in Hong Kong in the 90s! They were busy flattening an island to build the new airport.
I was there in 98 and the water buffalo would come down to the water. Loved watching them in the afternoon from the terrace.
Why narrator always sound the same
They used what is called the trans Atlantic dialect
I like the way the narrator sounded. Takes me back to simpler times.
Lol... I heard this narrator sound narrating about Philippines in the 60s or 50s
It’s Quagmire off family guy
@demolazy "colonialists" lol as if the narrator himself colonised HK
Around this time Mao was starving millions and trashing Chinese history. It was better to live in Hong Kong, definitely.
yup
HunterShows almost every Chinese immigrant has a story to share about crossing the river to Hong Kong. So much hardship and strife. People literally risking their lives to escape to Hong Kong. Chairman Mao was hurting millions of Chinese people and he thought himself as some kind of savior. My mom said in schools they make kids sing “I love Chairman Mao” but a lot of Chinese people who remember the republic of China, really hated him
1967 Hong Kong riot
@@patataking9326 Which came out of labour disputes with unions with strong Beijing ties on the one side, and the local Hong Kong government and police on the other. Back then, as in today's Hong Kong, the PRC/Beijing were interfering in others affairs.
If there wasn't starvation at all before Mao's rule in China, how could Mao get millions Chinese to join his army, overthrow KMT Government and take power in 1949? Besides, Mao ruled China 26 years. Only 3 years, from 1960 to 1963, there was a starvation, because China had to repay the debts which China borrowed from Soviet for Korean War and industrialization then, or bowed to Nikita and became a satellite country of Soviet. If Trump was the King of America and he decided to repay all US national debts within 3 years but not left the debt to his successors, what would happen to Americans?
Mao used to use radical approach to achieve his goal.But you can not deny that the long-term effects of most of his decision are generally positive. For example, in 1960-1963, there were thousands of Chinese mainlanders fled to HK for seeking better life. But decades later, most of these guys and their descendants still live in HK's cage home meanwhile most of their former neighbor villagers who remain in mainland have better life than them nowadays.
If you compare the Hong Kong in the 60's to that in 2019, though it was much less advanced and wealthy, it was a much more pleasant place to live than what it is now, sadly.
Also, the insane property costs! It's impossible for the common man to get even a small flat in Hong Kong these days!
The Plastic Metalhead Shitposter he’s referring to the crazy protests 🙄
Yah, cause the Hong Kongers are trashing their own city
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21Shitposter can a common man get a small flat in manhattan?? No, it's the same.
@Ganda Gandara Funny because the British man still called the non white Hong Kong people "Chinese" in this video. No one questioned it back then. Funny how things change. People pretend Hong Kong people are not Chinese anymore.
Back when a tourism video could be about real tangible things and not lame “experiences” that you’re supposed to share to social media
They're not tourism videos, they're there to share what they experienced
@@Pelipear shut up. Especially with the fake a** upbeat music on top. Cringe.
Watch drew binsky and nas daily
I agree. This is so special and feels more personal
@@buckethead133 and them starting the video saying "what's up everyone" while talking fairly fast and moving his hands in front of his chest with open palms when speaking
When there was no smartphones and screens, time seemed to be much slower and the world sounds much bigger.
Zhang Yu Moreover people used to talk to each other in person back in those days 🙄
@@adarshshetty4776 its not true. People at the time always had their eyes reading books/ newspapers instead of smartphone
And when there was no CCP interference in HK and protestors.
@@MikoyanGurevichMiG21 Actually the CCP had, but not active evidently.
Zhang Yu I think human have miss use technology.
My aunty and uncle moved to hong kong in the 70s and when they visited they used to bring me and my brother souvenirs back like models of hong kong taxis and pokemon cards😀
Pokemon cards weren't invented until the '90s, this is a lie
@@petercasperdyloco Maybe they lived there for ~20 years? Maybe they thought they were pokemon cards but were different cards?
Best Japan export for a HK kid in the 70s is Ultra man, Giant Robo and Karman Rider tv shows.
Hong Kong was so beautiful back then
yes it was truly something.
Now it's still beautiful it's just the people aren't
@demolazy - How much did the CCP pay you for that comment....
@@americanbobtail1 as much as you brainwashed
@demolazy That's exactly what I thought. The video is just propaganda. And when you say that, westerners just call you a CCP troll.....
