Talk:1970s in Hong Kong

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Hong Kong To-do:
edit purge
  • Clean up all MTR station pages. They are literally all over the place. Two model pages are Tsing Yi Station and Sheung Shui Station. They each describe a feature special to the station, Station layout, exit, and connections, as well as neighbouring stations and the station "box".
    • We will also need plenty of updated pictures (e.g. removing all KCR-related images except those on the KCR article). Check that all pages have basically the same language structure as Tsing Yi Station and Sheung Shui Station. Links to location maps are good too. (Should also perform these checks on Chinese Wikipedia.)
  • Clean-up pages that link with TVB, especially its series pages.

Contents

[edit] Focus

This page has lost its focus. A rewrite is required. -- Jerry Crimson Mann 10:54, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 1950s,1960s, etc.

This would be nice to write a series of Hong Kong's history of the last century. :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 11:49, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What about a timeline? — Instantnood 15:44, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
I'd like to make that stuff. In fact, I have been mapping out the entire thing of late, putting a blank link in the page "History oif Hong Kong. PZFUN deleted it nevertheless. :'-( -- Jerry Crimson Mann 15:50, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Be bold and go ahead to lay out the framework of the timeline. You can take a look at other timelines, say timeline of Taiwanese history, and get some ideas. :-) — Instantnood 20:05, Jun 21, 2005 (UTC)
I'll take up the 50's - 80's and shall be starting them in these two weeks. Trust me, I have been reading loads about them these days (lucky me!)... Maybe I'll start those articles and let us add our knowledge to it? CrossTimer 04:20, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Lovely :) -- Jerry Crimson Mann 05:16, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Great. Obviously these articles are needed on Wikipedia. :-) Right... the 80s would perhaps be slightly overlapped with the transition article that Jerry has been working on. Any thoughts? — Instantnood 10:35, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

(original message on User talk:Warofdreams) The word "the" as in "The 1990s in Hong Kong", "The 1970s in Hong Kong" etc. has a special meaning. Please don't erase the word from the title. Deryck C. from Hong Kong, 12:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC).

I didn't mean to start any arguments; I assumed the article had been started by someone unaware that all similar articles omit "the" from their titles - e.g. 1970s in film or 1840s in sports. What special meaning does "the" have in the title of this article? Warofdreams 12:38, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
(also on User talk:Warofdreams) Just custom. In Hong Kong, everybody says "The 1990s" instead of simply "1990s". Therefore to conform the wikipedian custom (use British spelling and usage in Britain related articles, Aussie spelling and usage in Australian articles, similarly use Hong Kong-style wordings in Hong Kong related articles) the word the is put into the article series: The 1960s in Hong Kong, The 1970s in Hong Kong, The 1990s in Hong Kong. Much thanks for agreeing to talk with me and much thanks if you'll not do that retitling again. Deryck C. 12:46, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your explanation and my apologies for moving the articles without discussion. I am, however, not convinced by your argument. For instance, in the UK we always refer to the country as the United Kingdom, and yet the article on the nation is of course at "United Kingdom". Similarly, we have the River Thames and, indeed, the 1990s. As a result, I'm planning to list the pages on WP:RM. -Warofdreams
Right.. Deryck, it's actually a naming convention (or manual of style?) that the word "the" in the beginning of the title without specific meaning should be dropped. :-D — Instantnood 14:45, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
Yes, I've found the convention at Wikipedia:Naming conventions#Avoid the definite article ("the") and the indefinite article ("a"/"an") at the beginning of the page name. - Warofdreams 16:15, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. Now I'm turning to support. The naming convention rule should be over the "do in rome what the romans do" rule. Deryck C. 17:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Page move?

For this article, and also the 1950s in Hong Kong, the 1960s in Hong Kong and the 1990s in Hong Kong to 1970s in Hong Kong, etc.

  • Support - see discussion above. Warofdreams 13:46, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Support-- Jerry Crimson Mann 13:58, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose -- I'll support this naming convention only when somebody can prove most other articles that concerns things with a "the" does not have the word in the article title. Deryck C. 16:07, 25 July 2005 (UTC) Turn to support as adequate proof is given by Warofdreams on the wikipedian official naming convention policy. Deryck C. 16:28, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

This article has been renamed after the result of a move request. violet/riga (t) 19:29, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Natural disasters

Does anyone remember typhoon Hope? I think it was in 1979. I was at home and could see cars being blown all over the place by the winds, before we decided to hide in an insider corridor in our apartment in the New Territories. --tess 22:12, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

There is an article on it. I linked it. Benjwong 03:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Info and Pictures

Couple facts need reconsidering or re-research before going back in the article.

1.) burger king in HK did not come before mcdonalds. I looked all over and the 1st burger king in asia was singerpore 1982. If this is not correct, please find a resource to show it.

2.) Largest reservior seems to be plover cove in every construction source. Not Highland Island Reservior.

3.) ultraman is not anime, if anything it is closer to sentai material

4.) The golden age of Hong Kong football was not the 70s. Unless you count the 1914 HKFA, in that case it would be colonial times.

5.) There is no article on "The Private Eye". That picture is also absolutely horrible! I got rid of it. Feel free to upload some other picture.

6.) 60s watergun pic has moved to the 60s page.

Benjwong 04:06, 23 February 2007 (UTC)


Doctorwc (talk) 04:20, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Our family migrated to Australia in 1974 and I have already seen Ultraman on TV several times. I think the first broadcast of Ultraman in Hong Kong was well before 1975.

[edit] About the metric quote

That quote "1 feet equals 3 feet" (一呎等如三尺) was there before me. I took it out. If someone wants to find a real reference for it and put it back, feel free. Benjwong 01:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)