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Wining and Dining
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- Dairy Lane Supermarket
Dairy Lane Supermarket in Windsor House on Des Voeux Road Central, pictured here in December 1971, was one of the earliest supermarkets in Hong Kong.
- Wing Wo Grocery Store
Wing Wo Grocery Store in Wellington Street, Central, in the 1970s. The store finally closed down in 2009.
- Children being content with enough food supply
In the 1960s when food could be scarce, children were already satisfied if their stomachs were full.
- Hawkers selling cooked food
The streets of Hong Kong in the 1960s teemed with hawkers selling a variety of cooked food, often out of rattan baskets.
- The floating restaurant in Aberdeen (1)
The floating restaurant in Aberdeen was an expensive dining venue in the 1960s that catered mostly to wealthy local people and foreign tourists.
- Grocery store
A grocery store specialising in cigarettes and imported liquor, 1962.
- Store
A store on Robinson Road in 1974; it is already offering many brands of bottled fizzy drinks.
- Big licence stall
A dai pai dong, or “big licence stall”, in the early 1960s. The name that these open-air food stalls have come to be known by is said to derive from the fact that their licences are larger than those of other restaurants.
- The restaurant in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel
The Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 1963. Dining at hotel restaurants was a symbol of status and style during the 1960s.
- The bars of Wanchai
Lockhart Road, 1962. The bars of Wanchai earned international fame when they provided the backdrop for the film The World of Suzie Wong.