Captured by a teacher’s family when they visited Hong Kong for shopping in the 1980s, this photo depicts the bustling Kowloon City Market. The market's prosperity reflected the city's era of rapid economic growth. Driven by the opening of Special Economic Zones such as Shenzhen, local manufacturers lowered production costs by moving factories to the mainland, driving a surge in Hong Kong's GDP and consumer wealth.

1980s

Hong Kong’s Economic Boom

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