Pre-Handover Hong Kong

Next week it is 10 years since the Hong Kong handover.
This image of Open Day at Tamar, the former location of the British naval headquarters in Hong Kong was taken 5 years before that.

© Kees Metselaar 1992

Man In Blue

Chinese airforce colonel posing with other guests on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan, the newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the US navy.
A few hundred guests were invited in for a reception on this first day of a 5 day visit to Hong Kong.

© Kees Metselaar 2007