Clock Tower’s centenary celebrated

Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui (right) officiates at a ceremony to celebrate the centenary of the chiming of the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower Bell with the sound of the tower bell brought back at 6pm.
Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui officiated at a ceremony today to celebrate the centenary of the chiming of the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower Bell with the sound of the tower bell brought back at 6pm.
The former Kowloon-Canton Railway Clock Tower, known as the Tsim Sha Tsui Clock Tower, is one of the key landmarks of Hong Kong.
The Clock Tower was built in 1915 while the bell of the tower began service in 1921 and ceased operation in 1950. The Clock Tower was declared a monument in 1990.
The bell's chime will be brought back to sound the time via a digital bell system synchronised with the web clock of the Hong Kong Observatory, sounding hourly every day between 8am and midnight.
A series of activities will be launched at the Cultural Centre to present the Clock Tower from different perspectives.
They include an exhibition to be held from tomorrow to December 24 at the centre’s Foyer Exhibition Area and four Clock Tower Paper Model Workshops on December 18 and 19.
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