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Up and down: Society in transition
Before 1956, Hong Kong was a downwardly mobile society. After 1956, advertisements for luxury watches led the way up. Big sales at department stores became bigger. Publications grew in number. Radio broadcast extended its time. A new world was brewing on this land of rapid transformation. In 1949, Hong Kong put itself on a new footing. Wong Jum-sum was then eight years old. As an eight year old, what did he expect for tomorrow? What could a society that had no tomorrow give to an eight year old? In the subsequent 12 years, life changed, in many ways drastically. What lied ahead for Wong Jum-sum?
Before 1956, Hong Kong was a downwardly mobile society. After 1956, advertisements for luxury watches led the way up. Big sales at department stores became bigger. Publications grew in number. Radio broadcast extended its time. A new world was brewing on this land of rapid transformation. In 1949, Hong Kong put itself on a new footing. Wong Jum-sum was then eight years old. As an eight year old, what did he expect for tomorrow? What could a society that had no tomorrow give to an eight year old? In the subsequent 12 years, life changed, in many ways drastically. What lied ahead for Wong Jum-sum?
Before 1956, Hong Kong was a downwardly mobile society. After 1956, advertisements for luxury watches led the way up. Big sales at department stores became bigger. Publications grew in number. Radio broadcast extended its time. A new world was brewing on this land of rapid transformation.
In 1949, Hong Kong put itself on a new footing. Wong Jum-sum was then eight years old. As an eight year old, what did he expect for tomorrow? What could a society that had no tomorrow give to an eight year old? In the subsequent 12 years, life changed, in many ways drastically. What lied ahead for Wong Jum-sum?
