To mark the date, prison staff took the stage at Tai Kwun [the cultural center in Central that used to be a jail] and told their century-long story in an interpretative dance. The most eye-catching people at the above event were prison staff dressed in historical uniforms. * * *Incidentally, the old pictures that prison staff uncovered for the anniversary website reveal that convict cooks in Hong Kong jails used to literally prepare food using garden spades. On Monday at the Jurong factory where they build each "brick," staff told him that the challenge was delivering the flats without accidents. * * *I think the Bee Gees could have recorded a whole album in Hong Kong this week:Saturday Night FeverSunday Night SARSMonday Night Bird FluTuesday Night Wuhan CoronavirusWednesday Night MERSTalk to me!

Source: The Standard January 14, 2020 19:18 UTC