Photo source: ETH Library Zurich, Image Archive / Com_LC0143-003-001 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Original title: Hong Kong, Aberdeen Harbor. Taken by Comet Photo AG (Zürich). Dating 1967-1971.
The clearance of the squatter area above Peel Rise, to the right of the Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery, started in the late 1960s and was completed by 1972. This photo was likely taken in the early 1970s.
Reference: Aerial maps of 1963.2, 1969.1 and 1972.3 on hkmaps.hk
Date picture taken
1970 (year is approximate)
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