{"id":39238,"date":"2020-02-18T15:44:24","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T15:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=39238"},"modified":"2020-02-18T16:19:27","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:19:27","slug":"hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=39238","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?page_id=2888\">Return to index page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/145.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39239\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/145.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39239\" class=\"wp-image-39239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/145.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/145-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/145-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/145-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> New Lantau Bus Co (CT5251) Leyland Victory &amp; (EL2826) Isuzu at Silvermine Bay in 1995. \u00a9 <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/236-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39240\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/236.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39240\" class=\"wp-image-39240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/236-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/236-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/236-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/236.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> CItybus     At Wan Chai terminal \u00a9 <em>Alan G<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/477.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39241\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/477.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39241\" class=\"wp-image-39241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/477.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/477-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/477-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/477-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> ATR 278   DENNIS TRIDENT 12M DUPLEMETSEC BODY  \u00a9 <em>FN9986<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/752.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39242\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/752.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39242\" class=\"wp-image-39242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/752.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/752-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/752-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/752-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  MTR Dennis Enviro500  \u00a9unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/753.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39243\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/753.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39243\" class=\"wp-image-39243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/753.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/753-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/753-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/753-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> MAN NL262\/R  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/754.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39244\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/754.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39244\" class=\"wp-image-39244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/754.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/754-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/754-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/754-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">  New Lantau Bus MAN NL263  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/801.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39245\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/801.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39245\" class=\"wp-image-39245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/801.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/801-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/801-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/801-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Toyota Coaster bus operated by the Hong Kong based Splendid Tours  waits for its passengers to check out the Wishing Tree tourist spot. The  attractive gate alongside leads to a Chinese temple, but that was not  included in the tour. (Aug. 2002).  \u00a9<em>s. shankar<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"587\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/803.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39246\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/803.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39246\" class=\"wp-image-39246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/803.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/803-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/803-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/803-768x501.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Dennis double decker bus and a double deck tram stop side by side at a  red light in Hong Kong&#8217;s busy Causeway Bay district. (Aug. 2002).<br>   \u00a9<em>s. shankar<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/993.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39247\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/993.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39247\" class=\"wp-image-39247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/993.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/993-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/993-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/993-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A;exander Dennis Enviro500 11.3m   The smallest Enviro500 \u00a9 <em>S3N92<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1210.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39248\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1210.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39248\" class=\"wp-image-39248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1210.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1210-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1210-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1210-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Kowloong Motor Bus AEC Regent V A187 in 1979. Star Ferry terminus \u00a9 <em>Ian Lynas<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1880.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39249\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1880.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39249\" class=\"wp-image-39249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1880.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1880-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1880-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1880-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> One of HK\\&#8217;s fabulous double decker buses: a Volvo Alexander operated by  KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus) pulls out of a stop in the busy Tsim Tsat Tsui  Area in Feb. 2012.   \u00a9 <em>S. Shankar<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1881-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39250\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1881.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39250\" class=\"wp-image-39250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1881-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1881-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1881-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1881.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A Volvo double decker 3ASV 315 operated by the Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB)  takes on passengers outside the (in)famous Chung King Mansions on Nathan  Road in Hong Kong: Feb 2012.   \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1882.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39251\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1882.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39251\" class=\"wp-image-39251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1882.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1882-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1882-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1882-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">A Dennis Dragon ADS 118 on route  28 bus of  leaves the bus station at the Star Ferry  Terminal in Tsim Tsa Tsui in Hong Kong, Feb. 2012.  \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1883.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39252\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1883.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39252\" class=\"wp-image-39252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1883.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1883-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1883-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1883-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A sparsely loaded Dennis Trident double decker bus runs past the IFC mall in Hong Kong, Feb. 2012.   \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1884.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39253\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1884.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39253\" class=\"wp-image-39253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1884.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1884-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1884-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1884-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> No, this is not a private bus. This MAN is operated by the NLB or New  Lantau Bus company and runs services from Tung Chung MTR station in HK  to the  Ngong Ping Big Buddha and the Tai O fishing village. This bus is  due to run a shuttle service from the base of the Ngong Ping Big Buddha  hill to Tai O fishing village. Most of NLB\\&#8217;s buses are MANs with a  sprinkling of Volvos and some Chinese built buses.  \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1885.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39254\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1885.