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Tamar site

Reclamation work underway at H.M.S. Tamar, 30 September 1995

Construction on reclaimed land in front of the Prince of Wales Barracks, Central, 2 January 1997

H.M.S. Chatham, moored near the Prince of Wales Barracks, 18 June 1997

Royal Navy helicopter with Citic Tower (left) and site of the British Farewell ceremony (right) behind, 27 June 1997

Royal Yacht Britannia, Admiralty, 27 June 1997

Street scene at Admiralty, night, 27 June 1997

Royal Navy helicopter, next to Victoria Harbour, 27 June 1997

Street scene at Admiralty, night, 27 June 1997

Performers representing Stock Exchange floor traders during practice for the British farewell ceremony, 28 June 1997

British sailors and sightseers near the former HMS Tamar site, 28 June 1997

British sailors disembarking from HMS Chatham, 28 June 1997

British military bandsmen with HMY Britannia, the Royal Yacht, visible behind, 28 June 1997

Performers representing judges in the British farewell ceremony, at the Tamar site for a rehearsal, 28 June 1997

Ceremonial steps left behind at the Tamar site waterfront after HMY Britannia's departure in the early hours of the same day, taking Christopher Patten and Prince Charles with it, 1 July 1997

People's Liberation Army soldiers on guard duty at the former Prince of Wales Barracks, Central, on the first day of Chinese sovereignty, 1 July 1997

Police moving crowd control barriers near the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wanchai, 1 July 1997

Ceremonial steps and gangplank left over after the departure of Prince Charles on the Royal Yacht Britannia, 1 July 1997

Crowd watching handover celebration fireworks, Central, 1 July 1997

People going home after handover celebration fireworks, Lung Wo Road, Central, 1 July 1997

Windsock of the waterfront heliport on the Tamar Site, Central, 18 April 1998

Waiting for the Chinese national day fireworks show to start, Tamar Site, 1 October 1999

Entrance to People's Liberation Army barracks with 'Asia's World City' banner on a lamp post, Tamar Site, 9 September 2002

Two International Financial Centre (IFC) under construction, from near Citic Tower, Admiralty, 9 September 2002

Victoria Harbour viewed from the waterfront of the Tamar Site, 9 September 2002

The Tamar site, during a Rolling Stones concert, 9 November 2003

Swire's presentation of its Holistic Harbour Vision plan, Pacific Place, 11 March 2005

A Frank Gehry-designed art museum for Hong Kong Island: Swire's presentation of its Holistic Harbour Vision plan, Pacific Place, 11 March 2005

Architect Frank Gehry, at an unveiling of his design for a museum on the Tamar site as part of Swire's presentation of its Holistic Harbour Vision plan, Pacific Place, 11 March 2005

Frank Gehry's art museum design: Swire's presentation of its Holistic Harbour Vision plan, Pacific Place, 11 March 2005

Reclamation site on the waterfront between Central and Admiralty, Hong Kong Island, 26 March 2005

Reclamation work underway at H.M.S. Tamar, 30 September 1995

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