Theme: pier Title: disappearance of cargo terminals Hong Kong is one of the three great natural deep-water harbors in the world, so it can be said that it is a port. The traditional port of Hong Kong is Victoria Harbor, which originally refers to the waters between Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong. The British believed Victoria had the potential to develop into an excellent port in East Asia. Later, during the First and Second Opium Wars, Hong Kong was relinquished by the Qing Dynasty, and Hong Kong was constructed with Victoria Port as its central business district to expand

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  Theme and background: Hong Kong, a fast city. Why we are saying that, in general, Hong Kong residents live at a breakneck pace. They walk quickly, eat quickly, speak quickly, and live quickly. They adhere to the conventional wisdom that “time is money” and “efficiency is the key to success.” I would like to explain the “fast” in Hong Kong from the place of MTR Passage. The fast pace of Hong Kong mainly comes from the local culture and the dense population of Hong Kong, which leads to fierce competition. In order to have a better life, people are

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Overhead Bridge: Hybrid City Jiankai Gong 3036086373 Theme As one of the most densely populated cities in the world, Hong Kong has adopted a multilevel urban planning system in order to optimize land use and the convenience of travel. As of 2022, 1,043 overhead bridges have been constructed as a response to accommodate the high-density living style. I will be conducting my research around the hypothesis: Hong Kong is a bridge city and overhead bridges embody hybridity. The video is divided into two parts: Hybrid Urbanism Overhead pedestrian bridges are elevated urban infrastructures segregated from ground-level streets. Being the top

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Title: Control City Minrui Zhao 3036101020   Creditcs: The Script, Director and Voiceover: Minrui Zhao Actors: Muqun Zhang, Hao Zheng, Yiqing Zhang, Minrui Zhao   Theme and Subject: This video used the heroine’s eyes as clues to shoot on the escalators of Hong Kong’s subway stations. It was taken from the first-person perspective of a female university student, recorded and evaluated a common social phenomenon in Hong Kong: “People always walk left and stand right on escalators.” It is well known that the escalator is created as a convenient and efficient space for citizens’ daily travel. However, almost everyone in

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https://yTheme Hong Kong is “a shopper’s paradise,” and its shopping malls are flooded with customers every day (Lam, 2023). Malls in Hong Kong have always been part of the daily lives of its citizens as they provide a wide range of retail shops and restaurants. Not to mention that they also contain elements of entertainment, ranging from cinemas to game centers. Malls in Hong Kong symbolize the city’s unique mix of diverse cultures, including the countless fashion brands from international designers. Their architectural designs are also unique as they pursue maximum mobility, allowing citizens to move from one to another

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http://https://youtu.be/E9U8fIs-mRc Park Junseo UID: 3035859929   夢伴：Dream Lover – Duddell street 煤氣燈街 (Gas Lamp Street) Duddell street, also known as Gas Lamp street, is one of the last four remaining gas lamps in Hong Kong, still lighting the way. Among the highly developed metropolis of Central, Hong Kong, the street maintains its unique atmosphere from 20th century, with its combination of modern buildings and vintage gas lamps. It is also the location from music video of Dream Lover by Anita Mui (夢伴). I wanted the video to capture the contrasting image of once-popular cultural spot standing in the middle of the city’s

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