I lived there then. It was fantastic. Definitely the best time of my life. I visited HK island very briefly in February 1997 but sad to say the 'spirit' of Hong Kong wasn't there. All the glass skyscrapers and office blocks made it look just the same as any big , modern city in any other country. Didn't have time to explore further so maybe Kowloon was better.
No face recognition, tracking, and social credit.
They still don't have that to this day. Maybe in a few years when China ruins it
@@godspig2334 we already have 2 out of 3 in Australia
@@godspig2334 you're very naive if you think your own government doesn't do this
Because they weren't invented yet lol 😂
No democracy under British rule.
"With chopsticks, naturally.."
"Repulse Bay was named after a battleship; there the similarity ends."
This gets me every time.
Next video:
Take a tour of Hong Kong in Sept 2019.
Cannibo the police and the government are destroying Hong Kong
@Cannibo no, the people who wear white T shirt is genk member not citizens！！！！
@Cannibo those shopping mall/ MTR station belong to government, I apologize for what we do☺️
@@yanneswong9469 Shopping malls belong to private companies you idiot.
@Cannibo she is one of us.....
The old airport landing is still one of the scariest things I've experienced!
Ahhh “Bruce Lee” era
Not like Winnie-the-Pooh era
I approve.
Pretty close. Bruce's first Hong Kong film was made in 1971.
Hongkong at the time when Bruce Lee is number one big martial art movie star, at the time Jacky Chan still play as the amateur stuntman and Jet Li and Donny Yen still im embrio of their moms
Ari Lin why what happened?
Jackie Chan is the best 🇨🇳
All hail Jackie Chan! the true hong konger who knows hong kong the best
@@thegtafanboy agree
@@buggyman286 kiss China’s buttocks, betrays the youth of Hong Kong
its crazy to think that almost eveyone I just saw in the video are either dead or really old
It's the 60's man, not the 20's. I'm only in my early 30s and my parents were born in 1960. It isn't that old...
@@Djinner13 He meant the adults in that video
The world is constantly changing. We are merely part of the history.
Btw did u notice all those people u have very eagle eye
@@borderlesslife the end of times is just around the corner
This is a brilliant throw back to My hometown! Memories to be reminiscent
Too bad Hong Kong is a LOT different nowadays :(
I love the smell of Constitutional Monarchies in the morning
Well traditions important I guess...
Yong Tau foo is the Chinese equivalent of fish and chips, said no one ever
Toh WZ maybe in the 60s lol who knows? There is an old old yong tau foo store in Sham Shui Po, still, today.
in that it's the go-to street food, not that the food in itself is similar
That wasn't fish and chips.
to me still looks the same as the one we see in Singapore today, don't know about how it taste tho.
no the things they showed are called 煎釀三寶
2:26 Dude with a Qantas bag... Dang that brings back memories.. My old man used to bring back one every trip he made for work. We had a closetful of those.
Were they given to every passenger?
60s Hong Kong: 🤩
60s Mainland: 😢
21st Hong Kong: 😥
21st Mainland: 🤩
I feel like I wished I have a time machine and travel back in the 1960 or 90s at Hong Kong just to explore and tour over there.
90s, no, 60s, yes. For me at least
@@Pelipear 60s, no, 90s, yes. For me at least
My Uncle visited family friends who were living in HK in the late 90s. He landed in the old airport in the harbour, and days later departed from the newly opened (current) airport out on the island.
He told me how it was kind of chaotic upon opening, but got onto his flight okay. I believe he also got some card or certificate to say that he was one of the first passengers to board there.
Wow, Hong Kong has been so colourful and multicultural already from the 1960s till now! Very precious video clips and valuable memories of the past!
5:39 “Feel a thousand miles away from all that transistor technology”
That had me thinking... only if they knew how much those “transistors” have shrunk and we carry millions of them in our pockets! Feel a thousand miles away from that? Not for most people nowadays anyway(even in HK). Nice to see how people lived not long ago.
this is the Hong Kong I remember from my youth, not like today
Honestly a lot of foreigners or people who watch older Hong Kong films probably also think it is like this. Although I’m not born from that era, it is what I imagined Hong Kong to be like, although today it’s not quite the same.
Clark Gordon today is just DLLM!!!
Sad to see Hong Kong ruined by violence rioters.
