This is a commercial area with a lot of highrise buildings
This is The Bank of China building
Not sure about this building.
This is the HSBC headquarter
The building was designed by the British architect Lord Norman Foster and engineers Arup and was constructed by Wimpey Construction[5]. From the concept to completion, it took 6 years (1979–1985). The building is 180-metres high with 47 storeys and four basement levels. The building has a module design consisting of five steel modules prefabricated in the UK by Scott-Lithgow Shipbuilders near Glasgow, and shipped to Hong Kong. 30,000 tonnes of steel and 4,500 tonnes of aluminium were used. It is rumoured that the building's modular design enables it to be dismantled and moved, if there was any possibility of a disrupted handover to the People's Republic of China
Source: Wikipedia
Taking the tram is a very convenient and cheap way of getting around the HK island. Each trip costs HKD2 irrespective of distance.
While I was there, I chanced upon this gathering of a group of mothers with their children in front of a government building ( The legislative building I guess) . They were there to voice out some request about children education. The crowd was very orderly and the men-in blue just stood and watched.
Talking about the men-in blue there, I feel that they are very clean cut and smartly dressed, and rather handsome too.
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