Hong Kong Portrait

Hong Kong. Present, past and future... beyond. A unique, city where millions call home. Where the skies are filled with housing units and offices and the streets are ruled by high-ballers like Maseratis, Porshes and Ferraris. Night life is not limited to a few clubs that run late at night, rather, streets can be filled with market stalls and eateries open till dawn. No other city in the world is quite like this one. Perhaps if you truly don't believe, there are other things to ponder about. There may be those in the high end of the payroll working out of the now 2nd tallest building in the city IFC. IN stark contrast there are those who live on too little to pay for food a day. Those who thrive on the streets making salaries that they can only skimp through life. Other interesting things to note that the heritage of competitiveness flourishes in the city. Whether it be the businesses, workplace or education from primary up to tertiary. There is a never ending burning flame in each of the souls sucked into the system. That's perhaps why, tutors are "celebrities" (well not truly celebs) but are plastered on billboards in the subway, buses, streets and malls. Another interesting aspect of the little city in comparison to many other peripheries of the same size is the massive network of public transportation that literally brings you to a five minute walking distance to 90% of the places you can think of. Although there seems like there is no lack in anything in the modern world of Hong Kong today. However, a key element is slowly slipping away under the covers of large billboards, companies, skyscrapers... The heritage. The reason why the little fishing village of Hong Kong succeed beyond other CHinese counterparts. Food for thought: What would it be like if HOng KOng never came into the possession of the British ?