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39254\" class=\"wp-image-39254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1885.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1885-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1885-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1885-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> One of HK\\&#8217;s Citybus operated double deckers in attractive  yellow-blue-red takes on passengers at Causeway Bay for a pretty long  haul to Sha Tin, a faraway suburb is known for its race course. Feb.  2012.  \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1886.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39255\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1886.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39255\" class=\"wp-image-39255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1886.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1886-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1886-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1886-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> To take a break from stock images and mug shots of buses, here is a  photo of the show window of a shop in HK\\&#8217;s Western Market. This shop  seemed to specialize in scale models of HK\\&#8217;s public transport. I did  not spot any other shop with this theme anywhere in HK. Photography is  supposed to be forbidden here, but I took advantage of the shop owner\\&#8217;s  pre-occupation with receiving stocks at the far end of the store. There  is a showcase with similar models at the Star Ferry terminal in Tsim  Tsa Tsui, but those models were on display only, and not for sale.  \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1887.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39256\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1887.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39256\" class=\"wp-image-39256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1887.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1887-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1887-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1887-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Yes, HK has a handful of single decker buses too. Here a totally empty  MAN single decker, operated by Citybus, runs past the IFC mall. Feb.  2012.  \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>   <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1888.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39257\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1888.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39257\" class=\"wp-image-39257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1888.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1888-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1888-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1888-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The long wheelbase of the single decker MAN can be appreciated from this  photograph. Another member of its class crosses by  in the opposite  direction. Hong Kong, Feb. 2012.   \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1889.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39258\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1889.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39258\" class=\"wp-image-39258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1889.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1889-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1889-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1889-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> An open top double decker of unknown make passes the Apple store in the  the IFC mall in Hong Kong. This bus runs exclusively on the 15C route  carrying passengers bound for the Victoria Peak. It starts from the  Central bus station and heads to the Peak Tram base station. Feb. 2012.  <br> \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1890.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39259\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1890.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39259\" class=\"wp-image-39259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1890.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1890-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1890-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1890-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Looking at the mighty double deckers and the odd single decker buses in  HK, one often tends to overlook the equally ubiquitous 16 seater  \\&#8217;Public Light Buses\\&#8217; in that city. These are of two kinds: the green  top, which run just like the regular buses with fixed stops, and the red  top ones, also called \\&#8217;maxi cabs\\&#8217;, which can be stopped anywhere to  get on and off. The green tops accept Octopus smart cards while the red  tops do not. Here a green top Public Light Bus approaches the Star Ferry  pier in Central. Hong Kong, Feb. 2012.   \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>     <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1891.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39260\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1891.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39260\" class=\"wp-image-39260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1891.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1891-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1891-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1891-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Another of the green top Public Light Buses on the run in HK, Feb. 2012.   \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1892.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39261\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1892.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39261\" class=\"wp-image-39261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1892.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1892-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1892-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1892-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> One of the red top Public Light Buses at Causeway Bay awaits to depart  for Sai Kun. Like the green tops, these red tops too are 16 seaters.  However, although these too run regular routes, there are no fixed stops  and can be asked to halt on request. Red topped Public Light Buses are  also called maxi cabs and do not accept the Octopus smart cards. HK,  Feb. 2012.   \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>       <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1893.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39262\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1893.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39262\" class=\"wp-image-39262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1893.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1893-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1893-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1893-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Another of the red topped Public Light Buses or Maxi cabs waits at the  signal in the busy Tsim Tsa Tsui area in Hong Kong. Feb. 2012.  <br> \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>      <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1895.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39263\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1895.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39263\" class=\"wp-image-39263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1895.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1895-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1895-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1895-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> A cross-border bus of unknown make in the Tsim Tsa Tsui area of Hong  Kong. These buses run from HK into mainland China. The drivers need to  be particularly skilles as HK is right hand drive while mainland China  is LHD. Note that the bus bears two number places: the white HK plate,  as well as the black plate of mainland China. Both drivers were standing  beside the buses smoking: the suddenly boarded and drove off without  warning, just as I finished snapping this and the next picture.    \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>       <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1896.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39264\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1896.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39264\" class=\"wp-image-39264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1896.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1896-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1896-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1896-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> The second bus is a Scania. This bus also bears two licence plates:  white from HK and black from mainland China. The chap with the blue  jacket alongside is the driver. Thanks to the Chinese New Year holidays,  HK was simply overwhelmed with mainland tourists, so much so that at  times I was fearing that the island would sink! HK, Feb. 2012.   \u00a9<em>S. Shankar<\/em>    <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1897.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"39265\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1897.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/?attachment_id=39265\" class=\"wp-image-39265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1897.jpg 900w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1897-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1897-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/busesworldwide.org\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1897-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"> Apart from First Bus, Citibus and KMB, another bus company Airbus  connects the HK airport to areas in downtown with limited stop services.  This Airbus route connects Tung Chung MTR station (base station for the  Ngong Ping Big Buddha and Tai O fishing village) with the airport. Make  of the bus is not known. It was pretty bright outside and rather dark  inside, this mixed lighting rendered the face of the bus rather over  exposed. Apologies for that. HK, Feb.2012.   \u00a9<em>S. 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