In 1976, my dad came to Hong Kong to help build the MTR. He never really stopped building.
Over the next twenty years he worked on some of the most significant infrastructure projects the city has ever seen. Stations, tunnels, harbour crossings, trunk roads, bridges and an airport. The things that move millions of people every day and that most of them never think about.
This is his list.
MTR initial system, north Kowloon — Wong Tai Sin, Diamond Hill and Choi Hung stations
1976 – 1979
Tai Wo Hau station and tunnels, MTR Tsuen Wan extension
1979 – 1982
Hong Kong Club building reconstruction
1982 – 1983
New Territories trunk road, roads and bridges
1983 – 1986
Eastern Harbour Crossing — immersed tube tunnel, road and rail — and Kwun Tong Bypass
1986 – 1990
Western Harbour Crossing / New Hong Kong Tunnel
1990 – 1992
Chek Lap Kok airport terminal building
1992 – 1997