Almost 100 bus fanatics took part in a photo shoot yesterday to freeze on film the non-air-conditioned buses that will soon vanish after serving for 80 years on Hong Kong's streets.
Kowloon Motor Bus, the only licensed bus company left with such vehicles, told the Post it planned to have a fully air-conditioned fleet 'in the first half of 2012'.
'KMB currently has about 3,900 buses operating on 390 routes,' it said. 'As of today, there will be 37 non-air-conditioned buses in our fleet, running on 10 routes.'
Yesterday, dozens of devotees from a bus enthusiast group called Bus Fan World attended the photo shoot, which KMB held at its Lai Chi Kok depot.
The event, called The Last Hot Dogs, featured two buses that were a decade old - a Dennis Dragon and a Volvo Olympian.
While some felt heartbroken at the impending loss of these once-dominant models, others called it an inevitable part of progress.