The long queues for fresh water (1)

Hong Kong had to impose water rationing at times in 1963. The long queues that formed at standpipes were a common sight and were known colloquially as “ditches of water buckets”.

Date 1963
Event Water rationing
Material Type Image
Collection Memories We Share: Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s
Source Information Services Department Photographic Library. Image Reference No.: C15
Repository Information Services Department Photographic Library
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Accession No. lcs-mws-0054
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