Hong Kong is absolutely charming. I love all the little lanes and streets which cut across one another, forming a labyrinth of sorts. Space, a rare and expensive commodity in Hong Kong, is never wasted. Every little bit of it is made use of, and I just love all the little shops that line the streets. There aren’t that many mammoth-sized supermarkets or department stores around HK (or at least what I’ve seen of it) apart from the Central/Causeway Bay area. The absence of chain stores is what makes many parts of HK so charming.
In the above pictures, I was walking along the streets of Jordan when I came across this printing shop. I was delighted to find it ‘cos it’s this traditional form of typesetting is something I’ve never seen before. The typesetters I’ve worked with use only the computer. Such traditional forms of typesetting and printing have all been done away with.
It’s good to know that these traditions still exist, but I fear the age of computers will take over. But let’s hope not!