Title
1970s Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport Runway Night View Kowloon H912A Postcard
Front Description
A dramatic night-time aerial view of Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon, with its single extended runway (Runway 13/31) projecting out into Victoria Harbour and illuminated by rows of red, white, and amber approach and edge lights. Long-exposure streaks of aircraft landing lights trace the famous curved approach path across the deep blue twilight sky. The densely packed low- and mid-rise buildings of Kowloon City fill the foreground, their windows glowing gold and white, with older tiled-roof tenements and tenement rooftops in the immediate foreground. Beyond the harbour, the lights of Hong Kong Island and its hillside developments shimmer along the waterfront, framed by the dark silhouette of the island’s mountain ridgeline against the dusk sky. Shipping and reclaimed industrial land are visible along both shores.
Back Description
Printed caption at upper left: “Kai Tak Airport at night with its extended modern runway illuminated, Kowloon, Hong Kong.” Below in Chinese: 啓德機場夜景. Printed vertically along the centre divider: “Hanes Co., Printer & Publisher, P. O. BOX 20054 Hennessy Road, Hong Kong” with a small publisher’s logo. Right side printed “POST CARD” with a boxed “STAMP HERE” indicator at upper right. Lower centre printed card number: “H912A”. Lower right: “Color Photograph By CHENG Ho-Choy”. The card is unposted, with no handwritten message, postmark, or stamp.
Estimated Era
Circa mid-to-late 1970s. The extended runway (lengthened to 3,390 m by 1975) is shown fully operational and lit, placing the image no earlier than the mid-1970s. The mix of older tiled-roof tenements alongside newer mid-rise concrete blocks in Kowloon City, the moderate skyline density of Hong Kong Island, the glossy colour-photograph printing style, and the divided-back layout with English/Chinese bilingual captioning are all consistent with a c. 1975–1980 production. The clean, unused condition suggests it was retained as a souvenir rather than mailed.
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