Hong Kong, start of the boom. 1978 香港

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13 жыл бұрын

In 1978 the economic boom was in full swing. Hong Kong soon became a tourist trap, more than ever. No more junks with sails in the harbour. Nathan Road full of glaring neon lights. But sampans remained, thanks heaven. Yet, there is nostalgia, even for that time - 33 years ago. When I came to HK in 1949 there were 1.8 million people. In 1978 there were already 4.7 million!
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@Bouncybon 13 жыл бұрын

I remember that time so well. I was 36 and enjoying my work in HK. In the evening it was so relaxing to go out with friends, take the Star Ferry to Kowloon and find new places to eat. Half the population was under-25! So the energy, optimism and speed of doing things was wonderful.Thanks for this precious footage, Michael.

@lauraqueentint 4 жыл бұрын

@John Wick how necessary is it to tie politics to a simpler time. just enjoy history as it is.

@elvischan7895 4 жыл бұрын

@John Wick Chinese Communist Party are destroying Hong Kong too

@michaelijsbrand 13 жыл бұрын

@Bouncybon. I went often on Saturday afternoons to Kowloon. The name Tsim Sha Tsui was hardly known under foreigners. In the early fifties I went to Radio People, a bookshop there, the wooden chest district, and hunting for new LP's, topping it of with a chocolate milkshake at the Dairy Farm.

@annadai2970 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr. Rogge to share such lot of priceless memories to us. Thank you from Hong Kong.

@tonybaloney5385 6 жыл бұрын

No footage of HONG KONG is complete without a B747 making the turn to line up to runway 13. Thanks Mr. Rogge!!

@vitorhq1 4 жыл бұрын

I have been living in HK for 1 year now but I became fascinated by its history, your footages make travel back in time. Thank you so much.

@user-ey9rv9zl3n 2 ай бұрын

At 0.29, it shows buildings under construction...at the near sight the bun-like Space Museum at Tsimshatsui, at the middle part extending beyond the sea wall the then Regent Hotel now renamed the Inter Continental HK, and on the right the then New World Centre now reconstructed as K11 Artus. In 1978, I was no longer a resident site staff, and had moved to the head office at New World Tower in Central. Thank you, Mr. Rogge, for bringing back such nice memories of my good old days.

@georgewu5 5 жыл бұрын

I was born there 1936, left in 1956, and came back on an around the world trip in 1963, starting from New York. Was divorced in 1984 by my Chinese wife, and vacation alone there in 1989 also to my childhood place in Guangzhou. George Wu, ARCHITECT , AIA, NCARB 2018-8-27

@user-ko1zu7tm6n 4 жыл бұрын

叻仔

@JLKB-1947 9 ай бұрын

Hey ! George , I was born in GuangZhou too , in Ming Garden , TungShan . You are about 11 years older than me . Visited Hong Kong and GuangZhou in 1989 too . Happy 2023 . From Wisconsin . ☕️🍰🧀🥨🍩🥮🍫🍦

@rascalhusky8129 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like Hong Kong. Special people in a special place. I'm originally from the uk and been to Hong Kong many times. I have a feeling that in my last life this is were I was . Good video

@alisonlulu 9 жыл бұрын

My parent's era! Such cool videos, very precious footage. Thank you so much for sharing Mr. Rogge!!!

@ebeyslough 4 жыл бұрын

Looking at what's happening in HK today makes me really sad to watch this video. Thanks for the upload. This is the HK I remember as a child.

@homr2470 2 жыл бұрын

非常珍貴的影片，值得永珍藏!

@bryangayo4292 3 жыл бұрын

You were a vlogger before the term was even invented. Thank you for sharing this. This reminds me of Hong-Kong when we visited the city in the late 1970s.

@reirap1815 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for this. I'm doing research on Hong Kong right now, and your footage is fantastic and informative.

@kooleekoolee 10 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mr Rogge. This was the lost image for Hong Kong.

@joeboxer321 13 жыл бұрын

This is really cool! i go down to Java Street market (almost) everyday, and some of the shops seen in this video remains the same till this day.

@alexamenezes7933 6 жыл бұрын

Alan Li LOL! So cool, Hong-Kong it's amazing..

