Junks 1978

In 1978, when I murmured appreciation of the junks in the harbour, the old hands would say `The harbour was full of junks at one time, but you don't see them so much now.`  But I was quite satisfied with what I saw then.  Fortunately, I took a few photos.
In the late 1970s, junks from mainland China would occasionally take a shortcut through Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour.  The only junks you'll see in the Harbour today a couple for short trips for tourists, and to act as a decoration for the harbour.   
Scanning the 3R print, using the iPad app Unfade did a better job than I had a right to expect. This was long before DSLRs.

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Classic bat-wing set of the sails; IMG_9818.jpg; ; ©ROY_GRUBB

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Looking down on the harbour; Car ferries, one single deck, one double deck, and a passengers-only ferry. And a classic, working junk from the mainland, taking a shortcut through the harbour.; IMG_9813.jpg; ; ©ROY_GRUBB

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Junk under power; At this time, junks from mainland China used sail to save on fuel. This looks like a lived-on Hong Kong vessel from one of the typhoon shelters.; IMG_9817.jpg; ; ©ROY_GRUBB

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A working junk no doubt delighting a passing tour boat; IMG_9819.jpg; ; ©ROY_GRUBB

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Police stop -`Please turn off you engi... I mean lower your mainsail'.jpg; iPad Pro; f/2.2; 1/33; 64; ©ROY_GRUBB

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New sails are expensive; Mainland junks used HK Harbour as a shortcut. This was at the very beginning of what was to become the boom in mainland China's economy.; IMG_9833.jpg; ; ©ROY_GRUBB

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HONG KONG - In the late 1970s - Junks 1978

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