The United Kingdom transfered Hong Kong in 1997 and China would guarantee Hong Kong's economic and political systems for 50 years after the transfer.
We meet Miss Akina Fong , the journalist and presenter of TVB (Television Broadcastings Limited) who enjoys her job.
Then we meeet Justin Lo Ting Wei, a very popular singer who appreciates China (later he will record songs in Mandarin in Beijing).
Peter So Man Fung, a master of Fen Shui explains that the rules of Fen Shui have been mportant for the planning of Hong Kong.
Nevertheless Mr. Ho Ying Fung (manager of the theater Fanatico) is concerned with the liberty of expression in Hong Kong , also the film director Mo Lai Yan Chai is concerned with the liberty of expression.
At Temple Street Miss Chang , a fortune teller , says that she doesn't known how the future of Hong Kong will be.
Then I appreciated the zoom about the Hong Kong cinema (the third place in the world after Bollywood and Hollywood) : the production of about 150 films every year: a population of 8 millions of inhabitants and about 294 millions f entries in the movie theaters.
The director Lee Lik Chee have made martial arts films, historical films but also comedies.
Then we discover the world of the horse racins: there are two hippodromes in Hong Kong : the jockey Olivier Deleuze explains that Hong Kong is a very important place for horse-racing (jockeys are coming for Europe, Australia and Asia). But these races are important for the gambling: small and important people enjoy betting. The Jockey Club of Hong Kong manages the wagers and.the benefits are used in charity works.
Then we discover another aspect of Hong King: the "Tankas" are the boat owners who were not allowed to live on the ground. At the port of Aberdeen "Aunt Kwai" is owner of a sampan and lives on her boat that she used for as ferry: many "Tanka" fishermen live on their floating houses.
Then we see the famous "Jumbo" Restaurant where some senes of James Bond have been filmed, also the Queen Elizabeth II paid a visit to the floating restaurant.
We meet also Lee Cho Wah the auctioneer of the fish market , a place with 100 years of history.
Now the "Tanka" fishermen are allowed to live on the ground and some of them are thinking in living on Cheung Chau, a little island of the archipelago, a quiet place of fishermen without cars in the streets.
I enjoyed very much the encounters of Sophie with the lady in the tramway, with Chung Johnny, the barman of the Peninsula, with Martin Oxley (the Rolls Rypoyce collection) , with the physician in the Chinese traditional Medicine center, with with the young man at the Po Lin monastery, and with Suki Wong, the fortune teller in Temple Street.