@eatsee 12 жыл бұрын

in those years, ivory was not banned and this tiny colony was starting to smell the air of some economic successes...thanks for sharing mike. great footage!

@gragrn 13 жыл бұрын

Amazing footage, I just wish I had gone to HK much earlier than I did. Thanks again Michael.

@whyimsmarterthanyou 2 ай бұрын

That Six Million Dollar Man doll, with the telescope eye, was right out of my childhood! Gawd, the memories . . . . Thanks, Hong Kong!

@impreza777 11 жыл бұрын

Very nice clip , tnx for sharing!

@hamidachan7392 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for you footage of Hong Kong.

@marcrrm 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos... regards from Brazil!

@sheiladikshit5110 5 ай бұрын

words can not describe the magic of 1980s hk, what a time to be alive!

@AFaceintheCrowd01 Жыл бұрын

I lived there eight years before the boom. It was exciting, mysterious, fascinating. Consumer culture to the nth degree. This is a marvelous film and narration. Nice to see a shot of Jimmy’s Kitchen, one of the city’s best-known restaurants, a favorite among expats.

@junc918 4 жыл бұрын

Mr.Michael Rogge, thank you so much

@deco983 2 жыл бұрын

Those videos are amazing!

@kso374 12 жыл бұрын

The toy truck being assembled at 4:07, I had one as a kid, part of a "smash up" derby set.

@drama772 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this video, I was just a kid at this time, but was fortunate enough visit Hong Kong In the 90s and was part of the handover.

@swapanjain892 5 жыл бұрын

This is a priceless YT channel.....

@hoteladdict2012 11 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I like to see your videos and it always bring out amazement on how life was decades ago! In those days, only the rich, soldiers, business people, journalist or government officials could travel to so many places around the world.. which camera did you use for this video? It look very clear even when taking night video.

@williammai4783 3 жыл бұрын

Although I am not Hongkong people who lives in the British colonied era but I can imagine a life full of abundance and hapiness before being ruled by the Chinese Goverment.

@MuckSpreader99 9 ай бұрын

Certainly better overall. The number of BNO's and others leaving is very high.

@skyky934 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you !! It is great

@bryaniyhui 10 жыл бұрын

Great, I see Chun Yeung Street (the one showing the market place) in the clip. It reminds me my childhood life there. Thanks.

@Arezzen 12 жыл бұрын

hard to imagine hk was like this before! thanks for the vid, i watched all of them!

@godkiller780 8 жыл бұрын

OMG that Right Hand Drive Pontiac in 4:51... must be a rare sight in those days!

@artamerican 11 жыл бұрын

bring back old memories of the 70s, fantastic footage

@samuellai4286 10 жыл бұрын

舊香港呀.....正片 !

@MrHosgoodz 4 жыл бұрын

This is brilliant! So good to see old Hong Kong. I recently uploaded a video of present Hong Kong - some things haven’t changed.

@ninja1676 7 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad to watch these two countries on youtube in decades later as the newer generations looking back on their former generation how their lives was like and looked.

@mtwg9307 4 жыл бұрын

Blooming age.. living hard but rapid growth in entire society. Everyone had positive thinking for living better. Really a golden period of Hong Kong.

@rob1248996 4 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong, end of the boom. 2019

@enjpneer 4 жыл бұрын

End of Boom 1997

@felixcsao4184 4 жыл бұрын

Jerome Sercado that’s the prime of HK

@shadowflying3252 4 жыл бұрын

Because Hong Kong has become a haven for crime.

@SMGJohn 4 жыл бұрын

Boom for the rich maybe but for the poor it was not.

@rob1248996 4 жыл бұрын

@@shadowflying3252 I'm not sure Hong Kong can claim that advantage. All big cities are generally havens for crime because as Willie Sutton so poetically put it "that's where the money is". (He was referring to banks)

@taikwoklo 13 жыл бұрын

Great footage of HK's past! thanks for sharing...

@ladycharsw 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Micheal. I always watching these videos you put on. I come by them when I am looking to see Hong Kong again. I just watched the Life. of a boy in 1980. I think he was 10 .Four kuds in the family and the mother, father, grandpa and grandma. They always played a game at night when the kids went to sleep. Looked kind of like Dominoes, we play in the USA. How are you these days. Miss seeing you on the cell phone. 😀🙏❤

@peterchancellor6728 4 жыл бұрын

Fabulous. What great memories

@fainhk 13 жыл бұрын

nice footage, more please...

