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Gallery 4: A Modern City

 

Built around a busy harbour, Hong Kong modernised rapidly through advances in transport, communications and the media. While political and commercial power long remained concentrated in Western hands, Chinese–Western interaction shaped a distinctive society grounded in Chinese cultural traditions.

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Hong Kong’s First Currency: The Oriental Bank Corporation Banknote

Hong Kong Museum of History Collection

 

Voice of the Revolution: Hong Kong’s China Daily

Courtesy of Mr Ng Kwai-lung

 

 

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