By coincidence with Dylan's finding the old Mai Po video, I found some old photos of Po Toi last week, something that I've been looking for for several years.
The first two photos were taken in 1973 to commemorate the building of the Po Toi Community Centre (the white building now next to the generator) and the third for the Temple renovation in 1975. Here they are
The first photo was taken from the concrete path leading towards the temple, looking back to the Community Centre with the school on the right hand hillside.
The second photo looks across the harbour, the restaurant is on the right but at that time it was the village shop.
The third photo was taken from an aeroplane! probably by someone from the RAF who helped construct both the Community Centre and the Temple.
The most noticeable feature is the barren hillsides - very little vegetation, even in the stream area, although some of the fung shui trees behind the path are there. Compare photo 2 and 3 with this modern version
Not much habitat for migrant birds in the 1970s, at least around the harbour.
I was surprised how few boats there were in the harbour. It seems most of the population had already moved to the Government flats built in Aberdeen in the late 1960s.
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