@yfung4140 4 жыл бұрын

1978 I was about 16 and thank you very much

@frankmtran 4 жыл бұрын

雖然昔日係覺得落後 d , 但生活上真係好平静和好寫意，現今的香港真係一塌胡塗，價值觀唔知去咗邊😔

@JLKB-1947 9 ай бұрын

Gone with the wind !

@michaelijsbrand 13 жыл бұрын

@ralphzwang Thanks. Actually in my days in the early fifties there was hardly an industry in HK!

@EmEmEm579 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Mr Rogge, thanks for sharing these beautiful videos with us . Hope you are doing well ❤️

@benlee1396 3 жыл бұрын

Mr. Rogge, really thank you for sharing all these valuable videos of Hong Kong specially this place is disappearing now! thank you! hong konger.

@lgrigg5439 2 жыл бұрын

That was a good year I love living in a hong kong @Pokfulam on the island.

@JLKB-1947 9 ай бұрын

I left Hong Kong in 1969 . Such prosperity seems be there forever under the Union Jack . ❤👍

@alpha2chan27 3 ай бұрын

Do u like hk?

@tlfpolly7090 3 жыл бұрын

Unforgettable memories 👍👏💪🙌🙏🙇‍♀️

@FT9910 13 жыл бұрын

1978...it's my era, love it

@Vicivicoing 7 жыл бұрын

Wat een indrukwekkende historische opnames van Hong Kong, ben er zelf destijds ook geweest.Uw filmcollectie is Uniek !! met hartelijk groeten !!

@michaelijsbrand 7 жыл бұрын

Ook gegroet. Ik heb nog 150 andere Hong Kong clips op KZfaq staan. Te vinden door te zoeken met 'michael rogge hong kong'

@jamesng9831 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike: How are you doing? In your opening statement you mention the population in Hong Kong in 1949 was 3 million while in 1978 it was 6 million. I just googled and found the population in Hong Kong in 1949 was 1.8 million while in 1978 was 4.6 million. I hope such findings would be helpful to your viewers.

@michaelijsbrand 3 жыл бұрын

You are quite right. I have adjusted the figures. Thanks a lot.

@raymondyeung2791 4 жыл бұрын

My English is poor, I write in chinese . 影片所見的建築工地，應該是鄭裕彤先生 " 新世界中心 " New World Center & Regent Hotel , New World Hotel sight .

@dannydao1660 3 жыл бұрын

The scene that two boys shared a drink is so touch. He ain't heavy, he's my brother.

@edmundcarrington4719 7 жыл бұрын

Hong Kong was / is one of the most unique and impressive places in the world. Loved every bloody second of my years there prior to 1997... Still dream about returning and finding my old flat (though probably long since demolished :)

@peekaboopeekaboo1165 5 жыл бұрын

Good.

@kykong 13 жыл бұрын

Dear Michael, I am wondering whether you were in a tram when you were filming at 2:05. I can see the rail on the road. The market and the people were so close. You also went to a toy factory to film how they made toys. Interesting.

@MuckSpreader99 9 ай бұрын

North Point market I would guess

@tablestirne9879 5 ай бұрын

Dang its like looking at the video is like a time machine for a minute back in time

@TheKahfoh00 8 жыл бұрын

I want the name of the background music badly. =(

@laiyinliu4436 7 жыл бұрын

80-90年代令人最懷念,什麼都好

@JLKB-1947 9 ай бұрын

Damn right . Agree .

@solopolo 13 жыл бұрын

heel erg bedankt

@franciscohernandezmarzal3925 Жыл бұрын

Hong Kong in the 70s, the best🙏🏻

@WkjYau 2 жыл бұрын

我一輩子都壞念那個年代HONG KONG

@wolf8900 4 жыл бұрын

Nice roggeee

@danielfelos8957 8 жыл бұрын

"making something" isn't necessarily the same as "getting somewhere" but worth a try.

@FT9910 13 жыл бұрын

1978...it's my era, love it and thank you!

