Power

Electric power provides the sinews for a modern industrial community as well as the amenities associated with rising living standards. Hong Kong's electricity consumption is growing apace (from March 1967 to September 1968 the industrial consumption index alone rose from a base of 100 to 130) and two new power stations are progressively being brought into commission to cope with the demand.

Below, Hong Kong's astonishing vertical perspectives make this worker stringing transmission cables on a hillside just a few feet from the ground appear to be floating amidst the downtown skyscrapers.

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