HKFP Lens: HKU shares 3,000 images of colonial Hong Kong from the Frank Fischbeck collection
In September, the University of Hong Kong acquired photos from photojournalist Frank Fischbeck documenting the evolution of colonial Hong Kong over the past century.
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