1960s – the First Ferrari imported to Hong Kong, no specific information on the exact year and who the owner was...
But here is the first order Ferrari received from Hong Kong in October 1959 – a Series II250GT Pinin Farina (3-liter, V-12) – and the buyer was a captain in the US armed force. By the time the car is ready to ship in May 1960, the captain has been reassigned to Japan, and so the car was shipped to Japan and became the first Ferrari to have been imported in the country.
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Ella Zoyara (b.1840-d.1879) was the star trick-rider of the Great World Circus, the first circus to ever come to town in Hong Kong. Six shows were given by the circus from March 27, 1868 before it left for its next destination - Manila. Unbeknown to the circus-goers in Hong Kong, the St. Louis born Zoyara was in fact a man named Omar Kingsley and that he was even married - to a woman named Sallie Stickney. Zoyara's "true" gender was discovered in Manila and as a result both she (he) and the circus master Adolf Gonsalez were thrown into jail.
This is one of the over 600 fun facts about Hong Kong, as far as the first of its kind events go, that are included in the Welcome page under Who's Who and What's What.
From Rudi Butt
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Hong Kong
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The First Ferrari Imported to Hong Kong
1960s.
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