@@garmenlin5990 Ruined by communist China***
Clark Gordon both are trash anyway
A lovely reminder of HK back in the day. It took 30hrs from London to HK and (with no MTR) the bustle and traffic was unbelievable. Water was only available a few times a week and every glass was savoured. The city is so much more sophisticated now...
What did people drink in place of water?
Great video..... a welcome trip back in time to a much more tranquil era.
60s was the time when tons of refugees from Mainland China fled to Hong Kong…
well yes he noted that the "Chinese" in Hong Kong were going to transform the economy like Japan
@@Amidat like Japan? What's the reference to Japan here I don't get it
@@vertie2090 Japan underwent an impressive economic expansion, starting after WW2 and ending sometime in the 1990s.
@@kimhjalmarsson8886 But what do immigrants from China/anywhere have to do with that?
@@vertie2090 He said that Hong Kong was developing like Japan.
what a time to be alive...
would I trade in my computer, internet and other modern comforts? maybe...
People from the future would probably be saying that about today
Back when Hilton’s still in hk
Even thou I live in Norway, Hong Kong has always been a part of my life.
Thank you so much for sharing this.
I love you Hong Kong!
I’m from Hong Kong… and my teacher told me to watch this for homework
Hong Kong in the 60s looks like the current South East Asia.
You could say that
@@IceIR27he did
Which part of south east asia?
nah not singapore
Nah not Malaysia
Awesome flashback for me. I moved away in 69 as a kid.
69 Hahahaha I get it 😂
Look at how plastics were still a rarity in the 60's.
They use used newspapers
And now we want to go back to paper haha.
@@shockwave2291 I don't
@@shockwave2291 You don't have to generalize everyone
that was one of the things that popped into my mind too, about the food stall
Hella advanced engineering and transportation for the 1960s.
I’m not even from that era nor am I from Hong Kong but it feels so nostalgic mostly because it is Cantonese and resembles nyc Chinatown. Even the Chinatown in nyc today is nothing like what it was 20 years ago.
@狼 "Westernization"=rape of local culture
@@aliuli657 Now the entire world is wrecked due to the CCP virus.
Just image that just across the Chinese border millions of mainland chinese were starving in what was called the great leap forward
香港ダイスキ！！！
love from japan 🇭🇰🇯🇵
People of hong kong: there's a secret time portal in Kowloon that will zap you back to the 60s... if you really want to.
Chungking Mansions?
Long live Hongkong!!!
My dream is to experience this video through AR device. Everything about this place that year seems perfect for me
I love these types of videos
So beautiful. Need to visit Hong Kong some time! 👍👍👍👍
The ferry between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon is called Yau-Ma-Da 油麻地 not Yamaha which is a Japanese name. But more popular for the tourists is the Star Ferry 天星小輪。
My dad always talks about how much he misses the 10 cent melon buns
It looks an ideal place for traditional and modern peoples. The video makes it feel so alive but show at the same time how the hustle and bustle is more concentrated in the city. What a beautiful Hong Kong.
These videos have so much hope.
I really hope Hong Kong will be free soon and it’s own people will make it just as gorgeous as it used to be if not even more gorgeous 🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰
nah, china is fine
It wasn't free it was colonised by the UK
@@gamermapper Colonised by the UK is better then China
@@benking3083 doubt
@@gamermapper I agree, being controlled by the CCP is better than a country who understands those horrible things such as basic human rights
thanks to the British, HK had been shielded from poverty, famine, and the Cultural Revolution.
Well, British colonization was somewhat justified.
Anonymous heard many stories from my late grandpa... living conditions in china went from bad to worse in the 60s. Don't know how but he took great risks smuggled his children (my uncles and aunts) across border to hongkong. Some used forged to documents, some by bribing the officials. Eventually some of my aunts will live in hongkong to this day while the rest of the family will journey again for a new beginning in Indonesia. I am a second generation born in Indonesia.
Anonymous My grandparents told me it was tough. And they are grateful for how much their lives have improved over the years. However Hong Kong’s prosperity is brought by British not democracy.
I mean honestly mainland China has drastically changed and in my opinion could rival the US as a world super power. China doesn't need Hong Kong anymore because how much wealth they have
Kino C yes!
I first visited in the 80’s and will never forget the landing approach to the airport flying below the top of buildings.
