Historic Hong Kong Buildings & Landmarks

A perennial test of courage, the city’s New Year Winter Swimming Lifesaving Championships race celebrates its 50th year in 2026.

The 73-year-old owner of Sun Nga Shing Umbrella Store in Sham Shui Po recently announced that he would be closing the family business, which dates back to the Qing dynasty.

In the late 20th century, Hong Kong transformed into a hub of festive cheer with bright lights, seasonal decor and plenty of Christmas treats.

How Hongkongers keep warm in the winter, from steaming hotpot and snake soup to roasted chestnuts and bowls of crispy claypot rice.

In 1959, the Diocesan Girls’ School debutante ball made headlines in the Post, revealing glamour, gowns – and a very different era.

AI and tech meets the world of art, another of Hong Kong’s neon signs is taken down, we delve into Indonesia’s forgotten nutmeg history, and two more artists display their sex tape.

Before Sheung Wan’s Tai Tat Tei was cleared for reclamation, it was where fortune-tellers, opera singers and hawkers gathered nightly.

The opening of the Tsim Sha Tsui venue is just the next chapter in a surprising, sea-bound story going back 164 years.

The quality and range of Hong Kong-made products on show reportedly brought in numerous queries about imports and manufacture.

An extensive estate redevelopment plan could spell doom for one of the city’s more notable Hungry Ghost Festival celebrations.

Assistant Commissioner David Jordan reflects on bridging cultures, balancing tradition, protests and progress throughout his 30-year career.

Hong Kong was a key target for the Japanese, but guerilla forces played a crucial role in undermining the invaders as well as aiding in the Allied war effort.

In 1961, 2 suspected cholera cases led to an extensive vaccination campaign and the confiscation of produce in Hong Kong’s markets.

Chinese herbal teas may be bitter, but they are said to have health benefits – even Chris Patten drank them.

Instead of relying on imported labour, the city must take a proactive approach to reclaim its status as a food and drink industry pioneer.

In 1981, residents of a worm-farming community were left devastated after a 14-year-old fell into a well and 3 of his rescuers perished.

Hong Kong has long been a popular port of call for leisure travellers.

Alfonso Wong’s beloved comic strip still resonates with generations of Hongkongers nostalgic for a simpler time.

Millions were raised to fund the medical centre, with charitable donations from the likes of the Jockey Club and businessman Li Ka-shing, reported the Post at the time.

Whether it’s on the roadside or at a high-end hair salon, here’s how Hongkongers have been styling it out since the 1970s.

Find echoes of bygone Hong Kong still legible on walls and shopfronts, look back at a comic strip icon, and take a trip to a former East German city.

The city’s fading past has become a passion project for a designer and photographer duo keen to share their otherworldly sightings.

Before Hong Kong became dominated by the likes of Wellcome and ParknShop, neighbourhoods were served by corner shops like these ones.

In 1994 the Post reported how a 21-year-old died after being drugged and subjected to a sex attack by a property agent who filmed his crime.

Originating in southern China, hoisin sauce is now found in supermarkets from the US to Japan and is even used in cocktails and desserts.

Originally established as a bazaar for locals, the market has evolved with the city around it.

A horror bus crash in 1979 saw a driver prosecuted, but later acquitted in court, after carnage at a bus stop, the South China Morning Post reported at the time.

Skyscrapers clad in bamboo poles have been an iconic part of the city’s landscape, earning the material a place at the Venice Biennale.

Within an hour of being arrested over a HK$1 million heroin seizure, the suspect escaped from a police station, the Post reported.