Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Venue | Tai Po Road |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
Other photos
Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date of Death | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
Other photos
Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
Other photos
Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Material Type | Image |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Poem | 移山計劃確艱難 鋤鏟焉能破石頑 今日工程施爆鑽 蜿蜒大路越關山 |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
Other photos
Chop off the Old Block (1)
Tai Po Road at the North Kowloon Magistracy in the old days (not yet constructed). Expansion works were conducted at the present-day Garden Company Offices. Ho Sau recalled there were workers holding red flags to stop the traffic at both ends; all traffic and pedestrians stopped as the gong was sounded at an increasingly urgent rhythm, and at its most urgent the explosion occurred. Another explosion occurred as the gong continued sounding. Traffic resumed only after the gong stopped. The side light created a low-key background from the rocks accentuating the subject – the power-drill – dismantling the rocks. The dust created by the impact creates a sense of motion.
| Date | 1960s |
| Place | Places/Kowloon |
| Event | Slope construction works at Caritas Medical Centre |
| Material Type | Image |
| Collection | Ho Sau: Poetic Photography of Daily Life |
| Source | Courtesy of Ho Sau; Also published in Ho Sau. 2006. Age to Reflection: Photos and Poems by Ho Sau. Hong Kong: Wonderful Design and Productions , pp. 26-27. |
| Repository | Ho Sau |
| Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
| Accession No. | ho1_018 |
location
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