Hong Kong is always the most beautiful city in my heart. Love HK so much!!
Looks like a ghetto to me.
It used to be Now the rioters are destroying everything!
@@dimelo3027 hong kong is nice
@@zealousprogrammer4539 "rioters", or people fighting for their freedom
@@rice.6520Freedom to Destroy everything .
The property speculators and tycoons ruined Hong Kong. All the shopping malls in Hong Kong look the same. There is no retail diversity in Hong Kong. Bangkok and Taipei are the best places for shopping in Asia.
Don't forget Philippines. We got too many of them here
CCP is behind all of this..
That’s all I stumbled on while there: one overpriced mall after another which felt that you are not welcome there unless you have a limitless credit card.
Lol don't go to a market in Bangkok looking to find homemade and original Thai items... it's all basically China 2.0
@@FireVortex720 Bangkok has cleaner hotels and better service than any city found in China. The markets offer a huge variety in street food. Thailand is switching to imports from Vietnam once manufacturing infrastructure is operating.
Time when Bruce Lee was filming his movies in Hong Kong, everything looks the same as in his movies
Bruce Lee was a terrible person!
Pretty close. Bruce didn't start filming movies (as an adult) in Hong Kong until 1971.
I live in hong kong for 12 years. Everyday, I can feel the magic moment of hong kong. And I also learn to record hong kong by dji pocket 2.
Those that have lived or even visited HK over the years absolutely love the place. It’s given so much...the current issues will change over time I’m sure. The people there are so dynamic ...long live Hong Kong 🇭🇰
This is the British colony is the Hong Kong every one loves today!🇬🇧🇭🇰
Sad times... it's only downhill from here
Fantastic choices of music.
My lovely old Hong Kong!
Hong Kong in 1960' my country India will be like that in 2060
*Dreaming won’t get you anything*
@@nine9605 *Actually it does if you dream hard enough*
@@nhandinh7404 nah. If you WORK HARD enough
We still have the dragon dance at the beginning of the video every year at Tin Hau’s Birthday in Yuen Long
This reminds me of all the classic Hong Kong music and movies back in the 80s/90s
Love this so beautiful 🤩
Hong Kong is a great place, just not the people who rule Hong Kong.
but not with all the US spies mingled with the general Hong Kong residents.
@@zkmoonea + 50¢
@@zkmoonea How many Us spies are you saying. Are you saying that the US maintain 10,000 plus spies and China can’t do anything about it because thousands of people seem to be mad at the ccp. So I think what you say is impossible
That statement could be said of a lot of places. USA 🇺🇸 for a start....
oh yeah those where the times..... where people could still voice their opinions in public without getting send into a gulag and never coming back again.
... depending exactly who you were and where you did it of course
Hong Kong was not a paradise. There were several left-wing protests from 50s to 80s.
I have bad news for u bro
Yeah but look at the trousers of that guy working at the ferry dock
edit: 1:43
It will come back 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
That's 50 years ago. The city remained. But most people in the video not around anymore. Life's short.
It was quite modern for the 60s!
Transatlantic accent and music makes it for me
HK in 60s already way better than almost SEA country right now.. duh
Hanief Kurniawan exept singapore
@@ilhamsaufi1853 thats why i said almost ....
@@hanwan96 oof
No!! Come to Brunei and see
Not a single square inch of this remains intact or not built and rebuilt. This must have been a great place to visit at the time.
Not with the CCP forcefully in charge now.
The bright Hong Kong under British rule of past years is long gone.
@@stevejones8660 the handover isn't until 2036 I believe.
@@TheNickyVera The handover actually happened in 1997, you can find the footage here: m.ua-cam.com/video/Wv6f3lplUf8/v-deo.html and here: m.ua-cam.com/video/dVZzRY0X6_g/v-deo.html
missing HK old time, simple and happy
Strange how pleasant and civilized all seem. People seem interested in each other. The people of Hong Kong should decide the future of Hong Kong, such a charming east - west romance.
😅
Nice to see. You could tell that by the late 60s the city was looking much of its architectural heritage, however.
seeing the aberdeen in the 60's was so fascinating. As i could exactly pinpoint where my school is now.
*”with chopsticks naturally”*
I like how he called the marketplace in Hong Kong, "Chinatown"
To be fair Hong Kong is culturally different than China.
