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Wow! It is hard to believe, but July 1st, 2007 marks the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's power being transferred back from Britain to China. The pre-hand over sparked a mass exodus of Hong Kongers' into neighbouring international countries such as Canada.
I know that during this period, in Vancouver, there was a large influx of Hong Kong immigrants. Their views, ideas and perspectives molded and shaped the city that we now know it to be as our home. Every time I make a tourist stop to Stanley Park where the beginning of Coal Harbour meets the coast line. I look out into the distance and see how the landscape of Downtown Vancouver's West End and Hong Kong's Harbour landscape closely resemble each other in architecture and landscape. Any visitor from Hong Kong would agree that the image of Coal Harbour and the West End's glass towers looks significantly similar to Hong Kong's Harbour scenery.Vancouver HarbourHong Kong Harbour