We Used to Be Here

Guest author Maureen Tai discovers remnants of the past in a constantly changing Hong Kong

Mar 28, 2025

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Words and images: Maureen Tai

One of the bittersweet joys of living in a neighbourhood for a long time is that you don’t only know where things are, but where things used to be.

Take for example that darkened rectangular shadow in the nearby children’s playground. It once housed a wooden steam-powered train, a replica made of large wooden logs, smoothed o…

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A guest post by

Maureen Tai

A Malaysian writer, speaker and visual storyteller inspired by Asian culture and universal truths. She tells the hidden stories behind photographs in The Invisible, on Substack. Her other work can be found at www.maureentai.com.