Madame Tussauds Hong Kong is a wax museum situated in the Peak Tower on Hong Kong Island. It opened in 2000 and was the first branch of the Marie Tussaud museum to be established in Asia. The museum features approximately 100 wax figures, including a substantial number representing Asian personalities, with sixteen figures originating from Hong Kong. The exhibits are arranged into themed zones, such as Hong Kong Glamour, Music Icons, Historical and National Heroes, The Champions, and World Premiere. (Full article...)
The following are images from various Hong Kong-related articles on Wikipedia.
Image 1Hong Kong international airport was moved from Kai Tak to Chep Lap Kok. Photograph of Kai Tak taken the day after it closed. (from History of Hong Kong)
Image 4Wing Lung Wai, a walled village in Kam Tin; Hong Kong indigenous people built walled villages to protect themselves from rampant privates between 15th to 19th century. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
Image 5Victoria Harbour and Hong Kong Island in the 1860s (from History of Hong Kong)
Image 6Lion Rock is also symbolic of Hong Kong. Hong Kongers has a term - "Beneath the Lion Rock" (獅子山下) - which refers to their collective memory of Hong Kong in the second half of the 20th century. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
Image 7A statue of McDull, a Hong Kongers cartoon character; He is now known throughout East Asia. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
Image 10China Airlines Boeing 747 crash landed and ended up in the harbour. (from History of Hong Kong)
Image 11Pang uk in Tai O; Pang uks were built by Tanka people, who had the traditions of living above water and regarding it as an honour. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
Image 21Main building of University of Hong Kong; Being a former British colony, Hong Kong naturally has a lot of British architecture, especially in government buildings. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
Image 22A Mazu temple in Shek Pai Wan; It clearly shows traits of classical Lingnan style - pale colour, rectangular structures, use of reliefs, among others. (from Culture of Hong Kong)
... that the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival canceled the screening of a politically themed film due to the "inability to locate suitable copies", despite the film having been showcased three years earlier?
... that the inspiration for the Hong Kong novel Sai Ying Pun came from the author oversleeping on a train?
... that YouTube channel Trial & Error's manner of selling live-show tickets—HK$10,000 on day one, $5,000 on day two, all the way to $10 on day 24—appeared on a university entrance exam?
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