Photos

This photo was taken in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong Island.

I managed to take a variety of shots, while the traffic lights were red, but the girls running as the lights were changing is my favourite.

Initially, it was the first tram that caught my eye. The advertising on the tram sells "the dream" and reflects the hope and aspirations of the people - who are squeezed inside the tram.

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A little info on Bally from Wikipedia -

The Bally Shoe company was founded as "Bally & Co" in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally (1821-1899) and his brother Fritz in the basement of their family home in Schönenwerd in the Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. In 1854, a shoe factory was set up in the village but Fritz Bally left the fledgling business and Carl Franz Bally carried on under the corporate name "C.F. Bally."

By the 1860s Bally employed more than 500 people. Within another decade it had built an international reputation for quality and design in both men's and women's shoes and expanded operations outside of Switzerland to Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Paris, France.

Carl Franz Bally died in 1899 and his sons carried on with the business.

In 1976 they added clothing, handbags and other leather accessories. The following year the Bally family sold their interest in the company.

Today the company is headquartered in Caslano, Ticino, Switzerland.