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Originally Posted by Laguna Seca Blue
Noonday Gun
Anyone who knows about the Noonday Gun will remember Noel Coward's 1924 song, "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," which tells the world: "In Hong Kong they strike a gong, and fire off a noonday gun, to reprimand each inmate, who's in late." This historic relic, built in 1901, is still fired everyday and is the best-known landmark in Causeway Bay . It is situated in a small garden on Gloucester Road right across from the Excelsior Hotel .
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This thing scares the shit out of me when I'm taking photos in CWB