2007-2011 Snapshots of a city, Part 3

HK Edition | Updated: 2017-06-22 07:37

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The third quarter of the last 20 years since the founding of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region seems all about disasters, as these images shot mostly by China Daily Hong Kong staff photographer Edmond Tang seem to suggest. Fires broke out in congested marketplaces, blazing for hours. Buildings collapsed like a pack of cards. A bus fell off a flyover, mowing down smaller vehicles. With memories of the SARS crisis still fresh on people's minds, caution was the watchword when it came to keeping the avian flu out.

Even when the chips are down, Hong Kong loves a good party. The city's streets overflowed with people, joining in the celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China in great style and with a lot of feeling.

1. June 11, 2008: Blood marks all over his protection gear, a health worker emerges after en masse culling of chickens at a wholesale poultry market in Cheung Sha Wan. Edmond Tang / China Daily; 2. Aug 25, 2010: Relatives mourn the loss of a hostage, killed during a bus hijacking in Manila which claimed the lives of eight people from Hong Kong. Edmond Tang / China Daily; 3. Aug 11, 2008: Chile's Sergio Iturriaga in action during an equestrian event held in Hong Kong as part of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Edmond Tang / China Daily; 4. Oct 22, 2010: A coach fell off a flyover near the airport hotel in Chek Lap Kok, crushing two taxis underneath its weight. Edmond Tang / China Daily; 5. Jan 29, 2010: Firefighters try to rescue a woman from a building which suffered damage when a five-story residential building next to it collapsed. Edmond Tang / China Daily; 6. July 1, 2007: Hong Kong celebrates the 10th anniversary of its return to China. Edmond Tang / China Daily; 7. Dec 11, 2009: Liu Xiang competes in the men's 110-meter hurdles heats at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong. EEdmond Tang / China Daily; 8. Sept 11, 2008: Firefighter Siu Wing-fong, who was killed on the line of duty trying to douse the flames at a nightclub in August, gets a send-off by colleagues outside a fire station in Mong Kok. Edmond Tang / China Daily; 9. May 8, 2009: Nearly 300 guests and staff step out the Metropark Hotel after being quarantined for a week to contain a new influenza virus. Edmond Tang / China Daily; 10. Nov 30, 2011: Firefighters try to bring a blaze raging at the hawkers' stalls in Fa Yuen Street, Mong Kok under control. Nine people were killed and several injured in the mishap. Provided to China Daily

(HK Edition 06/22/2017 page6)