Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.

Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
people | Hawker|Housewife |
object | plate|basket|water weed |
others | Open-air market |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Sponsors | Open-air market |
Venue | Kowloon|Shum Shui Po|Poplar Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date of Death | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
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. 60-61. |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Material Type | Image |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
Poem | 處處染污圖力挽 聲聲環保枉呻吟 昔時儉樸無牽慮 今日繁榮多病侵 |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
Open Market
A hawker selling plates at the open-air market at Poplar Street, Shum Shui Po. The market was rarely frequented by vehicles and on both sides of the pavement were booths for licensed hawkers. Other spaces were often taken by unlicensed hawkers. In the morning and evening the hawkers had to pay protection fees, even those with licenses. After the founding of the ICAC, protection fees were no longer charged but the unlicensed hawkers often had to escape from the hawker control. Later the municipal buildings were built and the hawkers moved in to continue their business, and the scene became a thing of the past. At that time the citizens were all loosely dressed and not westernized. Water weed was used to tie goods and housewives brought baskets to markets, both were environment-friendly acts.
Date | 1950s |
Place | Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Poplar St;Kowloon/Sham Shui Po District/Sham Shui Po/Tai Nan Street |
People | Hawker|Housewife |
Object | plate|basket|water weed |
Others | Open-air market |
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. 60-61. |
Repository | Ho Sau |
Note to Copyright | Permission for use is given by Ho Sau |
Accession No. | ho0_012 |
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