Lights out and auld lang syne at Kai Tak

Hong Kong authorities arranged a dramatic "lights-out" ceremony for live television broadcasts at the close of Kai Tak Airport, which generated a wave of nostalgia as operations moved to the successor facility at Chek Lap Kok. Local residents, some of whom became so attached to Kai Tak over the...

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