@@Orthane It's always closer to China than to the Western nations.
@@windywendi No actually it's not since the British controlled it for a long time.
@@Orthane No, Hong Kong culturally and ethnically are Chinese, British influence is only in some of our cuisine and our city/transport.🤨 That's like saying Africa is closer to Western nations because they controlled it for a long time.
@@shootupthestore I mean... they kinda are in Africa lol. At least in certain parts.
Hong Kong had more freedom as a British colony
Kino C take your head out of that bag
No Hong Kong did not. Anybody that says otherwise is viewing the past with nostalgia filters. The Chinese were second class people, with no citizens rights whatsoever. Everything was dictated by the British crown, and the wealth was all siphoned off to the UK. Economic mobility for the Chinese was nearly nonexistent.
There's a reason why the elderly Hong Kongers are very angry with the rioters today. These young folk had no idea how difficult life was back in the 60s and 70s. They have no idea how much hard work the previous generations put in to give them the privileged life they have today.
jyashin Yeah sure
@@jyashin And in 2020 after the outbreak of the coronavirus the same elderly people finally understood why the young people of Hong Kong are protesting against the government.
CL that doesn’t even have anything to do with what she is talking about
Hong Kong in the 60s and 70s was only beautiful at its face value. I lived in HK from 1966 to 1979, life was a struggle in my youth and teenage years. The place was so full of crimes and corruption. The opportunities of getting higher education passed secondary school was scarce and highly competitive. I was one of the many who did not make it but I was lucky enough to be able to have further education in North America. I only visit HK once in many years and my visits turned out much more enjoyable than when I was living there because I was going back as a tourist to spend my vacation.
Even in the past we seem to be an advanced civilization. I always thought that there's not much industry and tall buildings in the past.
HyperRyuu420 and RYHK HYPE bruh...
The Roman Empire already had access to the tools necessary for an industrial revolution since the year 50 AD (1800 years before the real industrial revolution took place in the 19th century)
ID’s Aviation shame they didn’t
Roger Dodger yea dude the guy was thinking the 1960s was like the Stone Age with a bunch of caves and at most wooden planes.
@@idaviation until I saw live-action Dumbo (set in 1919) my perception of the 20th century has changed.
We were an advanced civilzation. And even today we are.
Not in your country
The ‘Old’ Hong Kong was the Pearl of the orient. It will always remain a fond memory for those who (have once upon a time then) experienced the magic and enchantment of this unique British colony. Been there, done that and no regrets..👍👏♥️
Lucky for u back when hk was in its prime i was not born yet
1:06 "The Chinese in Hong Kong are all set to DO a Japan" 😁
I really love narrator's speech
Wow.. jaman dulu tapi udah semaju ini!.. 👍👍👍 Mungkin tahun segitu Jakarta masih banyak Rawa-rawa. 😁
Crazy to think what was happening on the mainland at the same time as this was being filmed, world's apart then and still are today
Mainland chinese then were harmless, now they are like wild animals and swarms of locusts destroying and defecating on everything they touch.
I prefer the life back then than today's.
Way ahead of future for 60s👌🔥💯
golden era of hk
I really hate it when people start saying how nice it was before smartphones and modern computers.
they have a point
@@radiumdude which is?
@@kevinaguilar7541 well, starring into a smartphone / tablet for hours a day, sharing every part of my life with the world, being “available” all the time and worse: getting into the “social media trap” isn’t my definition of “nice”.... the implications of all this from a socio-psychological viewpoint is another can of worms.
Smartphones etc can be useful for many things , but the way they are used by the vast majority isn’t exactly beneficial.
@@radiumdude while I don't entirely agree (for the most part I do agree) with your statement, I will respect it. Your comment is very reasonable.
@@radiumdude no one says you have to share your life with the world, I’ve been using the internet for ages and have never posted a pic of myself online or stated my real name. I use the internet for entertainment and it does it better than any other media
I was there from 1983 to 1997...there was always a cockroach in the bathroom.
I still see him sometimes.. He's getting old though
*your little friend moved to TX*
From the 60s till the handover in 1997 - the Golden Age of Hong Kong. Lived there for 9 years, would love to go back to those days...
Hong Kong has taken giant steps backwards as a tourist magnet. The Jumbo restaurant was a real tourist attraction. There is currently a shortage of tourist attractions in the city.