Hong Kong Trip 2012- Heritage 1881 Square, Tsim Sha Tsui

February 24, 2013

Hong Kong Trip 2012- Heritage 1881 Square, Tsim Sha Tsui

As the rain pours on I continue my journey with an umbrella in one hand and my a77 in another. Both of my shoes are already quite soaked at that time. ._.||| Basically Heritage 1881 was the headquarters of the Hong Kong Marine Police decades ago and has since been converted to a high end shopping mall based on a Victorian theme. Actually this place is not very much of interest to the general public unless you are into branded shopping or maybe architectural photography. :D

Another point of interest at this place is the Time Ball tower. According to discover hong kong:

From 1885 to 1907, this tower provided a vital service to ships in Victoria Harbour. Many of these vessels had arrived in Hong Kong after long voyages, during which their chronometers would have lost accuracy. A one-minute error could result in a ship becoming lost, with dire consequences for the crew. The ball mounted on the pole in this tower was raised manually every morning and, with data provided by the Hong Kong Observatory, it was dropped at 1pm every day. The tower was in full view of the harbour and the dropping of the ball allowed ships to recalibrate their chronometers to an accuracy of one-tenth of a second, before they departed Hong Kong for other parts of the world.

Also met a friend here. Just shows you how small this world can be sometimes.