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By Rory Boland, About.com Guide to Hong Kong / Macau Travel

Hong Kong Handover - British Colonial Building Tour

Monday June 18, 2007

As preparations for the Hong Kong Handover Anniversary Celebrations continue to gather pace, we offer our half-day tour of British colonial buildings to get a taste of old Hong Kong.

When the British took control of the Island in 1839, Hong Kong was no more than a desolate rock, but over the course of the next fifty years Britain erected a host of beautiful colonial buildings.

While many of the buildings came to an explosive end during the Japanese invasion, or fell to heartless townplanners, a number of these sleepy, grand buildings can be found amongst Hong Kong’s steel jungle.

Half-Day Tour of Hong Kong’s Colonial Buildings

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