@Torus2112 4 жыл бұрын

3:58 That's Steve Carrell's character's favourite action figure from The 40 Year Old Virgin

@heyokaoverdashelly2kangel945 3 жыл бұрын

Someone know the name of the song that play in the beggening ? I really need it

@alimohammond9315 4 жыл бұрын

almost 8 million people live in Hong Kong now! 2019

@nanangsugianto2839 4 жыл бұрын

Life in protest, of course

@willy8067 4 жыл бұрын

Housing shortage and price in HK is hillariously expensive

@JLKB-1947 9 ай бұрын

During the 60’s when I was living in HongKong , the population was about a little over 4 millions . Already considered a lot . 😮

@PINKpenguinsOFDOOM 4 жыл бұрын

@4:51 I miss those days when American RHD cars, including Pontiac, Lincoln, and Caddilac, were sold in Hong Kong.

@THEHamBot1 4 жыл бұрын

Don't worry. Trump is going to make the ChiComs start selling our cars.

@user-jd6by8px6u 4 жыл бұрын

I remember that time so well , I wasn't be born………

@RasikkaaN 4 жыл бұрын

😀😂😀

@nicolamarini 4 жыл бұрын

There is A LOT in this video !

@waipingyip9164 4 жыл бұрын

1978! I was 6 years old!

@helmyabdullah1962 4 жыл бұрын

I was seven

@TheWandererDoc 4 жыл бұрын

when the whole hongkong is better then whole mainland

@snackgila 5 жыл бұрын

I was born on 1978. omg. now I know how modern Hong Kong people at that time. anyway, you travel a lot in young time. what actually is your career on that time sir?

@freewillhongkong 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Hong Kong1978

@hingdicky3900 2 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know the name of music at the beginning of video?

@RamonChiNangWong078 4 жыл бұрын

This is like going back with a time-machine. I remember vaguely about my home in Yuen Long

@loudnessjr 6 жыл бұрын

The girls look prettier back then

@simtub 4 жыл бұрын

It would be surreal if I was to to see my parents walking around in HK during that period in the videos.

@user-kf4mg4eh4l 2 жыл бұрын

thanks

@stelladodo2707 4 жыл бұрын

The only thing not change is the star ferry, taxi and the ding ding train.

@minghuitsai1061 5 жыл бұрын

Dear, dear learning from archives of the 70's. Today's high standards requirements by integrating information... Take care,

@Kurio71 8 жыл бұрын

3:49 I had one of those dolls/action figures

@wailau684 4 жыл бұрын

I born in 1977, I know Hong Kong most famous in light industries; toys; clothes making; watch

@Schrottkralle 3 жыл бұрын

At that time, HK was the workbench for toys, light industry and watches for the world. Just 15 years later, mainland China took over this workbench.

@AFaceintheCrowd01 Жыл бұрын

American toy companies used HK’s dirt cheap labor and lack of restrictions to produce their products in the 70s.

@bunnychanuniverse847 3 жыл бұрын

I live this place

@bunnyrabbit008 4 жыл бұрын

before Made in China was MADE IN HONG KONG

@clintnovaclaw 4 жыл бұрын

I prefer things made in Hong Kong better than made in China. hong Kong was better quality. Miss those days.

@sallyli7452 Ай бұрын

I am getting rid of old clothes and came across some Made in HK garment. Some are still brand new, my bad habit of buying too much every time I went back to HK. I don't want to throw them out as I think they belong to a museum!! A long time ago, I watched on TV about a "Made in HK" museum. I wonder if it is still in operation?

@manojdangol6159 Жыл бұрын

viery viery Good Hong Kong 👍👍👌👌💯💯

@blower05 7 жыл бұрын

It 's my nostalgia too. Do you have old footages for Tai Kwok Tsui and Mong Kok. It would be more nostalgia to me. I don't like the existing HK where is changed to another world.

@michaelijsbrand 7 жыл бұрын

I suggest you have a look at my other 150 clips on old Hong Kong by searching with 'michael rogge hong kong' !

@get1558 4 жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍

@Peace-xl6pe 4 жыл бұрын

1978 China starting open and hongkong becomes to the investment entrance of China. Then booming. 2019 China decide open his own gate of economic, Hong Kong fade.

@shadowflying3252 4 жыл бұрын

1979, China and the United States established diplomatic relations. The time is so close.