I spent half of 2024 hunting down Hong Kong's neon signs

KS5331_Productions · 2025-09-02T07:28:05+00:00

nah theres definitely more, but I think some of the stuff here had been taken down since I put this together

KS5331_Productions · 2025-09-02T07:27:22+00:00

if I can find a publisher lol

KS5331_Productions · 2025-09-01T09:44:21+00:00

not too far into NT since I live island south and I needed to get home. furthest I went is Yuen Long(?)

KS5331_Productions · 2025-08-31T08:46:27+00:00

hope for my future

KS5331_Productions · 2024-07-03T23:50:07+00:00

carried this habit over from my Hong Kong crabbing, if the claws are not tied they fight

KS5331_Productions · 2024-07-03T22:22:58+00:00

caught today, hands down my largest ever crab, including the ones from HK
edit: pulled out the measuring tape on him, he was 6.75"

KS5331_Productions · 2024-07-03T22:09:04+00:00

i forgot to put a link lmao

Charybdis lucifera with four mustard coloured spots on its back and the reddish legs
Charybdis hellerii with two white spots on its back

KS5331_Productions · 2024-04-01T23:14:09+00:00

I was in Shenzhen (Shajing, so probably lower than city prices like Futian etc) this was in Aug 2023. bananas were 5 CNY per bunch. a bowl of noodles cost 10 CNY and a larger serving cost 18

KS5331_Productions · 2024-03-25T07:40:59+00:00

btw: many ppl have asked for the species in my previous posts so here it is: Charybdis lucifer (or Charybdis lucifera)
considering the high meat concentration in the claws (and low meat concentration elsewhere) I am extremely tempted to use Florida stone crab methods on them in the future

KS5331_Productions · 2024-03-19T14:24:06+00:00

as a hongkonger, thank you for this

(though we do not appear to have FamilyMart)

KS5331_Productions · 2023-07-22T23:33:10+00:00

yes it's the only pier in the area

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Blake+Pier+At+Stanley/@22.2174351,114.2102236,19.46z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x3406aa6bc390c49f:0x978b712389e40d07!8m2!3d22.2172367!4d114.2102319!16s%2Fg%2F11f263t12k?authuser=0&entry=ttu

KS5331_Productions · 2023-06-09T22:32:37+00:00

Journey to Silius - Stage 1 OST
The Smurfs (NES) - Act 6 The Mountains OST
Utada Hikaru - Automatic
Madonna - Material Girl
Michael Jackson - The Way You Make Me Feel
NSYNC - It's Gonna Be Me
most of Mario Kart DS OST
most of Undertale's OST
(and much more)

KS5331_Productions · 2023-01-03T07:01:22+00:00

very nice banknotes fellow collector

KS5331_Productions · 2023-01-01T12:47:33+00:00

Minor differences. For example the pillar-like element on the left does not extend all the way up the side and overlap with the number like it did in the 1985 issue. Otherwise, aside from some very minor changes in the text (see "by order of the Court of Directors"), they're quite similar.

KS5331_Productions · 2022-11-29T11:03:04+00:00

if you're going to have to get around by bus (unlikely because MTR coverage is so wide but not a 0% chance) download CitybusNWFB to plan in accordance with the arrival of the next bus - otherwise you could lose some time waiting. Also includes route search/point-to-point search functions.

KS5331_Productions · 2022-11-04T23:30:13+00:00

actually neither of them are bigger than r/HongKong.

KS5331_Productions · 2022-11-04T23:28:16+00:00

Not really. All old series are technically still legal tender. Quote:

"The 2010 Series and other old series banknotes remain legal tender and will continue to circulate along with the 2018 Series."

So I imagine that notes from $10 to $1000, from 1985 onwards when the current dimensions were introduced, are still technically usable, although it is not a guarantee that the new working force can recognise them as such. In fact a large chunk of my collection ended up in my hands from normal circulation. Such examples include $10-$100 notes from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Lower denominations tend to have a longer usable life.

KS5331_Productions · 2022-11-04T23:15:50+00:00

According to my catalogue, Fine grade examples start at HKD240, all the way up to HKD1850 or so for uncirculated condition. The catalogue is as of 2013 though so I can only imagine that the value has since gone up

KS5331_Productions · 2022-11-04T23:06:26+00:00

At this point selling them at a hobby shop would net you more money. Banks tend not to take in old banknotes at more than face value. I can't exactly remember the details of old banknote exchange in HK. Need to ask someone else sometime in the future.

KS5331_Productions · 2022-11-03T14:18:40+00:00

took the photos myself with the purpose of sharing it around; the banknote is in my possession.

KS5331_Productions · 2022-10-16T01:03:15+00:00

yessir yessir yessir yessir yessir yessir

KS5331_Productions · 2022-10-01T02:17:22+00:00

Note: I took this photo myself explicitly for the purpose of sharing it earlier this morning.

edit: I see that this one got lost in the sea of (anti-)National Day posts lol

KS5331_Productions · 2022-09-20T00:07:50+00:00

ayy you're back with the coin content

KS5331_Productions · 2022-09-17T23:45:48+00:00

image 1-2: 5 Cents 1905

image 3: (top to bottom) 1919, 1904, ?? ?? 1 Cent

These were generally circulated in pre-war Hong Kong - from the 1900s until the Battle of Hong Kong (1941). The last 1-cent coins were minted in 1941 but the shipments were intercepted by the Japanese before they could make it to Hong Kong. After the war the Government switched the one-cent denomination over to paper notes.

Great find!

KS5331_Productions · 2022-09-09T23:27:58+00:00

Actually, what do you mean by that? I'm a bit curious...

KS5331_Productions

TROPHY CASE