SCMP PostPhoto - Current Feature Welcome to PostPhoto, featuring samples of the thousands of photos available from our archives.
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Order a photo by e-mailing us its Photo Number. For others e-mail us with the details and we will search for it in our archives. The new Hong Kong International Airport opened on July 6. This massive civil engineering project involved levelling the island of Chek Lap Kok, shifting enough earth to fill 326 Empire State Buildings and building the world's longest road-rail suspension bridge. At its peak the workforce numbered 24,000.