Absolutely amazing ! my long gone childhood memories return just like a time machine. Folks, each picture Mr.Rogge took represent a story behind and our heritage in the old Hong Kong. As Mr. Rogge said before: "Life is hard, Yet indeed people take it in equanimity" Simple life, low standard of living. However, people were well connected to each other. This is how a world first class city was born! Thank You very much again Mr. Rogge.
Support!! I'm a student in HK and I love your clips very much. Many thanks for showing us the precious videos and photos of the old HK!^^ Hope you'll produce more and more great clips in the futre!
My thanks to all responders who filled in details of things and people seen in my photo and film clips uploaded, but which I have forgotten. They give an extra dimension to the images shown. The praise given have spurred me on to delve into my archives and upload more clips.
Great shots all the way.... So nice to see this, your videos make me look around alot more when im walking about HK, I keep seeing things and thinking "i wonder if i've seen this before in Michaels Video" ......... Thx again....
@teleckn Let us hope that the son is in better conditions now. I have received responses of families who were once squatters as shown in my clips but are in far better conditions now thanks to the resilience
The letter writer "So Kee" bilingual sign was no kidding. In late 50's each letter charged 30-50 cents. Letter writer knew very little English but they had a copy of every standard letter to the government officials such as water work Dept, electricity etc.etc. Why ? Under the Colonial government English was the only official language in HK up to lately. If you want to get things done fast, English letters can speed it up. Once again, "each picture had a story to tell".
@@williamying5051 I know what you mean, and I guess you knew what YMM Y meant. He was being polite to address someone "Uncle" in Chinese way, to show respect. You were just kidding YMM Y.
Absolutely amazing ! my long gone childhood memories return just like a time machine.
Folks, each picture Mr.Rogge took represent a story behind and our heritage in the old Hong Kong.
As Mr. Rogge said before: "Life is hard, Yet indeed people take it in equanimity"
Simple life, low standard of living. However, people were well connected to each other. This is how a world first class city was born! Thank You very much again Mr. Rogge.
Valuable pictures and nice background music.
Thank you so much!
Support!!
I'm a student in HK and I love your clips very much. Many thanks for showing us the precious videos and photos of the old HK!^^ Hope you'll produce more and more great clips in the futre!
Thanks a lot for that interesting piece of information. Such details I have forgotten after some 58 years!
I love your videos so much, and I just wanna say you were so handsome,
Hope you’re still good and wish you happiness, God bless you.
Thanks very much. I use Google translate to get the chinese characters, but as you point so kindly out one can arrive at quite a different meaning.
My thanks to all responders who filled in details of things and people seen in my photo and film clips uploaded, but which I have forgotten. They give an extra dimension to the images shown. The praise given have spurred me on to delve into my archives and upload more clips.
All music you choice are good and suit for the film.
You are quite a photographer Michael! Thanks for sharing.
How perfect song of it! I can't stop to listen！
thank you for these pictures. I hope there is more to come
Great shots all the way.... So nice to see this, your videos make me look around alot more when im walking about HK, I keep seeing things and thinking "i wonder if i've seen this before in Michaels Video" ......... Thx again....
@teleckn Let us hope that the son is in better conditions now. I have received responses of families who were once squatters as shown in my clips but are in far better conditions now thanks to the resilience
Michael, you’re so handsome back then
I love the music you choose ^^
Mr. Rogge, The title People of old Hong Kong should be 舊日啲香港人. The translation above became senior citizen of Hong Kong.
Thank you for your good job!
The letter writer "So Kee" bilingual sign was no kidding. In late 50's each letter charged 30-50 cents. Letter writer knew very little English but they had a copy of every standard letter to the government officials such as water work Dept, electricity etc.etc. Why ? Under the Colonial government English was the only official language in HK up to lately. If you want to get things done fast, English letters can speed it up. Once again, "each picture had a story to tell".
May I know the music's name in Chinese? Thanks.
Weren't daughters feet bandaged in Hong Kong?
thanks
The last scene zooming to the three young people is about Michael with his colleagues?
Yuen Leung Indeed, me with the staff of the Dutch Nationale Handelsbank in Queens Road Central
Uncle Michael, you looked so great. a bit like Matt Damon with lighter hair. And slimmer!
Really your uncle?
@@williamying5051 I know what you mean, and I guess you knew what YMM Y meant. He was being polite to address someone "Uncle" in Chinese way, to show respect. You were just kidding YMM Y.
Back to those days....when you're poor you're poor,almost everyone had to struggle. !
How lucky Hongkongers today!
Hongkongese is White？
Very few are but this young man worked and lived there for a while.
2:18 見到中華民國國旗.